How much has urbanisation affected United Kingdom temperatures?

How Has Globalization Affected Inflation?

market economies has remained remarkably subdued over the past two years despite a significant rise in commodity prices, strong growth, and a broadly accommodating monetary policy stance in the major currency areas. Is this situation sustainable or does it foreshadow unwelcome inflation surprises in the near future? Some analysts have argued that low and stable inflation reflects more intense g...

How much has the increase in atmospheric CO2 directly affected past soybean production?

Understanding the effects of climate change is vital for food security. Among the most important environmental impacts of climate change is the direct effect of increased atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration ([CO2]) on crop yields, known as the CO2 fertilization effect. Although several statistical studies have estimated past impacts of temperature and precipitation on crop yield at regiona...

How much has ORT reduced child mortality?

In 1979 oral rehydration therapy (ORT) using oral rehydration salts (ORS) solution became the cornerstone of the global effort, initiated by WHO, to reduce deaths of young children from diarrhoea, then estimated at 4.6 million annually (1). National programmes to control diarrhoeal diseases (CDD) were eventually developed in more than 110 countries. These gave priority to ensuring an adequate s...

Drug use has declined among teenagers in United Kingdom.

How the Affordable Care Act Has Affected Cancer Care in the United States: Has Value for Cancer Patients Improved?

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), passed in 2010, contained a number of provisions with potential to directly or indirectly affect cancer care.[1] Value for patients was widely discussed throughout the bill, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) indicated that CMS embraces value as a priority. Nonetheless, serious questions remain as to whether the ACA has...