WATER SPRINGS RESEARCH IN UTENA DISTRICT (LITHUANIA)

Evolution Of Research Assessment In Lithuania 2005 - 2015

Introduction Traditionally, governmental funding of scientific research has been based on input factors (e.g. student numbers), however since the end of the 1980s most developed countries have introduced assessment systems based on scientific output. Numerous examples of research quality assessment can be named as products of innovation and incremental change (Barker, 2007; Hicks, 2012; RDI Cou...

Information needs research in Russia and Lithuania, 1965-2003

Introduction. The invisibility of research on information needs from the East and Central Europe in the West suggested an exploration of the published research output from Lithuania and Russia from 1965 to 2003. Method. The data were collected from the abstracting journal Informatika-59. The publications were retrieved from Lithuanian and Russian libraries or the Internet. Analysis. The texts a...

Santa Clara Valley Water District

Holy springs and holy water: underestimated sources of illness?

Use of holy springs and holy water is inherent in religious activities. Holy spring water is also used extensively for personal drinking water, although not assessed according to drinking water standards. Holy water in churches and chapels may cause infections via wetting of lips and sprinkling on persons. Our aim was to assess the microbiological and chemical water quality of holy springs and ...

Avoidable mortality in Lithuania.

STUDY OBJECTIVE The study aimed to analyse avoidable mortality in Lithuania as an index of the quality of health care and to assess trends in avoidable mortality from 1970-90. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS All deaths of Lithuanian residents aged between 0 and 64 years between 1970 and 1990 were analysed. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Twenty seven per cent of all deaths in this age group were avo...