Introducing Plan Oblique Relief

Design of a Panorama Map with Plan Oblique and Spherical Projection

Parallel projections are often overlooked when designing a panorama, since most rendering packages use the central perspective projection as a default. The plan oblique projection, a particular parallel projection, has the interesting property of depicting the plan view of a terrain in correct shape. This paper presents the design and production of a panorama map using the plan oblique projecti...

Partnerships for blood safety in Africa: the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.

Integrating oral health into Haiti's National Health Plan: from disaster relief to sustainable development.

In 2010, Haiti suffered three devastating national emergencies: a 7.0 magnitude earthquake that killed over 200 000 and injured 300 000; a cholera outbreak that challenged recovery efforts and caused more deaths; and Hurricane Tomas, which brought additional destruction. In the aftermath, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) reoriented its technical cooperation to face the myriad of new ...

Introducing Risk Adjustment and Free Health Plan Choice in Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance: Evidence from Germany

This paper studies the effects of introducing a Risk Adjustment Scheme (RAS) and allowing consumers to switch health plans across employers in the German public health insurance market. German legislature introduced a simple RAS based on age, gender and disability status in 1994. Effective 1996, consumers could switch to hundreds of existing health plans, across employers and state-borders. Our...

Introducing reproductive life plan-based information in contraceptive counselling: an RCT

STUDY QUESTION Can reproductive life plan (RLP)-based information in contraceptive counselling before pregnancy increase women's knowledge of reproduction, and of the importance of folic acid intake in particular? SUMMARY ANSWER The RLP-based information increased women's knowledge of reproduction including knowledge of folic acid intake. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY Many women have insufficient k...