scholarly journals Paying Too Much for Energy? The True Costs of Our Energy Choices

Daedalus ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 141 (2) ◽  
pp. 10-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Greenstone ◽  
Adam Looney
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
National Security ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
External Costs ◽  
The Road ◽  
Playing Field ◽  
The Status

Energy consumption is critical to economic growth and quality of life. America's energy system, however, is malfunctioning. The status quo is characterized by a tilted playing field, where energy choices are based on the visible costs that appear on utility bills and at gas pumps. This system masks the “external” costs arising from those energy choices, including shorter lives, higher health care expenses, a changing climate, and weakened national security. As a result, we pay unnecessarily high costs for energy. New “rules of the road” could level the energy playing field. Drawing from our work for The Hamilton Project, this paper offers four principles for reforming U.S. energy policies in order to increase Americans' well-being.

Bioethics, Adaptive Preferences, and Judging the Quality of a Life with Disability

2021 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 199-220
Author(s):  
Joseph A. Stramondo ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Health Policy ◽  
Clinical Ethics ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
The Self ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Adaptive Preferences ◽  
The Status

Both mainstream and disability bioethics sometimes contend that the self-assessment of disabled people about their own well-being is distorted by adaptive preferences that are only held because other, better options are unavailable. I will argue that both of the most common ways of understanding adaptive preferences—the autonomy-based account and the well-being account—would reject blanket claims that disabled people’s QOL self-assessment has been distorted, whether those claims come from mainstream bioethicists or from disability bioethicists. However, rejecting these generalizations for a more nuanced view still has dramatic implications for the status quo in both health policy and clinical ethics.

scholarly journals Depression and Quality of Life among Patients Living with HIV/AIDS in the Era of Universal Treatment Access in Vietnam

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (12) ◽  
pp. 2888 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bach Tran ◽  
Anh Dang ◽  
Nu Truong ◽  
Giang Ha ◽  
Huong Nguyen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Multivariate Logistic Regression Model ◽  
Treatment Access ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Status ◽  
Patient Health ◽  
Hiv Aids

Although antiretroviral treatment (ART) access has been universal in recent years, few studies have examined if this policy contributes to the mental health of the patients. This study assessed depression and its relations with health-related quality of life (HRQOL), which is defined as the status of general well-being, physical, emotional, and psychological, among HIV patients. A cross-sectional study was conducted in 482 patients at five outpatient clinics. Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) and EuroQol-5 dimensions-5 levels (EQ-5D-5L) were used to assess the severity of depression and HRQOL. About one-fifth of patients reported symptoms of depression. According to the result of a multivariate logistic regression model, patients who had a lower number of CD4 cells at the start of ART, who received ART in the clinic without HIV counseling and testing (HCT) services, who had a physical health problem, and who experienced discrimination were more likely to have depression. Depression was associated with significantly decreased HRQOL. Depression is prevalent and significantly negatively associated with HRQOL of HIV/AIDS patients. We recommend screening for depression and intervening in the lives of depressed individuals with respect to those who start ART late, and we also recommend community-based behavioral change campaigns to reduce HIV discrimination.

The Status Quo and Development Tendency of Domestic Synchronous Chip Seal Truck

2013 ◽  
Vol 753-755 ◽  
pp. 1543-1546
Author(s):  
Chen Min Liu ◽  
Mu Wei Du
Keyword(s):  
Road Construction ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Construction Technology ◽  
Construction Machinery ◽  
The Road ◽  
Surface Sealing ◽  
Chip Seal ◽  
The Status ◽  
Development Tendency

As road construction machinery, Synchronous chip seal truck achieves the synchronization of asphalt and aggregate spilling to improve and enhance the quality of the road surface sealing layer, and wide application in road construction and maintenance. Synchronous chip seal technology, construction technology and synchronous chip seal truck were discussion introduced. Technology status quo of domestic synchronous chip seal truck was analyzed and the development tendency was discussed.

scholarly journals Quality of Life for a Sample of Adults in Jordan in the Presence of the Corona Pandemic: جودة الحياة لدى عينة من الراشدين في الأردن في ظل جائحة كورونا

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (37) ◽  
pp. 143-127
Author(s):  
Maysaa Ahmad Altareefi, Mahmoud Haroun Alnaimat Maysaa Ahmad Altareefi, Mahmoud Haroun Alnaimat
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Social Situation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Total Degree ◽  
Total Quality ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
The Status

This study aimed to identify the level of quality of life for a sample of adults in Jordan in the presence of the corona pandemic, where the two researchers used the descriptive approach, both analytical and correlational, the study sample consisted of (285) adults who were selected in a simple random way. The results showed that the quality of life of the sample was average, and indicated that there are apparent differences between the arithmetic averages in the quality of life of the sample according to gender, age and marital status, and the absence of statistically significant differences in degree The total quality of life of the sample in light of the Corona pandemic and its dimensions attributable to gender, the existence of differences in the dimension of (social life) and in favor of females, the existence of differences in the total degree of the level of quality of life of the sample in light of the Corona pandemic and its dimensions attributable to the social situation in favor of singles, and the existence of differences in the total degree of the level of The quality of life is attributed to age in favor of those of their ages (18-30 years), that is, young people feel more of a quality of life, and the researchers recommended several results, including the status of The necessary support mechanisms to mitigate the negative effects of the Corona crisis on health and well-being, especially for the elderly.

scholarly journals Subjective Well-being and Safety in Kyrgyzstan

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahmut Erdoğan ◽  
Ainura Turdalieva ◽  
Raziya Abdiyeva
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
National Security ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Personal Safety ◽  
Perceptions And Attitudes ◽  
Personal Perceptions ◽  
Personal Level ◽  
Vital Component

The safety is a fundamental component of quality of life. In addition personal safety satisfaction becomes the vital component of subjective well-being in Kyrgyzstan. The investigation of safety on personal level will measure personal perceptions and attitudes toward local living conditions in the countries and national security, respectively. The aim of this paper is to examine the connection and relationship between safety satisfaction and subjective well-being in Kyrgyzstan, support the hypothesis that safety is positively correlated with subjective well-being. Our study conducted on ‘Life in Kyrgyzstan’ survey for 2013 for Kyrgyzstan. In addition, obtained results will help to deeply understand this relationship and foster economic policy.

Black Suburbanization: Access to Improved Quality of Life or Maintenance of the Status Quo?

1978 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. 235
Author(s):  
Peter O. Muller ◽  
Harold M. Rose
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
The Status
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