Considering all of the challenges faced by veterinary practices, it hardly seems worthwhile to consider adopting a new technology that involves capital expenditure, additional expense and learning curve and where the benefits of such an approach are difficult to document. (Freeman L. , 1999) Today, I hope to present a practical approach to minimally invasive surgery (MIS) from historical and fu...

Theory predicts that fiscal policy can affect economic growth by adjusting incentives for investment and labor as well as by distorting after-tax returns across sectors. This paper examines the effect of fiscal policy on growth rates first graphically, and then through two models, one of which disaggregates fiscal policy variables. I find evidence that increased size of government is negatively...

Decisions about expenditure on health, education and other publicly-provided services require choices regarding how much of our collective income we should allocate to these services and which services should be given priority. The attempt to answer this question has stimulated many developments in economic theory and practice, from human capital theory to systems of extended national accounts....

This paper presents an OpenBTS implementation case study in rural Zambia. The work focused on applied research and development of a cost effective telecommunication system to provide mobile communications in a rural village. The system aimed to test appropriate technologies involving limited hardware needs, incurring low capital expenditure, and with limit operational costs. The practical exper...

The National Health Expenditure Accounts (NHEA) were revised with the release of the 2004 estimates. The largest revision was the incorporation of a more comprehensive measure of investment in medical sector capital. The revision raised total health expenditures' share of gross domestic product (GDP) from 15.4 to 15.8 percent in 2003. The improved measure encompasses investment in moveable equi...

Relationships between occupational membership and personal consumption have long been an important area of social analysis. Occupational groups represent contexts consumption, where individuals’ advantages resources are accumulated often impose reproduction field-specific practices patterns behaviour. Drawing on Bourdieu’s conceptualization capitals using the British family expenditure survey, ...

Fiscal decentralization gives local governments the authority to use revenues finance expenditure, one of which is expenditures intended improve quality human development. This study aims analyze effect Local Own Source Revenue (PAD), Special Allocation Funds (DAK), and Surplus Budget Financing (SiLPA) on Human Development Index (IPM) through capital expenditure districts/cities in North Sumatr...

The primary objective of desalination research is the development of a way to produce fresh water at lower cost. The present study investigated two freshwater production methods of Reverse Osmosis (RO) and Multi-Effect Humidification (MEH) (artificial distillation), and analyzed them from an economic standpoint, and subsequently pointed out the important and effective factors in decreasing salt...