among well-known managerial practices to protect scarce biological resources, payment for ecosystem services is an efficient and effective policy tool to manage such resources and its application is attracting a growing interest in the world. this is why, in addition to clarifying the role of such a policy tool to encourage farmers to modify their irrigation system to reduce pressures on water ...

In table 1 of this Feature (BMJ 2013;346:f3037, doi:10.1136/ bmj.f3037), we would like to add a note that the surgeon general recommended, in 1960, that all pregnant women be vaccinated. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention first made a specific recommendation for pregnant women in their second and third trimesters in 1997 (not 2000, as stated in the table), and expanded this to all p...

In order to evaluate the effectiveness of graduate theological education, Part 1 of this study sought to establish frames of reference for measuring success in pastoral ministry and to evaluate the relationshp between leadershp practices and those criteria.' Stated differently, Are leadership practices a predictor of success in pastoral ministry? We concluded that "using superior leadership pra...

We determined the attitudes toward and practices regarding soil-transmitted helminthes (STH) control among parents and school teachers to identify reasons behind attitudes and practices that do not promote STH control. Written knowledge, attitudes and practices surveys were distributed to parents (N = 531) and teachers (N = 105) of students at 11 elementary schools in Guimaras Province, the Phi...

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Digital Preservation is a domain within ICT, that is mainly based on empirical knowledge. One way to introduce theoretical fundamentals is to study accumulated experience and best practices, and expose a common framework from them. In this paper, an idea of having metrics as common objective assessment of capabilities of tools, environments and processes is described. The goal is to have DP wel...

BACKGROUND Knowledge of patient's reasons for encounter is useful to inform health service planning and health professional education. Our aim was to describe reasons for encounter as stated by an unselected group of young people attending primary care practices in the French-speaking part of Switzerland. METHODS Consecutive patients aged between 15 and 24 years were recruited as part of the ...

BACKGROUND Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is the leading cause of preventable intellectual disabilities in the United States and a significant public health issue. OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study is to evaluate the knowledge and screening practices of pre-clinical medical students and clinical providers on FAS, FASD, and alcohol consumption. METHODS A short survey sent to medic...