Windstorms are considered among the most impacting natural events for European forests and related Socio-Ecological Systems (SES). Given that their intensity frequency increasing, an in-depth understanding of impacts is crucial to mitigate risks potential negative effects. However, so far, scientific research on windstorm has mainly focused environmental dimensions, while socio-economic institu...

OBJECTIVES To contrast the socio-economic pattern of childhood injuries presenting to a paediatric accident and emergency (A&E) department revealed by using both a numerator-based and a denominator-based approach to the analysis of injury surveillance data. METHODS Injury surveillance data collected during 1997-1998 at a Glasgow children's hospital A&E department were analysed. Socio-economic...

BACKGROUND Inequalities in health have received considerable attention from health scientists and economists. In South Africa, inequalities exist in socio-economic status (SES) and in access to basic social services and are exacerbated by inequalities in health. While health systems, together with the wider social determinants of health, are relevant in seeking to improve health status and heal...

Title Socio-economic Theories of Crime Abstract This work is an overview of social deviance as it pertains to socio-economics and criminal behavior. It looks at criminal law and punishments, written by those who are not poor, which is imposed more on those who are poor and are committing more of the crime. The question is asked, “if the poor were in power, would there be alternative solutions t...

One distinctive and pervasive aspect of social systems is the fact that they involve several kinds of agents. Thus, in order to draw parallels with physical systems one is led to consider binary (or multi-component) compounds. Recent views about the mixing of liquids in solutions gained from neutron and X-ray scattering show these systems to have a number of similarities with socio-economic sys...