... 1991) On the other hand, a yet unpublished European epidemiological study (SAVIAH), based on superior personal ambient NO2 modelling in four Europeancities shows no effects of ambient NO2 level ... conducted in Europe, and consequently no European database of air pollution exposures of urban populations has existed until now EXPOLIS is a European multicentre study for measurement of air pollution ... (1992) and Pope et al (1995), re-analysis of the Six -Cities -Study data by the Health Effects Institute (HEI Oversight Committee, 1995)), and European multicentre projects such as APHEA (Katsouyanni...
... WhyStudy Financial Markets? Financial markets channel funds from savers to investors, thereby promoting ... revenues/expenditures for a particular year – Any deficit must be financed by borrowing 1- Fiscal Policy 1- WhyStudy International Finance? • Increasing integration of financial markets • Canadian companies ... institutions (e.g IMF) • Return to discussion of International Financial Systems in Chapter 20 1- How We Study Money and Banking • Simplified approach to the demand for assets • Partial equilibrium framework...
... authors upon request 48 Air pollution at street level in EuropeancitiesEuropean Environment Agency Air pollution at street level in Europeancities 2006 — 48 pp — 21 x 29.7 cm ISBN 92-9167-815-5 ... 48 Air pollution at street level in Europeancities Acknowledgements Acknowledgements This report was prepared by the European Environment Agency and its European Topic Centre on Air and Climate ... increments for the various pollutants across Europeancities Figure 4.6 Mean annual NO2 street increments (μg/m3) for the reference year 2000 in 20 European cities: model results for the narrow canyon...
... Audit cities Over four fifths of cities have smaller households on average than their countries as a whole Households are typically larger in southern and peripheral cities Nearly all cities ... the European Commission The overall purpose of the Urban Audit is to enable an assessment of the state of individual EU cities and to provide access to comparative information from other EU cities ... area for the 58 participating cities For 27 cities, information has also been collected at the Wider Territorial Unit or Conurbation level Whenever possible in all cities, information has also...
... between cities In three English-speaking cities, a narrow majority does consider it easy to find a job At the other extreme, in the southern cities of Naples and Lisboa and in the German cities ... local perceptions of quality of life in 31 Europeancities The first part presents and comments eight graphs1 on issues for which the residents in the 31 cities had widely diverging opinions: (1) ... jobs and availability of housing Cities which find it easy to offer jobs experience higher housing prices The same is true when cities offer other amenities – cities with high perception of security...
... on Handout (5 minutes) WHYSTUDY AIR POLLUTION? 1-5 High School and Middle School Air Quality Education Program OVERHEAD TRANSPARENCIES INTRODUCTION OF LESSON 1-6 WHYSTUDY AIR POLLUTION? OVERHEAD ... tropospheric ozone is formed WHYSTUDY AIR POLLUTION? 1-9 High School and Middle School Air Quality Education Program STUDENT MATERIALS LESSON ACTIVITY 1-10 WHYSTUDY AIR POLLUTION? High School ... Quality Curriculum - Project>Clean Air, Ventura, CA WHYSTUDY AIR POLLUTION? 1-11 High School and Middle School Air Quality Education Program WHYSTUDY AIR POLLUTION? Lesson Activity Student Handout...
... industries Denmark Greenhouse Gas Trading Scheme European Union Trading System Only carbon dioxide European Union Trading System Only carbon dioxide European Union Trading System To be extended to ... revision of the ETS Directive in 2009 resulted in the creation of a centralized European Union registry, managed by the European Commission This single registry, including all national registries, ... (accessed March 2012) European Commission website “Climate Action Registries” Available from http://ec.europa.eu/clima/policies/ets/registries_en.htm (accessed 13 April 2011); European Commission...
... of this retrospective study was to document medically relevant emergencies in airline passengers from 2002 to 2007 on board European aircraft Materials and methods This study originates from ... total of 32 European airlines included in the study, only four were able to provide the required data with adequate medical flight reports Two of these did not participate in the study due to ... board two European airlines were enrolled in the study Data were provided from one airline for the years 2002 to 2007 and from another for 2006 to 2007 The total rpk analysed in this study included...
... Qualitative study INTRODUCTION Safer Internet for children – May 2007 Qualitative study The European Commission – Directorate-General Information Society and Media – has commissioned OPTEM and its European ... FERME DES BOIS BP 13 - 78950 GAMBAIS SAFER INTERNET FOR CHILDREN QUALITATIVE STUDY IN 29 EUROPEAN COUNTRIES SUMMARY REPORT EUROPEAN COMMISSION Directorate-General Information Society and Media May ... 2007 Qualitative study SUMMARY OF THE RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS Safer Internet for children – May 2007 Qualitative study The children, Internet users, who were interviewed in this study appear, for...
... myself and others cited in footnotes and for articles that take account of other factors 286 Why Some Cities Are Growing Starting in the 1980s, Nobel economist Milton Friedman played an important ... (2006); Stansel, Gohmann, and Hobbs (2008); Stansel (2009); and Stansel and Swaleheen (2010) 288 Why Some Cities Are Growing tax data measure total state and local taxes as a percentage of personal ... Income 1980–2007 Growth in: TABLE Low-Tax Metro Areas Grew Faster Than High-Tax Metro Areas Why Some Cities Are Growing 291 292 14.0% 13.9 12.6 12.5 12.2 12.1 11.8 11.7 11.6 11.5 12.4% 10.0 Ten...
... 22.8% (n = 54 656) obtained their primary medical qualification outside the European Union UK government policy towards non -European Union (non-EU) doctors was changed recently [3] Non-EU residents ... wishing to appoint these doctors will have to prove that no suitable European Union applicants are available This may result non European doctors being unable to compete for NHS jobs The number of ... thousand [5] It is in this context that we undertook the study Our objective was to provide a self-reported training and employment profile of non -European doctors in the UK and to assess self-reported...
... all the data in the study, planned the study, carried out the interviews, carried out data analysis and drafted this paper for circulation to other co-authors RM suggested the study topic and provided ... PhD supervisor, had major input into the design of the study and provided oversight of the qualitative data analysis and drafts of the study findings All authors read and approved the final manuscript ... 3.7% Page of 10 (page number not for citation purposes) Human Resources for Health 2009, 7:9 This study examines the role of a locally-available specialist training programme in both producing new...
... results of which are reported in this paper Methods Study design and patients RANGE was a multicentre, multinational, observational study (AstraZeneca study code: D9612L00114) conducted as a series ... and participation in another clinical study From the study population, a randomly selected sample ('selected population') was invited to participate in the study by means of a letter or telephone ... reason (index visit) 4-month identification period Study visit (visit 1) 3-month interview period Other visits Figure Study design and patient flow Study design and patient flow GERD, gastroesophageal...
... productivity as part of the RANGE study, while other results of the RANGE study are published elsewhere [14,15] Methods Study design and patients RANGE (AstraZeneca study code: D9612L00114) was a ... participation in another clinical study From the GERD study population, a randomly selected sample was invited by letter or telephone call to participate in the study (selection of participants ... the study, all adult subjects (≥18 years) who consulted with their primary care physician over a 4month identification period were screened retrospectively for possible inclusion in the study...
... immune-resistance differences between seafarers and passengers) Conclusions The results of the first Europeanstudy on occupational health legislation and practices related to seafarers focused on communicable ... General for Health and Consumers, European Commission, C3, Luxemburg Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine University of Thessaly, Greece European Centre for Diseases Prevention ... GR participated in the design of the study, data analysis and interpretation of results and drafted the manuscript VAM participated in the design of the study, data analysis and interpretation...
... sample (European Caucasian families) Finally, significant RA association and linkage were observed when all sets were combined The association and linkage evidences provided by the present study ... Authors' contributions Conclusion The present study showed a significant association and linkage for the rs3738919-C allele of the ITGAV gene with RA in the European Caucasian population, suggesting ... Technology, Portugal (Grant SFRH/BD/23304/2005) The European Consortium on Rheumatoid Arthritis Families was initiated with funding from the European Commission (BIOMED2) by: T Bardin, D Charron,...
... took advantage of one of the largest reported European family resources dedicated to RA family-based studies Materials and methods Study design and study population DNA was available from 434 white ... North European controls [12] In addition, a study from the Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium identified this 4q27 region in a search for risk factors for type diabetes [22] In a follow-up study, ... 1,302 European individuals from 434 trio families (one RA case and both parents) were analyzed Three hundred and eight families were of French origin and 126 were from other continental Western European...
... this study was designed (2006), there were relatively few studies which had attempted to test NPT’s power as an explanatory model across a range of technologies [31-33] We adopted a case study ... methodology as the most effective way of addressing these two aims because case study methods are appropriate for studying complex systems Murray et al Implementation Science 2011, 6:6 http://www.implementationscience.com/content/6/1/6 ... which are in a state of flux [34] and for exploring why and how particular outcomes occurred, rather than simply describing what happened [35] Case study methods are distinguished by their in-depth...
... outcomes) Ethical approval for the study will be sought in each of the participating countries, according to national laws and regulations Study populations The study includes patients, health professionals, ... can enable a comparison of programs across countries Aims and objectives This study protocol concerns an international study of cardiovascular risk management in primary care in Europe Its overall ... The study excludes staff working in the same health centre, or other larger organization, but based in a different practice http://www.implementationscience.com/content/4/1/3 Patients The study...