Based on Dunning’s OLI framework and the investment development path theory, this paper investigated the determinants of outward FDI by China’s provincial firms. The results show that provincial economic development, innovation and technology, and export to GDP ratio are statistically significant determinants, while FDI inflows, import to GDP ratio and provincial market size are not statistical...

National Institute for Nutrition and Food Safety, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100021, China; △ Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou 510300, Guangdong, China; Guangxi Regional Center for Disease Control And Prevention, Nanning 530028, Guangxi, China; Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou 310051,...

OBJECTIVE We evaluated the patient satisfaction with HIV/AIDS care and treatment and its determinants across levels of health service administration in Vietnam. METHODS We interviewed 1016 patients at 7 hospitals and health centers in three epicenters, including Hanoi, Hai Phong, and Ho Chi Minh City. The Satisfaction with HIV/AIDS Treatment Interview Scale (SATIS) was developed, and 3 dimens...

INTRODUCTION. We searched for a pathophysiologically based feature of major water electrolytes, which may define water quality better than the water hardness, respecting urinary calculus formation. MATERIALS AND METHODS. Utilizing a multistage stratified sampling, 2310 patients were diagnosed in the imaging centers of the provincial capitals in Iran between 2007 and 2008. These were composed of...

BACKGROUND The re-emergence of syphilis among HIV-positive gay and other men who have sex with men (MSM) requires vigilance. We estimated incidence of and risk factors for first and subsequent syphilis diagnoses among MSM in HIV care in Ontario, Canada. METHODS We analyzed data from 2,280 MSM under follow-up from 2006 to 2010 in the Ontario HIV Treatment Network Cohort Study (OCS), a multi-si...

BACKGROUND Outcomes must be measured as a first step toward improving performance. We sought to measure the national and provincial outcomes from carotid endarterectomy (CE) and explain provincial differences. METHODS We analyzed a large Canada-wide administrative hospital discharge database of all patients, except those in Quebec, receiving CE in 1994-1997 and used logistic regression for ri...

As a global phenomenon, farmland abandonment continues to challenge the sustainability of agri-food supply and rural development. Investigating heterogeneous effects multilevel location on is great importance understand spatial disparity mechanism abandonment, which has significant policy implications for food security revitalization. Taking Tai’an City as case, this study aims explore impact a...

timur began his domination by the help he received from parts of the chaghataid troops. then and concurrent to extending his realm and power, he recruited defeated populations as new part of his army. simultaneously he established household – provincial powers in his occupations which his sons and grandsons ruled over them. this political – administrative tradition was followed by his successor...