in september 2015, the international community came together to agree on the 2030 agenda for sustainable development, a plan of action for people, the planet, and prosperity. ambitious and far-reaching as they are, they are built on three keystones: the elimination of extreme poverty, fighting climate change, and a commitment to fighting injustice and inequality. critical to the achievement of ...

the editorial by jeremy shiffman, “knowledge, moral claims and the exercise of power in global health”, highlights the influence on global health priority-setting of individuals and organizations that do not have a formal political mandate. this sheds light on the way key functions in global health depend on private funding, particularly from the bill & melinda gates foundation.

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non-communicable disease (ncd) accounts for a large and increasing burden of disease worldwide. it is currently estimated that ncds accounts for approximately 59% of global deaths and 43% of the global disease burden; this is projected to increase to 73% of deaths and 60% of disease burden by 2020. 1 in comparison, ncds in low- and middle-income populations accounts for 78% of the global ncd bu...

rust caused by phakopsora pachyrhizi syd. is a major constraint to soybean product in asia. early detection and possibilities of controlling plant diseases by the integration of several image processing methods has been the subject of extensive research. the main contribution of this paper is to present different methodologies for quantitatively detecting soybean rust at each stage of disease d...

since the mid-19 th century, human activities have increased greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide in the earth's atmosphere that resulted in increased average temperature. the effects of rising temperature include soil degradation, loss of productivity of agricultural land, desertification, loss of biodiversity, degradation of ecosystems, reduced fresh-water resou...

conclusions this study demonstrates that the mental states associated with specific diseases should not be ignored in evaluating health states. although there are benefits to relying on expert panels and the general population in evaluating various health states, attention to the particular health states of the patients (taking into account their associated mental well-being) should also be uti...

in this paper we study the dynamics of hepatitis b virus (hbv) infection under administration of a vaccine and treatment, where the disease is transmitted directly from the parents to the offspring  and also through contact with infective individuals. stability of the disease-free steady state is investigated. the basic reproductive rate, $r_0$, is derived. the results show that the dynamics of...

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