People modify their voice to accommodate the communicative needs of their audience. Previously, speech recipient groups with communicative needs such as foreigners and infants have been investigated, however, there is a lack of research into speech directed to hearing-impaired people. The aim of our study was to investigate prosodic modifications in speech directed to hearing-impaired people an...

Regulating an export firm (or a homogeneous industry) with private information about emission technology is analysed, when the firm, owned partly by foreigners, has an option to bypass domestic regulation through costly relocation. If the firm chooses to relocate, it will set up a new plant in a region practicing environmental dumping, at a cost that is correlated with emission efficiency, so a...

Justifications for state authority are typically directed towards the good of those subject to that authority. But, because of their territorial nature, states exercise coercion not only towards insiders but also towards non-members. Such coercion can take the form of denying outsiders the right to enter a territory or to settle in it permanently, as well as various restraints on trade and asso...

Japanese statistics of tuberculosis (TB) show a steady decline in the incidence of newly identified cases of tuberculosis. There were 19.4 new cases per 100,000 population in 2008 and it was the first year showed the rate dropped below 20 per 100,000 population. Nevertheless, it is still higher prevalence rate compared to that of other developed countries, with over 24,000 new patients developi...

Natural disasters kill people and damage the place where people live. The people of the damaged district have to evacuate to a safe zone. Foreigners who use different languages have difficulty to acquire information about disaster and evacuation guide. However, Japanese government offers disaster prevention and situation for foreigners who are not good at Japanese language. Tohoku earthquake an...

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE In 2008-2010, the number of foreigners hospitalized due to injuries in Poland ranged from approximately 5-21 thousand. The aim of this study was to analyse the utilization of in-patient services by injured immigrants in 2008-2010, including mode of admission (i.e. referral), mode of discharge, average length of patient stay, seasonality and spatial distribution of hos...

Extreme heat is associated with an increased mortality and morbidity. National heat plans have been implemented to minimize the effect of extreme heat. The population's awareness and knowledge of national heat plans and extreme heat is essential to improve the community's behavior and adaptation. A general population survey was conducted in Lisbon and in Madrid to assess this knowledge. We used...