BACKGROUND Understanding how socioecological factors affect the transmission of dengue fever (DF) may help to develop an early warning system of DF. OBJECTIVES We examined the impact of socioecological factors on the transmission of DF and assessed potential predictors of locally acquired and overseas-acquired cases of DF in Queensland, Australia. METHODS We obtained data from Queensland He...

Efficient utilization of human resources is an important force for the sustainable development of society and the economy. Against the backdrop of the development of economic globalization, the Chinese Government is presently implementing the strategy of “Strengthening the Nation with Talent” to assist the exploitation and management of human resources. Overseas talents have recently become an ...

Analysing survey data from 32 selected cities across China in 2003, this paper examines parents’ expenditure on their children’s education from two aspects: factors affecting domestic education expenditure and factors affecting expenditure on overseas education. The main findings that emerge from this study are as follows. First, household income has significant effects on the magnitude of the ...

This paper presents an analysis of Ireland's recent experience of overseas nurse recruitment. Ireland began actively recruiting nurses from overseas in 2000 and has recruited almost 10,000 nurses, primarily from India and the Philippines since that time. This paper takes a timely look at the Irish experience to date. It reviews the literature on the supply and demand factors that determine the ...

This paper argues that a search warrant issued by a local court does not have the power to search and seize digital evidence stored overseas but accessible via the Internet. Based on the fact that digital evidence can be altered or erased in a very short time, two scenarios are presented to illustrate the lack of power of a local search warrant to acquire digital evidence overseas. Two solution...

The Stanford University (California) Overseas Studies Program has offered students the opportunity to study abroad for the past 40 years. In the 1998-99 academic year, the program took its first step toward utilizing technology to offer its students multi-site courses--courses taught by a single faculty member with students participating from several overseas centers. This paper focuses on case...

The UK offers excellent postgraduate medical education, and overseas doctors in training often covet a period of training in the UK. Some overseas training authorities make UK training mandatory prior to appointment as a consultant. Unfortunately, the organisation of such training often proves to be ad hoc, and may lack educational value. UK training faces challenges as a result of reduced hour...

This study was carried out to assess if there was a difference in the Chest X- ray (CXR) report on recruited nurses carried out overseas and later repeated in Ireland. This study was carried out in two Irish teaching hospitals. The subjects of this study comprised all overseas nurses recruited in each of the two hospitals within the defined period. The total number of subjects recruited from th...

Military spouses frequently cope with separation, but limited research reviewing the impact of an overseas relocation when a spouse accompanies their serving husband/wife has been conducted. A search for studies reviewing the impact of foreign postings on these accompanying spouses was undertaken utilizing 12 databases and other resources. Ultimately, 12 studies were analyzed and four key theme...

In recent years, with the sustainable and fast development of chinese economy, there has been increasing interest in overseas chinese language. As an important way of overseas chinese education, online education has been drawing more and more attention due to its simplicity and convenience. But at present, the existing chinese education resource service model is simply assigned the resources to...