Health impact assessment (HIA) on a strategic level focuses on the broad determinants of health. However, the evidence with regard to the health impacts is often necessarily 'soft'. The example of a health impact review on national housing policy in the Netherlands shows that HIA can be effective even in the absence of hard data. Strategies used to overcome the problem of not having hard data a...

various human pressures are affecting the aquatic biocoenosis in running waters of iran - similar to many other areas of the world. overall 190 sites, 88 at salmonid (44 reference/impacted respectively) and 102 at cyprinid (50 reference/52 impacted) streams of the southern caspian sea basin were investigated in terms of human pressures present and the related impact on fish assemblages. in tota...

introduction: to cope with novel changes, organizations must think beyond environmental compatibility and seek to take advantage of potential opportunities. a paradigm for this is the enhancement of organizational flexibility, speed, quality, and agility. human resources are the most important tool for enhancement of organizational agility and the most valuable asset of each organization and co...

The theory of electron impact ionization of oneand two-electron atoms has advanced significantly in the past two years. This paper will summarize the progress that the members of our research center have contributed to.