Local o cials in China have strongly supported new nonstate rms, yet other o cials in transition countries have often strongly hindered them. We argue that a likely cause of these sharp di erences in behavior is di erences in the source of government revenue. Local revenue in China came from pro ts and other taxes on new entrants, while elsewhere in transition countries tax revenue came disprop...

No detailed analyses have been undertaken on the effects of Health Promoting Schools on oral health status. The objective of this study was to assess whether the oral health of 12-year-old children in supportive schools, where health promoting policies had been developed, was better than that of children in non-supportive schools. A sample of 1823 12-year-old children in 33 public (government-f...

The formation of the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission (NHHRC) and the National Preventative Task Force in 2008, demonstrate a renewed Australian Government commitment to health reform. The re-focus on prevention, bringing it to the centre of health care has significant implications for health service delivery in the primary health care setting, supportive organisational structure...

this case report demonstrates fatal gastrointestinal vasculitis as a rare presentation of systemic lupus erythematosus. a 34-year-old woman presented with abdominal pain and diarrhea. anti nuclear antibody was positive and high titre of anti-ds dna antibody was also reported. treatment with corticosteroid and supportive cares were started; however, her condition worsened. eventually, she was co...

OBJECTIVE Technology-based coercive behavior (TBC) represents an emerging public health problem. This study contributes to the literature by identifying prospective individual-, social-, and community-level predictors of TBC. METHOD Data were collected from 800 males who participated in a prospective study on attitudes and behaviors regarding relationships with women. Variables across multipl...

In order to achieve success, e-government projects have to face numerous challenges. Some of these challenges are related to tensions between government operations and political decisions pushed by external actors. Government information technology initiatives can be the scenario of these tensions. In this paper, we use three theoretical propositions derived from Luhmann’s framework to start de...

Building Collaborative Digital Government Systems: Systemic Constraints and Effective Practices 1

The present research aimed at identifying employment limitations and constraints facing the university graduates in agricultural majors, also finding the solutions to enhance opportunities and job potentials for the agricultural graduates. The study used qualitative research methods. Qualitative data collection was done with the help of semi-structured interviews. Data were gathered from 30 emp...