Background: The Brazilian Health System is organized on a regional and hierarchical form with three levels of complexity of health care. The Primary Care represents the first element of a continuing health care process, complemented by specialized actions. However, the centrality of the specialized care is still a problem in Brazil, especially in the private sector. Studies on the distribution ...

In this talk I review some recent results from lattice QCD calculations which aim to a more accurate determination of the Standard Model parameters in the quark sector. After a review of our current knowledge of these parameters, I present lattice results for the strange, charm and bottom quark masses, the CKM matrix element Vub and the complex CKM phase δ, which induces CP violation effects in...

This document describes the need for a new pair of IANA Diameter Command Codes to be used in a vendor-specific new application, namely for the ITU-T Rec. Q.3303.3 Rw interface used to send a request/ response for authorizing network Quality of Service (QoS) resources and policy enforcement in a network element, as one of the recommendations of the International Telecommunication Union Telecommu...

As witnessed in Japan, protracted and large-scale balance sheet adjustments can weaken economic activity over a protracted period of time. Repairing the financial sector was an important element in improving the Japanese economy. The lesson for the euro area appears to be clear: the overhaul of the financial architecture – including the establishment of a procedure for resolving failing banks –...

Biomass for energy uses is an important element of the EU policy, despite the current not positive economic situation. In fact, most of the initiatives in this sector need incentives or specific regulations like the compulsory incorporation of biofuels in the fuels for transport and this is often seen as a weak point by the traditional investors who don't wish to rely on artificial markets. Mor...

Naeem Akhtar MS Scholar; Department of Management Sciences, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Sahiwal, Pakistan Saqib Ali and Muhammad Salman MS Scholar; Department of Management Sciences, Bahauddin Zakariya University Sub Campus Sahiwal, Pakistan Asad-Ur-Rehman MS Scholar; Department of Management Sciences, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Sahiwal, Pakistan Aqsa Ijaz BBA...

As a key element in Australia’s national innovation system, public sector organizations, such as universities and public-funded research agencies, have increasingly become involved in R&D collaborations with firms. Government policy has encouraged this cross-sector collaboration, and in the most recent policy “act” has focused on the commercialisation of research findings (through which R&D out...

sustainability concept in agriculture is becoming widespread throughout industries in many fields even in crop production, livestock production and etc. sustainable in agriculture is believed can give present and future good benefit to the farmers and society. however, in dairy sector in malaysia, the sustainability concepts and practices seems not fully aware by the farmers which result in low...