It is estimated that 3.5 billion people currently live in cities, which equates to more than 50% of the total population (UN, 2010). These cities vary in size from 500,000 to over 10 million inhabitants (termed mega-cities). The number of cities, in particularly mega-cities, are set to significantly increase by 2050. However, this rapid urban population growth is taking place at differing speed...

In this study, eighteen compressional P-wave seismic refraction profiles survey was conducted on the western side of Gulf Suez, Egypt, to map bedrock topography, which is vital information in foundation pole placement and design for large factory construction. The configuration consists 10 metres geophone intervals (12 24 channels) with a total length 3150 length. wave velocity distribution rev...

background: this paper contributes to further exploration of inequity in access to health research capacity development by examining the representation of different nations in international public health journals.  it also aims to examine the degree of diversity that exists in these journals. methods: this study is a descriptive survey. it was done with objective sampling on 37 isi health journ...

INTRODUCTION Hepatitis C is a public health problem of global dimensions, affecting approximately 200 million people worldwide. The main objective of this study was to estimate the incidence rate of hepatitis C in Brazil during the period between 2001 and 2012. METHODS An epidemiological, temporal, and descriptive study was performed using data from the Information System for Reportable Disea...

INTRODUCTION During the first winter of exposure, the H1N1 2009 influenza virus placed considerable strain on intensive care unit (ICU) services in Australia and New Zealand (ANZ). We assessed the impact of the H1N1 2009 influenza virus on ICU services during the second (2010) winter, following the implementation of vaccination. METHODS A prospective, cohort study was conducted in all ANZ ICU...

BACKGROUND Asthma is a serious public health challenge because of the increasing number of people with a new diagnosis and consequently the increasing costs of medical treatment (direct and indirect). The aim of this study is to analyze available epidemiological data with respect to their spatial and temporal variability in the Silesian voivodeship. In addition, the costs incurred by the Nation...

This study considers and compares several of the most important factors contributing to coastal flooding in Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC) while accounting for the variations of these factors with location and time. The study assesses the populations, the land areas and the built capital exposed at present and at the middle and end of the 21st century for a set of scenarios that include...

The Senate Finance Committee’s hearing on July 28, 2021 -- Building Bipartisan Retirement Legislation: How Can Congress Help? spotlighted “mega-IRAs”: individual retirement accounts with balances of $5 million or more. An analysis by the Joint Committee Taxation in advance 28 found that number taxpayers mega-IRAs now exceeds 28,000. followed a June report nonprofit investigative journalism orga...

BACKGROUND The RARECARE project aims at increasing knowledge of rare cancers in Europe. This manuscript describes the epidemiology (incidence, prevalence, survival) of rare urogenital cancers, taking into account the morphological characterisation of these tumours. METHODS We used data gathered by RARECARE on cancer patients diagnosed from 1995 to 2002 and archived in 64 European population-b...

UNLABELLED There are very few data on trends in prevalence in home parenteral nutrition (HPN) in different countries. NADYA is the committee of the Spanish Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition that takes care of the Spanish registry since 1992. METHOD A 12-year retrospective study of the activity of the registry was performed. The data were extracted from the NADYA's database as well ...