maldistribution of health professionals between urban and rural areas has been a serious problem in china. urban hospitals attract most of the health professionals with serious shortages in rural areas. to address this issue, a number of policies have been implemented by the government, such as free medical education in exchange for obligatory rural service.

Working in agriculture can be dangerous. Despite ongoing efforts of Extension, animal production worker safety has not been adequately addressed. We present state, regional, and national counts rates on fatal nonfatal injuries using publicly available data from the Bureau Labor Statistics. found that had a high number higher rate than average within agriculture. More needs to done protect lives...

BACKGROUND The emergence of the avian influenza A (H7N9) in China during 2013 illustrates the importance of health care professionals as a mediating channel between health agencies and the public. Our study examined health care professionals' risk perceptions considering their unique position as representing the health care system and yet also being part of the public, hence a risk group. Recen...

County extension agents in Colorado indicated that extension bulletins were the most important type of assistance needed for their clientele in the area of wildlife damage control. County extension agents indicated that pocket gophers, prairie dogs, skunks, and coyotes were the most important of 32 species requiring extension information for their clientele. Introduction Extension wildlife spec...

ment in a privacy-enhanced collaborative environment. In P. Kommers, & P. Isaías (Eds.) Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference e-Society 2010, (pp. 3–10). International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS), Porto: IADIS Press. URL: http://www.iadisportal.org/digital-library/role-management-in-a-privacyenhanced-collaborative-environment, Slides: http://www.sl...

The civil justice system has been in a constant flux in the past decades due to changes in society and litigants’ behaviour, as well as the increased factual and legal complexity of cases. The number of cases has been steadily increasing in many countries while the available budget required for more judicial staff, improving judicial case management, digitalisation of processes, and the require...