scholarly journals Medical Imaging in Guyana, development and status

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 12
Author(s):  
Ramona Chanderballi
Keyword(s):  
Medical Imaging ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Health Indicators ◽  
Tropical Rainforests ◽  
Young Population ◽  
Basic Health ◽  
Cultural Divide ◽  
The Third ◽  
The World ◽  
The Uk

Medical imaging services have been rapidly advancing in Guyana over the last decade. It is time to look back, and state the todays’ situation.With a population, under 1 million, Guyana, according to the World Factbook (1), is the third smallest country in South America. Guyana was originally a Dutch colony in the 17th century, by 1815 had become a British possession. The abolition of slavery led to settlement of urban areas by former slaves and the importation of indentured servants from India to work the sugar plantations. Tropical rainforests cover over 80 percent, and its agricultural lands are fertile. A resulting ethno-cultural divide has persisted and has led to turbulent politics. Guyana achieved independence from the UK in 1966. In 1992, the country is first free and fair election since independence. The economy is growing; still at a high unemployment. According to the World Factbook, it is (per 2018) a young population; mean age for both females and males are 28 years, and life expectancy 68y. Compared with other neighboring countries, Guyana ranks poorly concerning basic health indicators (2), basic health services in the interior are primitive to non-existent.

Healthwise: Part 1. Maintaining a healthy body weight

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 169-173
Author(s):  
Linda Nazarko
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Death Rate ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Poor Health ◽  
The Third ◽  
Lifestyle Choices ◽  
The World ◽  
Healthy Body Weight ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Healthy Body

Coronavirus (COVID-19) has claimed the lives of over 150 000 people in the UK ( UK Government, 2021 ). The UK has the third highest death rate in the world and the fourth highest obesity rate ( Lobstein, 2021 ). Although the UK is a developed nation, many people in the UK experience poor health, as a result of being overweight and inactive. Healthcare workers are not immune from these issues. This article, the first in a series, explores how readers can remain healthy and well by making lifestyle choices that promote health.

The World Economy

1997 ◽  
Vol 159 ◽  
pp. 28-56
Author(s):  
Julian Morgan ◽  
Nigel Pain ◽  
Florence Hubert
Keyword(s):  
World Trade ◽  
World Economy ◽  
Fiscal Consolidation ◽  
The Third ◽  
The North ◽  
External Demand ◽  
The Us ◽  
The World ◽  
World Economic ◽  
The Uk

There are now widespread signs that activity in the world economy has begun to recover steadily from the pause in growth apparent at the beginning of 1996. Output rose by 0.6 per cent in the North American economies in the third quarter of last year and by 0.8 per cent in Europe. Business and consumer sentiment has improved gradually in recent months in most of the major economies. We expect world economic growth to pick up further over the course of this year as the contractionary effects from the downturn in world trade and prolonged inventory adjustment come to an end and as the effects from a more relaxed monetary stance begin to outweigh those from ongoing fiscal consolidation. Recent currency movements should help to stimulate external demand in Germany, France and Japan, but may act to constrain growth within the UK, Italy and the US. For both this year and 1998 we expect growth of around 2½ per cent per annum in the OECD economies.

VP135 Clustering Surgical Indicators And Predictors Of Catastrophic Expenses

2017 ◽  
Vol 33 (S1) ◽  
pp. 210-211
Author(s):  
Songul Cinaroglu ◽  
Onur Baser
Keyword(s):  
Medical Imaging ◽  
General Health ◽  
Surgical Care ◽  
The Third ◽  
Surgical Workforce ◽  
Silhouette Index ◽  
The World ◽  
Country Differences ◽  
Cross Country ◽  
Risk Predictors

INTRODUCTION:Increasing access to surgical care is crucial in improving the general health status of a population. Despite studies indicating the cross-country differences of general health indicators, there is a scarcity of knowledge focusing on the cross-country differences of surgical indicators. This study aims to classify countries according to surgical care indicators and identify risk predictors of catastrophic surgical care expenditures.METHODS:For this study, data were used from the World Health Organization and the World Bank on 177 countries. The following variable groups were chosen: total density of medical imaging technologies, surgical workforce distribution, number of surgical procedures, and risk of catastrophic surgical care expenditures. The k-means clustering algorithm was used to classify countries according to the surgical indicators. The optimal number of clusters was determined with a within-cluster sum of squares and a scree plot. A Silhouette index was used to examine clustering performance, and a random forest decision tree approach was used to determine risk predictors of catastrophic surgical care expenditures.RESULTS:The surgical care indicator results delineated the countries into four groups according to each country's income level. The cluster plot indicated that most high-income countries (for example, United States, United Kingdom, Norway) are in the first cluster. The second cluster consisted of four countries: Japan, San Marino, Marshall Islands, and Monaco. Low-income countries (for example, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Kenya) and middle-income countries (for example, Brazil, Turkey, Hungary) are represented in the third and fourth clusters, respectively. The third cluster had a high Silhouette index value (.75). The densities of both surgeons and medical imaging technology were risk determiners of catastrophic surgical care expenditures (Area Under Curve = .82).CONCLUSIONS:Our results demonstrate a need for more effective health plans if the differences between countries surgical care indicators are to be overcome. We recommend that health policymakers reconsider distribution strategies for the surgical workforce and medical imaging technology in the interest of accessibility and equality.

scholarly journals Flooding Conceptual Review: Sustainability-Focalized Best Practices in Nigeria

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 1558 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Cirella ◽  
Felix Iyalomhe
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Ecosystem Stability ◽  
Indelible Mark ◽  
Economic Problems ◽  
The Third ◽  
Number Of Factors ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government ◽  
Environmentally Sound

Nigeria’s 196 million people is the third fastest growing population in the world; the interactions of this build up has left an indelible mark on the landscape and environment. Urbanization, deforestation, flooding, desertification, over population and all levels of pollution are resultant effects of this interaction with the environment. These changes directly relate to a seemingly endless desire for food, shelter, recreation and infrastructural facilities and urbanization in general. This has placed enormous pressure on ecosystem stability and environmentally sound living conditions. Flooding has become an annual event for Nigerian cities—where it consistently causes economic problems in the rainy season. Effort made by the government and residents to forestall this problem has produced sub-optimal results. There is a need to adopt more proactive, standard and reliable procedures that can offer sustainable outcomes and restore the socioeconomic growth of urban areas. Frequency of flooding is due to a number of factors relating to differing climatological patterns of precipitation, urban growth and increase in paved surfaces. The aim of this review is to utilize a conceptual framework to assess and identify areas within Nigeria prone to flooding and examine possible means of alleviating damage and harm.

4. Beyond the dominant orthodoxies

2020 ◽  
pp. 104-135
Author(s):  
Michael Newman
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Bloc ◽  
Far Right ◽  
Third Way ◽  
Social Democratic ◽  
The Third ◽  
The World ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Democratic Parties ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Social Democratic Parties

Following the collapse of the Soviet bloc, countries around the world struggled to implement their versions of social democracy. ‘Beyond the dominant orthodoxies’ looks at recent developments in China (successful, but too business-oriented and inflexible to be the future of socialism), the UK (weakened by the ‘third way’ of the late 1990s and lack of engagement with political parties), and other European countries (threatened by lack of support for social democratic parties and the rise of the far right). None of the new movements in Spain, Greece, Latin America, or the UK was entirely successful, but many succeeded in embedding elements of socialism in their countries’ politics.

The World Economy

1992 ◽  
Vol 139 ◽  
pp. 27-45
Author(s):  
R. Anderton ◽  
R. Barrell ◽  
G. Caporale
Keyword(s):  
World Economy ◽  
Consumer Confidence ◽  
Recent Information ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Us ◽  
The World ◽  
The Uk

The US, the UK and Canada all experienced recessions in 1991, whilst in Germany and Japan activity began to slow markedly. Most commentators, including the Institute, underestimated the length and severity of the recessions being experienced by the UK and the US. Data for the third and fourth quarters, along with recent information on expectations and on consumer confidence, have caused us to revise down both our estimate of growth experienced in 1991 and our forecast for growth in 1992. The summary details of our forecast are given in table 1.

scholarly journals Mental health services in Bermuda

2004 ◽  
Vol 1 (6) ◽  
pp. 11-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Price
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Insurance Industry ◽  
Small Islands ◽  
The Third ◽  
The World ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Uk

Bermuda comprises a group of small islands in the Atlantic Ocean, situated approximately 1000 km east of the USA. It is a self-governing crown dependency of the UK. It is the third richest country in the world, with average wages per head of US$41 495 in 2000. Its economy is based on a flourishing offshore insurance industry and tourism.

UK Politics

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Blick
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Public Opinion ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Party System ◽  
Final Part ◽  
Historical Knowledge ◽  
The Third ◽  
The World ◽  
Key Concepts ◽  
The Uk

UK Politics gives an introduction to this subject, providing the foundational understanding, critical perspectives, and historical knowledge needed to make sense of politics in the UK today. Part I looks at the way people are governed in the UK. This includes an analysis of the Cabinet and the Prime Minster, parliament, and the UK and human rights. Part 2 looks at how people participate in politics through examining the party system, elections, and voting. It also considers the issue of referendums. The third part is about how society affects UK politics. This part of the text examines communication and public opinion and considers identity, equality, and power. The final part is about the UK relates to the rest of the world. The key concepts here are devolution, local government, the nations and the union, and the outside world.

United Kingdom

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriel Moss QC ◽  
Bob Wessels ◽  
Matthias Haentjens
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Banking Industry ◽  
Insurance Industry ◽  
Financial System ◽  
The Third ◽  
The World ◽  
Financial Crisis Of 2008 ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Credit Institutions

Banking and insurance play central roles in UK industry. The UK banking industry is the largest in the world in terms of GDP. The UK insurance industry is the largest in Europe and the third largest in the world. Therefore, particularly in light of the financial crisis of 2008, it is extremely important to have a clear formula for the winding up of credit institutions, but also steps have been taken to bolster the resilience of the financial system and help avoid future crises by the implementation of a further regulation.

scholarly journals CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CITY TOURISM WITH ACCENT ТО ТHE CITY TOURISM IN THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 267-275
Author(s):  
Darko Majhosev
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Urban Spaces ◽  
World City ◽  
Important Type ◽  
The Third ◽  
City Tourism ◽  
The World ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The City ◽  
Constant Growth

With their cultural and historical contents, cities have always attracted tourists, thus contributing to creating a new kind of tourism - city tourism. The potentials of cities have contributed to creating other types of tourism such as fair, cultural, congressional, sports, religious tourism, etc. City breaks have become a contemporary trend and a phenomenon in world tourism, which an increasing number of tourists is becoming more interested in, and these tourists want to spend their short breaks, holidays or weekends in them. Comprehensive and short visits to major cities offer an opportunity to discover their tourist values such as ambience, architecture, culture, art, people, customs, etc. Basically, urban tourism is an activity that takes place in urban areas. City break is the third most important type of tourism in international tourism and the third most important type of vacation and traveling in Europe after ―sun and beach‖ and ―tour‖. In the last three decades, tourism in the world has been witnessing a constant growth of city break. The growth of this type of tourism is associated with the growth of the urban population in the world. City break tourism gives an impetus to the revitalization of urban areas. Historic cores of cities and pedestrian zones are urban spaces that appeal to visitors and are always attractive places visited by most tourists in all seasons. One of the most common activities of city break is seeing the sights of a city, its attractions, museums, galleries and historical landmarks, most often with a special open-type bus with a tour guide.

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