This study considers water use by Canadian manufacturing firms. The estimation of water demands is based on a detailed crosssectional survey of establishment-level observations on water prices, quantities, and expenditures. Industrial water use is modeled as having four components: intake, treatment prior to use, recirculation, and discharge. Average values for the estimated own-price elasticit...

Looking at about 120 papers from Medline on asthma in Africa, we found that asthma research is currently dominated by authors from South Africa, followed by authors from Nigeria, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Kenya, and The Gambia. Most are case studies, closely followed by crosssectional studies, and then case-control studies. There have been very few cohort studies. Only a few studies use objective mea...

Despite the calls for establishing theory-driven multidimensional formative conceptualization and operationalization of information systems (IS) usage, social media usage is conventionally modeled as a unidimensional reflective construct. Built on the conceptualization of IS usage and perspectives of the formative construction, this study develops an aggregate formative model of social media us...

This paper investigates the attitudinal drivers of partisanship in Western Europe, focusing in particular on the role exerted by voters’ evaluation of party leaders. The crosssectional analysis is performed on pooled national election study data from three established parliamentary democracies (Britain, Germany, and The Netherlands). Results highlight the growing statistical association between...

Caregivers of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) experience higher levels of stress relative to those of children with other developmental disabilities and typical development. To date, little research has empirically examined the relationship between social supports, social networking site (SNS) use, and stress among caregivers of children with ASD. Using the resiliency model of fami...

Methods A three arm parallel groups design permitted exploration of the magnitude of the feedback and assessment component effects via randomisation to fully automated: 1) routine practice assessment and feedback; 2) assessment only without feedback; or 3) no contact and thus neither assessment nor feedback. The study was undertaken simultaneously in two universities randomizing the e-mail addr...

In this study, a coarse-grain parallel meta genetic algorithm (GA) with dynamic connection scheme has been designed. In order to show the efficiency and robustness of this model, it is implemented on the problem of finding optimal crosssectional size, topology and configuration of 2D and 3D trusses to achieve minimum weight. Stress, deflection and kinematic stability are regarded as constraints...

An ab initio computational study was performed for wurtzite [0001] CdTe nanowires enclosed by ð10 10Þ surface facets over a range of diameters and crosssectional topologies. Calculations show that hexagonal nanowires are highly stable, possessing a large electronic band gap and a band structure without dispersionless states in the gap. Passivation of the dangling bonds for the largest hexagonal...

How to cite this article: Birhanu Z, Woldie MK, Assefa T, Morankar S. Determinants of patient enablement at primary health care centres in central Ethiopia: a crosssectional study. Afr J Prm Health Care Fam Med. 2011;3(1), Art. #195, 8 pages. doi:10.4102/phcfm. v3i1.195 Background: Patient enablement is associated with behaviours like treatment adherence and self-care and is becoming a well-acc...