This study explores the effects of macroeconomic policies on measures of macroeconomic performance such as growth and inflation by setting up a dynamic post-Keynesian model with government and central bank interventions. In doing so, this study reconsiders the arguments in favor of a policy regime. The model in this paper generates several varieties of economic growth regimes and inflation dyna...

background government policy measures have a key role to play in the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases (ncds). the caribbean, a middle-income region, has the highest per capita burden of ncds in the americas. our aim was to examine policy development and implementation between the years 2000 and 2013 on ncd prevention and control in barbados, and to investigate factors promotin...

Introduction To move towards universal health coverage, the government of Kenya introduced free maternity services in all public health facilities in June 2013. User fees are, however, important sources of income for health facilities and their removal has implications for the way in which health facilities are governed. Objective To explore how implementation of Kenya's financing policy has ...

In order to enhance the display result of the LED display image, an improved algorithm of LED display image based on composed correction is proposed. Firstly, the correction principle and the development status of the current correction technologies of the LED display image is introduced, and the two main correction technologies are analyzed. Secondly, the theory of composed correction is propo...

Article history: Received 17 December 2014 Received in revised form 1 December 2015 Accepted 3 December 2015 Available online 19 December 2015 The data for the lightflux degradation and chromaticity shift of LED lamps exhibits a considerable amount of scatter due to intrinsic and extrinsic factors. In this study, some degradation models, such as the gamma process model, were reviewed in terms o...

Fragmentation of the healthcare system and lack of connectivity between in-hospital and community services, have posed an impact on management of patients with chronic conditions. As self-management is an essential component in chronic disease management model and pharmacists are underutilized in Hong Kong, this study developed a consensus-based policy framework on pharmacist-led self-managemen...

"This paper attempts to describe the nature of Zambia's demographic situation, which eventually led to the formulation of a national population policy; the policy instrument; and some of the measures necessary for the effective implementation of the policy....[The] situation is characterised by three dominant features: a high rate of natural increase, massive urbanisation, and wide variations ...