In our present study, GARCH family models are used for modeling and forecasting the rice yield of four provinces of Pakistan during the period of 1947-48 to 2008-09. Also Auto regressive, moving average and Autoregressive moving average models are described. Thus, the selected GARCH models for all provinces are also presented for forecasting purpose on the basis of two criteria AIC (Akaike info...

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We report five new species records for New Brunswick, Canada from the Coleoptera families Dryopidae, Elimidae, Psephenidae, and Ptilodactylidae. Dryops viennensis (Heer) (Dryopidae) and Promoresia elegans (LeConte) (Elmidae) are added to the faunal list for New Brunswick and the Maritime provinces. Two Psephenidae species, Ectopria nervosa (Melsheimer) and Ectopria thoracica (Ziegler) are repor...

This study aims to analyze the technical efficiency of physicians working in hospitals Turkish Ministry Health Turkey on a provincial basis. The other aim is determine idle inputs and under-produced outputs inefficient provinces. CCR BCC models Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) technique were used as method level physicians. Super-efficiency model was also rank efficient total number surgical spe...

BACKGROUND Gender inequality harms the health of millions of women and girls in all over the world. This study aimed to identify the state of gender equity in the health sector of the Islamic Republic of Iran. METHODS This study was based on the secondary analysis of the available data in four provinces. The research team held three sessions to select the appropriate indicators for measuring ...

OBJECTIVES To describe levels of tobacco control "effort" in public health organizations across provinces, and to test the hypothesis that "effort" is associated with the prevalence of daily smoking. METHODS Data were drawn from a national survey (Oct 2004-Apr 2005) of all public health organizations engaged in chronic disease prevention in Canada in 2004. We investigated the association betw...

BACKGROUND Maputo, the Mozambique capital, contrasts with the rest of the country with regard to its sociodemographic characteristics and patterns of tobacco exposure. We conducted a migrant study to compare the prevalence of manufactured-cigarette smoking and traditional forms of tobacco use among dwellers in the capital who were also born in Maputo City (MC/MC) with those born in southern (SP...

OBJECTIVE To examine the impact of health-system-wide improvements on maternal health outcomes in the Philippines. METHODS A retrospective longitudinal controlled study was used to compare a province that fast tracked the implementation of health system reforms with other provinces in the same region that introduced reforms less systematically and intensively between 2006 and 2009. FINDINGS...