Globalization is a key context for the study of social determinants of health (SDH): broadly stated, SDH are the conditions in which people live and work, and that affect their opportunities to lead healthy lives. In the first article in this three part series, we described the origins of the series in work conducted for the Globalization Knowledge Network of the World Health Organization's Com...

Inequalities in the social determinants of health (SDH), which drive avoidable health disparities between different individuals or groups, is a major concern for a number of international organisations, including the World Health Organization (WHO). Despite this, the pathways to changing inequalities in the SDH remain elusive. The methodologies and concepts within system science are now viewed ...

The social determinants of health (SDH) are recognized as a prominent influence on health outcomes across the lifespan. Racism is identified as a key SDH. In this article, the authors describe the concept of racism as an SDH, its impact in discriminatory actions and inactions, and the implications for cardiovascular nurses. Although research in Canada on the links among racism, stress, and card...

In urban drainage systems (UDS), a proven method for reducing the combined sewer overflow (CSO) pollution is real-time control (RTC) based on model predictive (MPC). MPC methodologies RTC of UDSs in literature rely computation optimal strategies deterministic rain forecast. However, reality, uncertainties exist rainfall forecasts which affect severely accuracy computing strategies. Under this c...

The MSP430FR4xx microcontrollers are primarily targeted at remote control application that are equipped with infrared modulation function and an LCD display. The infrared modulation combinatory logic works with rich peripheral resources (for example, timers, RTC, WDT, and SPI) to generate infrared waveforms for transmitting infrared signals with minimal software overhead and intelligent power c...

With the spread of broadband Internet, Real-Time Communication (RTC) platforms have become increasingly popular and transformed way people communicate. Thus, it is fundamental that network adopts traffic management policies ensure appropriate Quality Experience to users RTC applications. A key step for this identification applications behind traffic, which in turn allows allocate adequate resou...

Underpinning the global commitment to universal health coverage (UHC) is the fundamental role of health for well-being and sustainable development. UHC is proposed as an umbrella health goal in the post-2015 sustainable development agenda because it implies universal and equitable effective delivery of comprehensive health services by a strong health system, aligned with multiple sectors around...

BACKGROUND Health is a complex phenomenon and equity as a basic human right an integral part of constitutions in almost all countries in the world. In Republic of Macedonia (RM), Tuberculosis (TB) is clustered regionally and in certain ethnic groups. The main objective of this study was to analyze Social Determinants of Health (SDH) and equity in access to healthcare services for TB patients in...