Canadian bioethicists have long enjoyed access to bioethics programs in the United States and have collaborated with U.S. organizations working in this field. Nevertheless, special features of Canada’s multicultural society and public health services are increasingly seen as raising distinctive issues requiring special attention. The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of current ...

Are there limits to human longevity? We suggest a new demographic model to describe human demographic trajectories. Specifically, the model mathematically defines the limits of longevity. Through the demographic analysis of trends for Sweden (between 1751 and 2002), Switzerland (between 1876 and 2002) and Japan (between 1950 and 1999), which are the longest-lived countries, we would like to dem...

AND ACTIONS CONTENTS Page 1. BACKGROUND TO THE COUNTRY STUDY 1.1 Contextual framework I 1.2 General considerations 1 1.3 Human population 3 1.4 Infrastructure development 5 1.5 Theurban environment 6 1.6 Land tenure, property rights and general land use systems 6 1.7 Macroeconomic structureandpolicies 7 1.8 Social andcultural issues 8 1.9 Environmental education/awareness 8 1.10 Political facto...

OBJECTIVE To describe trends in mortality rates for patients with oral cavity and pharynx cancer by educational attainment, race/ethnicity, sex, and association with human papillomavirus infection. DESIGN Study of age-standardized mortality rates for patients with oral cavity and pharynx cancer by level of education using National Center for Health Statistics data. SETTING Twenty-six states...

OBJECTIVE The global burden of colorectal cancer (CRC) is expected to increase by 60% to more than 2.2 million new cases and 1.1 million deaths by 2030. In this study, we aim to describe the recent CRC incidence and mortality patterns and trends linking the findings to the prospects of reducing the burden through cancer prevention and care. DESIGN Estimates of sex-specific CRC incidence and m...

the aim of this study was to investigate the trends in mortality from road traffic accidents (rta) in fars province, southern iran.the age and sex-standardized mortality rate attributed to rta from 2004 to 2010 in fars province was calculated using world standard population. we also used linear regression and chi-squared tests.over the period of study (7 years), 12954 people died in rta. the ag...

conclusions there was a decreasing trend in the study and the future years. it seems that implementation of some interventions in the recent decade has had a positive effect on the decline of rta fatalities. nevertheless, there is still a need to pay more attention in order to prevent the occurrence and the mortalities related to traffic accidents. results the mean age of the victims was 37.22 ...

Historic urban areas are a significant part of each city not only due to having irreplaceable cultural and social resources, but also due to their attractive patterns of life. They have being threatened by strong development trends. This paper aims to investigate the impacts of redevelopment trends in the historic city of Shiraz, Iran. The paper begins by highlighting historical development in ...

With reference to the future information work situation, four trends affecting information work are discussed: (1) The integration of work, education and leisure time, (2) the integration of the real and virtual worlds, (3) the paradigm shift from current user interfaces to post-WIMP user interfaces and (4) the change from simple computer environments to environments that support human creativi...