The emergence of wireless telephone and broadband technologies has drastically altered the traditional household choice set for satisfying their communications needs. In this paper we explore this evolution. To do so, we extend the traditional (node-to-node) demand structure by permitting households to derive utility from communication with others while either the initiator or the recipient of ...

All cases of Crohn's disease in the Nottingham area were ascertained and the date and place of domicile and work at the time of onset of symptoms noted. Applying the Knox and Pike and Smith tests for clustering of patients in time and space, no significant results were observed. Further analysis of differences in time-space clustering between a group of patients and matched controls is in hand.

INTRODUCTION In the context of a pronounced population ageing and rising mortality due to chronic illnesses, this national epidemiological study compares the places where people die with population preferences. MATERIAL AND METHODS Data on numbers of deaths in 2010 by gender, age group, region of residence NUTS II and place of death (hospital/clinic, domicile and other) of people with 16+ yea...

Abstract This paper examines public support for global- and national-level climate policy instruments in Finland, the ways urban/rural-domicile change risk perception predict people’s attitudes toward policies. Moreover, this study analyzes degree to which of closeness district modifies attitudes. The research method employed was ordinal logistic regression data were from demographically repres...

Ubiquitous Computing is a multidisciplinary field of research that explores computing technology as it moves beyond the desktop environment and becomes increasingly interwoven into the fabric of our lives [2]. It is this idea of interweaving technology into our daily lives, which will be looked at in this research. This paper presents the development of a generic Home Information System (HIS), ...

The present paper aims to identify the effect of demographic and socio-economic variables on financial literacy and its impact on the use of financial services. For this study, primary data are collected from 400 unorganized sector workers of Paschim Medinipur district, also an economically development lagger in the state of West Bengal of India. The logit regression result shows that the main ...

Entretien avec Charles Busch, acteur/écrivain/chanteur, connu pour ses comédies, son jeu drag et penchant le glamour hollywoodien. L’entretien a eu lieu 2 février 2023 à New York, au domicile de l’auteur.

In Brazil, visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is caused by Leishmania chagasi parasites that are transmitted to man through the bites of infected females of Lutzomyia longipalpis sand flies. In order to evaluate transmission risk and to clarify the epidemiology of this tropical disease, studies focused on the vector and favorable environmental conditions are of fundamental importance. In this work, we...

OBJECTIVE To compare pregnancy intention and domestic violence among women with induced and spontaneous abortion. METHOD Case-control study in Mulago Hospital, Uganda, from September 2003 to June 2004 of 942 women seeking post-abortion care. Direct inquiry, records review and clinical examination identified 333 with induced abortion (cases) and 609 with spontaneous abortion (controls), who we...