INTRODUCTION Domestic violence in its myriad shapes and forms is a crime affecting every level of society. Gaining a true understanding of intimate partner violence (IPV) victimology allows for the meaningful provision of intervention services. AIM To explore the prevalence of IPV disclosure during routine screening in a large general practice in provincial New Zealand. METHODS Data were co...

Unemployment and Domestic Violence: Theory and Evidence Is unemployment the overwhelming determinant of domestic violence that many commentators expect it to be? The contribution of this paper is to examine, theoretically and empirically, how changes in unemployment affect the incidence of domestic abuse. The key theoretical prediction is that male and female unemployment have opposite-signed e...

This study evaluated the effect of bank consolidation on economic growth of Nigeria between the periods of 2006-2015. Secondary data were sourced from the Central Bank of Nigeria statistical bulletin and the NDIC Annual Reports between the period of 2006 and 2015. Data was analyzed using the Ordinary Least Square (OLS) multiple regression technique with the aid of the SPSS statistical software ...

the main purpose of this study was to estimate the market demand of tractor stock in africa, west asia and other target markets for iran manufactured tractors. box and jenkins, and exponential smoothing methods were applied, using data from 1961 to 2006. results indicated that demand for tractor stock in the target markets will be approximately 533 thousand sets in 2012 and consequently the ann...

BACKGROUND Violence against women is one of the most systematic and prevalent human rights abuses in the world. It is a form of discrimination and deeply rooted in power imbalances and structural inequality between women and men. Documenting the extent of the problem and associated factors is essential to develop public health interventions to tackle violence against women. Therefore, the objec...

the input-oriented data envelopment analysis was used to measure the water use efficiency and productivity indices of tehran over the period 2005-13. meanwhile, the correlation between water uses and regional economic activities was examined using the gross regional domestic product index. the results indicated that the total productivity was improved 1.8% and 1.68% aspect of technical efficien...