Semi-Competitive Elections at Township Level in Sichuan Province

Outpatient prescription practices in rural township health centers in Sichuan Province, China

BACKGROUND Sichuan Province is an agricultural and economically developing province in western China. To understand practices of prescribing medications for outpatients in rural township health centers is important for the development of the rural medical and health services in this province and western China. METHODS This is an observational study based on data from the 4th National Health S...

Spatio-Temporal Pattern and Socio-Economic Factors of Bacillary Dysentery at County Level in Sichuan Province, China

Bacillary dysentery (BD) remains a big public health problem in China. Effective spatio-temporal monitoring of BD incidence is important for successful implementation of control and prevention measures. This study aimed to examine the spatio-temporal pattern of BD and analyze socio-economic factors that may affect BD incidence in Sichuan province, China. Firstly, we used space-time scan statist...

Selecting Within the Rules: Recent Experimentation with Township Elections

Epidemiological survey of Kawasaki disease in Sichuan province of China.

OBJECTIVES To investigate the incidence and epidemiological characteristics of Kawasaki Disease (KD) in Sichuan province of China. METHODS The questionnaire and diagnostic guideline for KD provided by Japan Kawasaki Disease Research Center (JKDRC) were used for the questionnaire investigation in pediatric departments of all hospitals in Sichuan province for data of KD diagnosed in their hospi...

Swiss Elections to the National Council: First trials with e-voting in elections at federal level

The Swiss people trust the authorities that polls are conducted legally. This trust made it possible to introduce postal voting in 1994. Since then Swiss voters automatically receive postal vote documents and may cast their vote by post without requiring any special reason to do so. Nowadays, this more convenient way to cast votes remotely is established: more than 90% of the votes are cast by ...