BACKGROUND Socio-economic inequalities may have an impact on the uptake of selfpaid vaccines. The aim of the study was to identify the effect of some socio economic determinants on vaccination rates with self-paid human papilloma virus (HPV) and rotavirus (RV) vaccines. METHODS Vaccination coverage data, available in electronic database cepljenje.net (administered by the National Institute of...

The article contains the results of research on possibility to achieve socio-ecological and economic balance in regions North Caucasus federal district Russia case developing renewable source energy maintaining carbon cycle landscapes. balanced level is determined by special indicator, value which depends ratio capacity region’s technosphere assimilation potential its ecosystems expressed indic...

Addressing environmental management problems at catchment scales requires an integrated modelling approach, in which key bio-physical and socio-economic drivers, processes and impacts are all considered. Development of Decision Support Systems (DSSs) for environmental management is rapidly progressing. This paper describes the integration of physical, ecological, and socio-economic components i...

The application of the latest digital technologies changes the ways of thinking of entrepreneurial behaviour and motivation of decision-making, principles of organization of their functioning, so the purpose of work is to form a model of achieving a balanced balance between economic efficiency and environmental and social responsibility of the digitized enterprise, determining the scientific ba...

In this paper we explore the discourses of ecology, environmental economics, new environmental pragmatism and social ecological economics as they relate to the value of ecosystems and biodiversity. Conceptualizing biodiversity and ecosystems as goods and services that can be represented by monetary values in policy processes is an economic discourse being increasingly championed by ecologists a...

With the rapid development of Chinese economy, many negative effects of land use transitions under the pressure of rapid urbanization on local ecological system and environment have occurred. This paper examines the dynamic patterns of land use in Tianjin Binhai New Area experienced rapid urbanization, using high-resolution Landsat TM (Thematic Mapper) data in 1985, 1995, 2005 and 2010, and soc...

This poster present the planning phase of a QR model following the structured modelling approached described by Bredeweg et al. (2007). The model is aimed at exploring issues and outcomes for rehabilitation of Atlantic salmon stocks in the River Trent. These stocks have been lost due to impacts from the industrial revolution. Rehabilitation programmes within the context of the European Union’s ...

There is a widespread belief that information and communication technologies (ICT) can play a significant role in the socio-economic development of a nation. ICT has the potential to affect many aspects of economic and societal activity such as GDP growth, employment, productivity, poverty alleviation, quality of life, education, and healthcare. While the literature from various disciplines pro...