The fifth Welfare and Safety of the Racehorse Summit was held 8–9 July 2014 in Lexington, Kentucky. Like previous summits, it was underwritten by the Jockey Club and Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation and hosted by the Keeneland Association. This summit has evolved from an identification of problems to being a good example of what the combination of data collection and analysis can accompl...

The ATA Federal Telemedicine Policy Summit is an opportunity to hear and interact with leaders from Congress, key federal agencies and influential policy thinkers about the latest developments affecting telemedicine. The Summit will include participation of key stakeholders including healthcare providers, business interests, medical societies, consumer groups and more. Join the conversation and...

The FDI World Dental Federation has defined a strategy for the development of oral health in Africa during the "African Summit" held in Cape Town, South Africa. The summit gathered presidents from 16 African National Dental Associations, FDI stakeholders, the World Health Organisation and government delegates. The outcomes of this summit were stated in a Declaration, defining the functional pri...

Dr. Jones is Associate Professor in the Boston University Schools of Dental Medicine and Public Health, Chair of the Department of General Dentistry, and Convener of the Elders’ Oral Health Summit; Prof. Wehler is Assistant Professor in the Boston University School of Dental Medicine, Department of General Dentistry. Direct correspondence and requests for reprints to Dr. Judith A. Jones, Chairw...

July 2010, important decisions were taken to ensure the continuity Held for the first time in 1996, the Global Summit of National of activities between the Summits. This article intends to briefly Ethics Committees (NECs) is a key platform for dialogue and retrace the history and analyse the role and functioning of the fostering consensus on ethical issues at a global level. At the Global Summi...

This paper comments on “The Price Effects of Hospital Mergers: A Case Study of Sutter-Summit Transaction,” by Steven Tenn. I exposit a simple model of differentiated products competition and consider the implications of Tenn’s findings in the context of this model. I find that Tenn provides compelling evidence that the merger led to a price increase at Summit Hospital. The causes of the price i...

Snow cover is one of the crucial factors influencing the plant distribution in harsh Arctic regions. In tundra environments, wind redistribution of snow leads to a very heterogeneous spatial distribution which influences growth conditions for plants. Therefore, relationships between snow cover and vegetation should be analyzed spatially. In this study, we correlate spatial data sets on tundra v...