BACKGROUND Social factors have been shown to be predictors of suicide. It is not known whether these factors vary between countries. AIMS To present a first European overview of socio-economic inequalities in suicide mortality among men and women. METHOD We used a prospective follow-up of censuses matched with vital statistics in ten European populations. Directly standardised rates of suic...

In the developing economies, optimal forest regimes should incorporate the socio-economic characteristics of the user groups. And, since socio-economic factors will change with time, optimal forest regimes will also follow a dynamic path. The two most important socio-economic factors are the heterogeneity of the user group with respect to forest management and the direct dependence of the user ...

BACKGROUND This study described the differences between elderly men and women living in Lebanese long-term care nursing homes on socio-economic, health and nutritional status. METHODS This study used a cross-sectional design. Field researchers obtained data from 221 residents; 148 (67%) women and 73 (33%) men, living in 36 nursing homes. Data on health conditions; nutritional, psychological, ...

background and objectives: an association between socioeconomic status (ses) and poor health has been recognized. inequalities in nutrition have been associated with inequalities in health. this study aimed to identify the social variability in the food and nutrient intake of iranian households. materials and methods: this study was conducted in the framework of the comprehensive study on house...

b a ckground:  food insecurity has an impact on social-emotional development, school attendance, and  academic  performance. it  is  critical  to  understand  the impact of food insecurity on academic standing and its relationship with socio- economic status on adolescent health outcomes. the aim of this study was to investigate the association between food insecurity and socio-economic status,...

background: to investigate the association between socio-economic status and obesity in non-menopause women aged 15-49 years in tehran, iran. methods: this study was based on iran national health survey conducted in 1999. obesity is defined as a body mass in­dex over ≥30. constructed area (per-person), educational level and job are considered as factors indicating the socioeconomic status. the ...

This study identifies relationship among socio-economic and environmental factors with life expectancy in Africa. Socio-economic indicators were collected from international databases for 46 African countries. In this study, correlation coefficient were used to be ablo determine linear relationships between paired socio-economic variables. And also, regression analysis used for identification o...

Biocomputational modelling as developed by the European Virtual Physiological Human (VPH) Initiative is the area of ICT most likely to revolutionise in the longer term the practice of medicine. Using the example of osteoporosis management, a socio-economic assessment framework is presented that captures how the transformation of clinical guidelines through VPH models can be evaluated. Applied t...

* This value represents an average weighted score of the environmental issues associated to the concern. For further details see Detailed scoring tables (Annex II). ** This value represents the overall score including environmental, socio-economic and likely future impacts. For further details see Detailed scoring tables (Annex II). *** Priority refers to the ranking of GIWA concerns. Increased...

The aim of this thesis is to contribute to the Open Source Software (OSS) research by a comprehending study of the factors that determine OSS diffusion, as well as the economic and social impact of this diffusion. The research focuses on the process of diffusion over time and assesses cause and effect relationships of the phenomenon. Firstly, it identifies and assesses the factors determining t...