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Objectives We examined whether persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) from countries with differential resources and resource distribution differ in the level and structure of functioning and disability. Methods We analysed cross-sectional data of 1,048 persons with SCI from 14 countries based on the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF). We used penalized logistic...
High levels of energy prices and the promise of international initiatives on decreasing the greenhouse gas emissions have regenerated the argument about the execution of energy conservation policies. This paper investigates the causal relationship between aggregated and disaggregated levels of energy production, energy demand, energy import and economic growth for Turkey for the period of 1975-2007...
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the environmental and economic effects of trade liberalization, we use a Computable general equilibrium (CGE) model to examine the impact of a trade bloc consisting of the US and China. We find some macro-economic variables such as gross domestic product (GDP), disposable income, import, export, production and consumption increases for two members of the trade...
Since the reform and opening up policy was launched in China in 1978, the society and economy of the southeastern coastal area of China (SCAC) has experienced rapid growth, and great changes have taken place in land-use structure. This paper analyzes the characteristics and major socio-economic driving forces of land-use change in Fuzhou, a typical city in SCAC, using remote sensing (RS) maps, geographic...
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