We analyze the economic consequences for less developed countries of investing in female health. In so doing we introduce a novel micro-founded dynamic general equilibrium framework in which parents trade off the number of children against investments in their education and in which we allow for health-related gender differences in productivity. We show that better female health speeds up the d...

BACKGROUND To determine the clinical effectiveness of statins on cardiovascular mortality in practice, observational studies are needed. Control for confounding is essential in any observational study. Falsification end-points may be useful to determine if bias is present after adjustment has taken place. METHODS We followed starters on statin therapy in the Netherlands aged 46 to 100 years o...

This paper uses a randomized experiment to compare to methods of implementing an early primary literacy program in Northern Uganda. Our first treatment group receives the program as implemented by the organization that designed it; the second treatment group received a reduced-cost version of the program that was designed to simulate it might be scaled up. The full version of the program has ex...

STUDY OBJECTIVE Within Europe, a pronounced geographical gradient of mortality from ischaemic heart disease has been observed with the highest burden in the north east and the lowest in the south west. The study objective was to compare mortality from ischaemic heart disease between former East and West Germany since reunification. DESIGN Analyses of age standardised mortality rates from isch...

This study was conducted in 2018 growing season to determine the response of mung bean water stress. Effects different irrigation levels on yield and components potential use crop stress index (CWSI) scheduling were also investigated. Five (I100, I75, I50, I25 I0) applied through drip system. Amount supplied varied between 20–445 mm. Plant consumption (ET) values 125–521 The highest (163 kg/da)...

Abstract Background Although strong association between self-reported health and coronary heart disease (CHD) exists, related quality of life (HRQOL) has not been conceptualized as a predictor for fatality in CHD patients. We investigated whether HRQOL may predict the risk death six years Methods There were overall, 614 cases national representative Chronic Diseases Risk Factors Survey Turkey, ...

The NOAH/DIAMOD program suite was used to automatically assign an experimental 2D NOESY spectrum of the 46 residue protein crambin(S22/I25), using feedback filtering and self-correcting distance geometry (SECODG). Automatically picked NOESY cross peaks were combined with 157 manually assigned peaks to start NOAH/DIAMOD calculations. At each cycle, DIAMOD was used to calculate an ensemble of 40 ...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate the trends of ischemic and cerebrovascular death risk in the five regions--Midwest, Northeast, North, Southeast and South--of Brazil from 1981 to 2001. METHODS Data on mortality due to cerebrovascular and coronary heart diseases in the five regions of Brazil were obtained from the Brazilian Ministry of Health. The data source was the SIM--Sistem...

OBJECTIVES We aimed to estimate the annual socioeconomic burden of coronary heart disease (CHD) in Korea in 2005, using the National Health Insurance (NHI) claims data. METHODS A prevalence-based, top-down, cost-of-treatment method was used to assess the direct and indirect costs of CHD (International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision codes of I20-I25), angina pectoris (I20), and myoc...

Despite the large number of studies that draw on Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) microdata in their analyses of the determinants of educational outcomes, no more than a few consider the relevance of geographical location. In going some way to rectify this, our paper examines the differences in educational outcomes between students attending schools in rural areas and those...