This paper reviews recent development of China’s agricultural domestic support policy, especially the transition from taxing farmers and agriculture to providing direct subsidies to grain production and purchased inputs. A model-based quantitative analysis on the effects of these policy changes has been conducted. Simulation results suggest that recent policy changes have likely achieved the de...

BACKGROUND The topic of how to prevent and reduce burnout has drawn great attention from researchers and practitioners in recent years. However, we know little about how mentoring as a form of social support exerts influence on employee burnout. AIM This study aims to examine the contingency side of the mentoring-burnout relationship by addressing the exploratory question of whether individua...

and a large number of conference participants for very useful comments. We thank the National Science Foundation for financial assistance through a grant with the NBER. Arnaud Devleeschauwer and Jesse Shapiro provided excellent research assistance. ABSTRACT European countries are much more generous to the poor relative to the US level of generosity. Economic models suggest that redistribution i...

Advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) have the potential to accomplish a major contribution to road safety. This is valid for minor crashes to very severe accidents with personal injuries. The Allianz Centre for Technology attends the development of new driver assistance systems by carrying out accident analysis and estimating the efficiency of new ADAS. In this context new ADAS from differ...

OBJECTIVE Investigate food choice, food access, and food insecurity among seniors. METHODS Eight focus groups were conducted in 2 counties with high and low Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participation rates. A total of 62 seniors (aged ≥ 60 years) were recruited and each attended 1 focus group at a community center. The sample was 79% female and most were Caucasian (91%), s...

BACKGROUND Nutritional health is essential for children's growth and development. Many Mexican-origin children who reside in limited-resource colonias along the Texas-Mexico border are at increased risk for poor nutrition as a result of household food insecurity. However, little is known about the prevalence of child hunger or its associated factors among children of Mexican immigrants. This st...

never been the subject of any serious illness, walked two miles to school during heavy rain on December igth, and sat all day in wet boots. The next morning she complained of being unable to get out of bed, owing to her legs being "stiff." She remained in bed that day, and as the " stiffness" increased on the following morning, the 21st, medical assistance was sought.

The protection of medical data and information about health in general is a vital principle in almost all legal systems in Europe. The interest in protecting the confidentiality of that information is of twofold nature: a. It expresses the general respect due to the privacy of the patient. This right to informational self determination 2 guarantees every individual free decision as to what medi...

and clubs are in short supply for special school-leavers to provide stability and order during the difficult years of adolescence and to prevent much wastage of young lives?and of potential workers. Besides the valuable contribution made by the National Association for Mental Health in establishing two such hostels, local authorities are tackling this problem; and the provision of purpose-built...