BACKGROUND A recent Australian study showed perinatal mortality was lower among women who gave birth in a birth center than in a comparable low-risk group of women who gave birth in a hospital. The current study used the same large population database to investigate whether perinatal outcomes were improved for women intending to give birth in a birth center at the onset of labor, regardless of ...

BACKGROUND Less than one-third of newly qualified doctors in the UK want a career in general practice. The English Department of Health expects that half of all newly qualified doctors will become GPs. AIM To report on the reasons why doctors choose or reject careers in general practice, comparing intending GPs with doctors who chose hospital careers. DESIGN AND SETTING Questionnaire surve...

Inflation and unemployment rates are part of the macroeconomic factors affecting growth within Ghana's economy over years. The continued rise in country's gross domestic product a high dependency on external debt for development projects have sparked lot controversies. This study investigates whether debt, inflation, rate stimulate economic development, intending to determine causal relationshi...

A proper assessment of the relation between discourse structure and speaker's communicat ive intentions requires a better understanding of communicative intentions. This contribution proposes that there is a crucial difference between intending the hearer to entertain a certain belief (or desire, or intention), and intending to affect the strength with which the hearer entertains the belief (or...