OBJECTIVE To evaluate the quality of patients care, a set of indicators of the standards of cancer care were defined. DESIGN SETTING PARTICIPANTS We developed a set of indicators to assess the implementation in daily practice of recommendation produced by a regional network (Istituto Toscano Tumori). This set was tested in a retrospective study in the resident population of the Tuscany ...

This paper investigates the impact of individual heterogeneity and regional influences on unemployment duration utilising cross-section microeconomic data drawn from a representative random survey of individual job seekers for the English County of Kent. These individual-level data are unique in that they provide information concerning the personal characteristics of job seekers, alongside dire...

1. Starting at 50% vital capacity, boluses of '33Xe were inhaled either at very low or maximal flow rates, the inspiration terminating at total lung capacity (TLC). Flow-dependent changes in bolus distribution were examined by measuring regional radioctivity and computing regional time-constants, and also by recording alveolar plateaux during the subsequent vital capacity expiration. Regional r...

Global freshwater resources are under increasing pressure from economic development, population growth, and climate change. The international trade of water-intensive products (e.g., agricultural commodities) or virtual water trade has been suggested as a way to save water globally. We focus on the virtual water trade network associated with international food trade built with annual trade data...

Most daily movements require some degree of collaboration between the upper limbs. The neural mechanisms are bimanual-condition specific and therefore should be different between different activities. In this study, we aimed to explore intraregional activation and interregional connectivity during bimanual movement by functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Ten right-handed, normal subjec...

This article is devoted to the analysis of permanent and temporary migrations Altai Region population in context socio-economic space integration. Intraregional, interregional international migration links were described; factors mechanisms that determine their scale, intensity effectiveness identified; specificity influence various types on development integration processes was shown. In field...

Abstract International maritime shipping—powered by heavy fuel oil—is a major contributor to global CO 2 , SO 2, and NO x emissions. The direct electrification of vessels has been underexplored as low-emission option despite its considerable efficiency advantage over electrofuels. Past studies on ship have relied outdated assumptions battery cost, energy density values available on-board space....

Abstract In the last two decades, new technologies and rapid growth of telecommunications sector have changed production trade relations in world economic systems. Regional dependence on level productivity, supply demand has increased worldwide. Our study analyzes changes total factor productivity (TFP) verifies its global regional importance between 2000 2014. We apply TFP decomposition extrac...