The following study compares the distribution of surnames in the populations of Western Slovenian municipalities, which were part of the Italian state until the end of the Second World War. The analyses have been carried out firstly by assessing the similarity of different populations to one another so as to verify possible aggregations; secondly, by figuring these relationships of similarity i...

The aim of this research is to examine how local authorities, and more particularly municipalities, should focus on the population in order develop their territorial strategies.

governing includes administrative and political processesand mechanisms which provide the conditions for citizens and socialgroups to discuss their interests reduce the differences and ensure theirrights. in the age of information and communication technologies, inorder to achieve this aim, public institutions are constrained to havedigital portals. these portals must comply with some standards...

Two recent reports from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and reports from a number of states and municipalities suggest that we are making progress in the control of the obesity epidemic, particularly with respect to younger children. The 2 national surveys that have provided the most valid and reliable data are the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) and the...

BACKGROUND Geographical factors have an impact on the utilisation of out-of-hours services. In this study we have investigated the travel distance to out-of-hours casualty clinics in Norwegian municipalities in 2011 and the number of municipalities covered by the proposed recommendations for secondary on-call arrangements due to long distances. MATERIAL AND METHOD We estimated the average max...

OBJECTIVES This study determined the effect of income inequality on homicide rates in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. METHODS We conducted an ecological study at 2 geographical levels, municipalities in the state of Rio de Janeiro and administrative regions in the municipality of Rio de Janeiro. The association between homicide and income inequality was tested by multiple regression proc...

The aim of this article is to contribute the analysis causes rural depopulation and, particularly, role infrastructures. We build a panel data set with 78 municipalities region in Northern Spain, Asturias. estimate an econometric model where population explained by economic and infrastructure variables as well some characteristics municipalities. main results show importance infrastructures mai...

The Program More Doctors (Programa Mais Médicos) aims to decrease the shortage of physicians and reduce the regional health disparities and involves three main strategies: i) more places and new Medical Courses based on the revised Curriculum Guidelines; ii) investments in the (re)construction of Primary Healthcare Units; iii) provision of Brazilian and foreign medical doctors. Until July 2014,...

Animal pollination can impact food security since many crops depend on pollinators to produce fruits and seeds. However, the effects of projected climate change on crop pollinators and therefore on crop production are still unclear, especially for wild pollinators and aggregate community responses. Using species distributional modeling, we assessed the effects of climate change on the geographi...

This study contributes to the health governance discussion by presenting a new data set that allows for comparisons of the management of health resources among Brazilian municipalities. Research on Brazil is particularly important as the provision of health services was decentralized in 1988 and since then municipalities have been given greater responsibilities for the management of fiscal reso...