In the course of history, a large number of politicians have been assassinated. To investigate this phenomenon, rational choice hypotheses are developed and tested using a large data set covering close to 100 countries over a period of 20 years. Several strategies, in addition to security measures, are shown to significantly reduce the probability of politicians being attacked or killed: extend...

In November 2011, the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH), Population Health Division embarked on this journey to reorganize the public health division into a high-achieving governmental health department for the future. We used public health accreditation as the catalyst to reorganize, and the new organization structure launched on July 1, 2013. For the staff in the SFDPH, public...

o Courts should adopt court performance measures to ensure that they can track cases, to increase accountability, and to inform decisions about the allocation of court resources; and o Incentives and requirements should be established for effective collaboration between courts and child welfare agencies on behalf of children in foster care; and o Children and parents should have a strong voice ...

The quality of hospital care in Lebanon has witnessed a paradigm shift since May 2000, from a traditional focus on physical structure and equipment to a broader multidimensional approach, emphasizing managerial processes, performance and output indicators. In the absence of an effective consumer voice, the impetus for change has come from the Ministry of Public Health, which has supported the d...

Motivated by the projected rebound of foreign direct investment (FDI) inflow to sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) following implementation AfCFTA and finalization Investment Protocol, we examine how FDI modulates effects various governance dynamics on inclusive growth in SSA. We do this testing two hypotheses? first, whether unconditionally indicators (rule law, control corruption, regulatory quality, e...

introduction: bnign laryngeal lesions are relatively commonly occurring problems which are often noted after changes in voice. since they are non-invasive and yield objective easy-to-collect data, acoustic laboratory methods are used along with perceptual assessments for evaluation of voice. studying acoustic characteristics is useful in diagnosis and treatment of voice disorders.  with regard ...

background: this study aimed to identify factors contributing to the creation of intellectual capital in the organization of education. the research method is a descriptive and exploratory factor analysis method. a sample: directors and deputies of the second period secondary education department of tehran province. based on stratified random sampling method and based on a sample of 500 was cal...