OBJECTIVES This study examined association between socio-economic position and cardiovascular risk factors in adolescents to investigate whether childhood socio-economic position is a risk factor for future cardiovascular disease, independently of adult behaviours. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS Participants (n = 1128, 46% girls, aged 13-18 years) were members of a birth cohort (Andhra Pradesh Chil...

Günümüzde Türkiye’de özelleştirmeler ile kamu iktisadi teşebbüslerinin sayısı azalmış olsa da belediyeler tarafından kurulan teşebbüsler sürekli artış göstermektedir. Belediyeler ve sermayeleri de sağlanan bu kuruluşlar çok sayıda personel çalıştırmakta önemli bir işlem hacmi gerçekleştirmektedir. Damga vergisi hukuki muameleler için düzenlenen kâğıtlar nedeniyle gündeme gelen muamele vergisidi...

urban areas formation and development are considered as the main symbols of prosperity. in the early nineteenth century, when there the global evolution was at its astonishing rate and cities, with their active economic elements, found an outstanding role, iranian society involved internal crisis. this not only ended the political and economic role of cities in important interactions off but al...

The Prophet's performance in the economic interactions of the prophetic government includes principles and axes that, in addition to explaining the Islamic religion's view of the worldly affairs, also represent the desirable structure of the economic system in modern Islamic civilization. He, as the position of the Islamic government ruler, has managed the economic affairs of the government and...

The global obesity pandemic has been well-documented and widely discussed by the public, the media, health officials, the food industry and academic researchers. While the problem is widely recognised, the potential solutions are far less clear. There is only limited evidence to guide decisions as to how best to manage obesity in individuals and in populations. While widely viewed as a clinical...

The objective of this paper is to present an empirical measure of economic welfare, hereafter called "economic position," which integrates, current money income and current net worth. We apply the resulting measure illustratively, comparing some of its results with those of the income measure. Subsequently, some of the implications of our measure are explored. The proposed measure rests on the ...