scholarly journals Benefits Measurement of a Plan to Reduce Hypertension in a Healthcare Foundation Using the BCTool

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Leandro Pereira ◽  
Vânia Patrício ◽  
António Fernandes ◽  
José Santos ◽  
Ricardo Santos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cost Analysis ◽  
Business Case ◽  
High Salt ◽  
Social Benefits ◽  
Portuguese Population ◽  
Case Tool ◽  
Salt Consumption ◽  
Intervention Plan ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Impact

The hypertension is a well know problem and associated with a high salt consuming is one of the commonest chronic diseases.To measure the impact of this consuming it has been applied the methodology provided by the Business Case tool (BC Tool), in a Portuguese foundation for elderly, in order to contribute for Intervention Plan for the reduction of hypertension which aims to reduce salt consumption in the Portuguese population and to improve the control of Hypertension through a phased reduction in salt consumption.This objective has been achieved by changing the availability of foods with lower salt contents and by decreasing the addition of salt in cooking. The results of these measures provided a substantial benefit in terms of Benefits Measurements and Cost Analysis besides the results of SROI measurement in order to obtain the social benefits of this initiative of the Intervention plan to reduce hypertension. Along these results it has been collected the suggestions for improvements that would allow the Sarah Beirão Foundation's response to the needs of its users to be improved

scholarly journals Benefits Measurement of a plan to reduce hypertension in a Healthcare Foundation using the BCTool

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 0-0
Keyword(s):  
Cost Analysis ◽  
Business Case ◽  
High Salt ◽  
Social Benefits ◽  
Portuguese Population ◽  
Case Tool ◽  
Salt Consumption ◽  
Intervention Plan ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Impact

The hypertension is a well know problem and associated with a high salt consuming is one of the commonest chronic diseases.To measure the impact of this consuming it has been applied the methodology provided by the Business Case tool (BC Tool), in a Portuguese foundation for elderly, in order to contribute for Intervention Plan for the reduction of hypertension which aims to reduce salt consumption in the Portuguese population and to improve the control of Hypertension through a phased reduction in salt consumption.This objective has been achieved by changing the availability of foods with lower salt contents and by decreasing the addition of salt in cooking. The results of these measures provided a substantial benefit in terms of Benefits Measurements and Cost Analysis besides the results of SROI measurement in order to obtain the social benefits of this initiative of the Intervention plan to reduce hypertension. Along these results it has been collected the suggestions for improvements that would allow the Sarah Beirão Foundation's response to the needs of its users to be improved

scholarly journals Evaluation of the Social Benefits of Financial Innovation Towns Based on SEM Model——Taking Yuhuang Shannan Fund Town as an Example

2021 ◽  
Vol 251 ◽  
pp. 01075
Author(s):  
Guimei Wu ◽  
Yuting Ye ◽  
Ting Li ◽  
Xueqin Chen ◽  
Shasha Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Latent Variables ◽  
Evaluation System ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Financial Innovation ◽  
Social Benefits ◽  
The Social ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
The Impact

Taking Yuhuang Shannan Fund Town as a typical example, this paper established a financial innovation characteristic town social benefit evaluation system through on-site investigation and quantitative analysis. It can be summarized into five major aspects: social and livelihood development, socioeconomic development, ecological environment, infrastructure construction and related system construction. Then we constructed a structural equation model (SEM) for the evaluation of social benefits of towns, and made the assumption that the impact of the five latent variables on the total variable of social benefits is positive. Through the first-order confirmatory factor analysis and the second-order confirmatory factor analysis of the structural equation, it is concluded that the five latent variables have a positively significant impact on the social benefits and have strong internal consistency. According to the degree of influence, effective suggestions are given from private equity and industrial foundation, which provide reference and practical guidance of the construction of financial innovative towns in the future.

Civil aviation and the environment – the next frontier for the aerodynamicist

2006 ◽  
Vol 110 (1110) ◽  
pp. 469-486 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. E. Green
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Aircraft Design ◽  
Air Travel ◽  
Atmospheric Composition ◽  
Civil Aviation ◽  
Social Benefits ◽  
Aircraft Emissions ◽  
The Social ◽  
Work Done ◽  
The Impact

AbstractIn the coming century, the impact of air travel on the environment will become an increasingly powerful influence on aircraft design. Unless the impact per passenger kilometre can be reduced substantially relative to today’s levels, environmental factors will increasingly limit the expansion of air travel and the social benefits that it brings. The three main impacts are noise, air pollution around airports and changes to atmospheric composition and climate as a result of aircraft emissions at altitude. The lecture will review the work done within the Air Travel – greener by Design programme to assess the technological, design and operational possibilities for reducing these impacts. The main aeronautical disciplines all have something to contribute but it is in aerodynamics that the greatest opportunities appear to lie. If these opportunities are pursued, the aircraft in production in 2050 could be very different from those of 2005. It is for the aerodynamicists, supported by the structures and systems engineers and the materials scientists, to make the case for a radical leap.

Welfare State and Labor Mobility: The Impact of Bismarck's Social Legislation on German Emigration before World War I

2008 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 211-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
DAVID KHOUDOUR-CASTÉRAS
Keyword(s):  
World War I ◽  
The United States ◽  
Social Benefits ◽  
Rapid Decline ◽  
World War ◽  
Emigration Rate ◽  
Labor Earnings ◽  
Wage Rates ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Impact

The rapid decline of German emigration before World War I constitutes a puzzle that traditional explanations have difficulty in solving. The article shows that the social legislation implemented by Bismarck during the 1880s—the most developed at the time—played a key role in this process. Indeed, candidates for migration considered not only the gap between “direct wages” (labor earnings) in the United States and Germany, but also the differential in “indirect wages,” that is, social benefits. In that way, Bismarck's insurance system partly offset low wage rates in Germany and furthered the fall of the emigration rate.O sprecht! warum zogt ihr von dannen?Das Neckartal hat Wein und Korn;Der Schwarzwald steht voll finstrer Tannen,Im Spessart klingt des Ålplers Horn.Wie wird es in den fremden WäldernEuch nach der Heimatberge Grün,Nach Deutschlands gelben Weizenfeldern,Nach seinen Rebenhügeln ziehn!Ferdinand Freiligrath1

scholarly journals The Mobility Industry Trends Through the Lens of the Social Analysis: A Multi-Level Perspective Approach

SAGE Open ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 215824402110691
Author(s):  
Javier Turienzo ◽  
Pablo Cabanelas ◽  
Jesús F. Lampón
Keyword(s):  
Social Exchange ◽  
Cost Reduction ◽  
Social Benefits ◽  
Connected Vehicles ◽  
Social Analysis ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The Social ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Industry Trends

The mobility industry is experiencing an in-depth transformation looking for higher efficiency, and this evolution has relevant impact from the economic and social perspective. Nevertheless, technological and mobility trends involve uncertainty on users, policy makers, and businesses. Thus, the analysis of the technologies and their associated trends is relevant for enabling a general understanding of new features and social benefits that can shape the mobility trends toward a better experience. This paper intends to forecast and understand the impact of the new trends on general public through qualitative research deployed with experts from different European countries. It aims at clarifying the predisposition to adapt daily habits to adopt autonomous and connected vehicles, electrical motorizations and servitization. Those areas of deployment in the mobility industry represent relevant dilemmas in terms of social exchange. Businesses, technical and physical infrastructures, public services and regulations are among those areas highly affected by this evolution. Despite the reported advantages of those trends, those innovations will only be supported by specific groups of population and policy-makers unless they show similar benefits to traditional mobility means. Mobility-as-a-Services will be widespread in parallel with the improvement of the service offered, cost reduction, and geographical coverage.

scholarly journals Student Perceptions of Motor, Mental and Social Benefits and the Impact of Practicing Recreational Figure Skating

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 110
Author(s):  
Anca Ionescu ◽  
Dana Badau
Keyword(s):  
Student Perceptions ◽  
Likert Scale ◽  
Social Benefits ◽  
Figure Skating ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Abilities ◽  
High Internal Consistency ◽  
Almost All ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

The study aims to highlight the impact of practicing recreational figure skating by evaluating the relationship between the perceptions of motor, mental and social benefits of practicing figure skating and the frequency and duration allocated for this recreational activity. The study included 143 students of physical education and sport specialization. The questionnaire was designed to evaluate the students’ perception about the benefits of practicing recreational figure skating; it included 30 items divided in three parts: motor, mental and social benefits. Each of them contained 10 items to be assessed by students using the Likert scale, with 2 items related to the duration and frequency of practicing figure skating during recreational time. The results were processed using SPPS 24. The results were statistically significant at p < 0.05. The Cronbach’s Alpha coefficient of the questionnaire was α = 0.965, suggesting that the items had high internal consistency. Using the Likert scale, we found the following: concerning the high score 5 points—the motor capacity 62.9%, the mental capacity 49.7%, the social capacity 49.7%; and for a low score of 1 point—mental and social capacity 1.4%, motor capacity 0.7%. The effect size was medium for almost all items. No statistically significant correlations were found between the result of the questionnaire and the frequency and duration of practicing figure skating during free time. Figure skating is considered by students to be one of the activities through which a series of parameters of physical development and level of physical fitness can be improved through the expansion of motor skills. Also, the practice of figure skating contributes to the formation of proactive behaviors by improving the mental and social abilities of practitioners.

San Sebastián: the Social and Political Effects of Sugar Mill Closure in Mexico

2007 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 41-52
Author(s):  
Kathy Powell
Keyword(s):  
Social Benefits ◽  
Community Resources ◽  
Sugar Production ◽  
The Social ◽  
Political Effects ◽  
San Sebastian ◽  
Sugar Mills ◽  
Uncertain Future ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The U.S

Mexico's sugar mills face an uncertain future: the closure of San Sebastián may well presage others if the climate for sugar production on national and international levels does not improve. While the continued squeezing of small cane producers reflects processes affecting peasant agriculture generally in Mexico, and indeed beyond, the fate of the mill workers made redundant when the mill closed similarly mirrors broad tendencies in labor in both the developed and developing world under neoliberalism. Former workers fell back upon personal, family, and community resources by migrating to the U.S. or locally reconstructing livelihoods characterized by a reduction in income, security, and access to social benefits. This article reports on the impact of the mill closure on the livelihoods of former mill worker families in the community of San Sebastián and offers some observations on their responses to the situation.

scholarly journals Modelling the impact of compliance with WHO salt recommendations on cardiovascular mortality in Russia

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
D Mukaneeva ◽  
A Kontsevaya ◽  
YU Balanova ◽  
M Khudyakov ◽  
O Drapkina
Keyword(s):  
Coronary Heart Disease ◽  
Heart Disease ◽  
Cardiovascular Diseases ◽  
Salt Intake ◽  
High Salt ◽  
Baseline Scenario ◽  
Hypertensive Disease ◽  
Salt Consumption ◽  
High Salt Intake ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Funding Acknowledgements Type of funding sources: None. Introduction High salt intake is considered the primary diet-related risk factor (being responsible for 3 million deaths and 70 million DALYs), because of its association with NCDs, such as cardiovascular diseases (ischemic heart disease, stroke, and hypertension). The World Health Organization (WHO) recommended daily salt intake is known to be &lt;5 g / day (2 g sodium per day). Despite strong evidence indicating that high salt intake relates to chronic diseases and mortality, most adults do not comply with dietary recommendations. The average amount of salt consumed per day is significantly higher and amounts to 11.35 g/day among Russian adults (2018). The purpose of this study is to model the impact of following the national salt consumption recommendations in decreasing N of death  attributable to excessive salt consumption. Methods This study provides a health impact evaluation, which models the effect of sodium reduction on mortality associated with blood pressure and CVD in 2018 in Russia. Cardiovascular disease included coronary heart disease, stroke, hypertensive disease, heart failure, aortic aneurysm, pulmonary embolism and rheumatic heart disease. The observed salt intake from the Russian National Health Survey of 2018 was used to determine the reference (baseline) scenario and the counterfactual scenario considered that average salt consumption was reduced to 5g/day. A comparative risk assessment model, the Preventable Risk Integrated ModEl (PRIME) was used to estimate the deaths from cardiovascular diseases that could be averted or postponed based on the sodium recommendation scenario compared to the baseline scenario. The sensitivity of the model to the results from the meta-analyses was assessed with Monte Carlo simulations. Results In 2018, an estimated 104 602 (95%: 46 832, 154 233) deaths from CVDs could have been prevented if the average salt consumption had been reduced to 5 g/day in Russia. Coronary heart disease (CHD), stroke and hypertensive disease accounted for 97% of these deaths. The modelled reduction in deaths for coronary heart disease was 59 454, for stroke 37 306 and for hypertensive disease 4 833. Conclusion A considerable number of lives could be saved if Russians adhered to the national salt intake recommendations.

scholarly journals A complex peripheral code for salt taste in Drosophila

eLife ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandria H Jaeger ◽  
Molly Stanley ◽  
Zachary F Weiss ◽  
Pierre-Yves Musso ◽  
Rachel CW Chan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Types ◽  
Complex Model ◽  
High Salt ◽  
Sensory Cells ◽  
Ionotropic Receptor ◽  
Salt Taste ◽  
Salt Consumption ◽  
Glutamatergic Neurons ◽  
Low Salt ◽  
The Impact

Each taste modality is generally encoded by a single, molecularly defined, population of sensory cells. However, salt stimulates multiple taste pathways in mammals and insects, suggesting a more complex code for salt taste. Here, we examine salt coding in Drosophila. After creating a comprehensive molecular map comprised of five discrete sensory neuron classes across the fly labellum, we find that four are activated by salt: two exhibiting characteristics of ‘low salt’ cells, and two ‘high salt’ classes. Behaviorally, low salt attraction depends primarily on ‘sweet’ neurons, with additional input from neurons expressing the ionotropic receptor IR94e. High salt avoidance is mediated by ‘bitter’ neurons and a population of glutamatergic neurons expressing Ppk23. Interestingly, the impact of these glutamatergic neurons depends on prior salt consumption. These results support a complex model for salt coding in flies that combinatorially integrates inputs from across cell types to afford robust and flexible salt behaviors.

The Impact of Endorsing the Belief in a Just World on Social Judgments

2013 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 209-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benoît Testé ◽  
Samantha Perrin
Keyword(s):  
Social Desirability ◽  
Social Value ◽  
Social Utility ◽  
Western Society ◽  
Social Judgments ◽  
Just World ◽  
The Social ◽  
Main Effect ◽  
The Impact

The present research examines the social value attributed to endorsing the belief in a just world for self (BJW-S) and for others (BJW-O) in a Western society. We conducted four studies in which we asked participants to assess a target who endorsed BJW-S vs. BJW-O either strongly or weakly. Results showed that endorsement of BJW-S was socially valued and had a greater effect on social utility judgments than it did on social desirability judgments. In contrast, the main effect of endorsement of BJW-O was to reduce the target’s social desirability. The results also showed that the effect of BJW-S on social utility is mediated by the target’s perceived individualism, whereas the effect of BJW-S and BJW-O on social desirability is mediated by the target’s perceived collectivism.

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