Social indicators are an important tool for evaluating a country's level of social development
and for assessing the impact of policy. Such indicators are already in use in investigating …

Many central neurons possess large acid-activated currents, yet their molecular identity is
unknown. We found that eliminating the acid sensing ion channel (ASIC) abolished H + -gated …

Poverty is a notoriously ill-defined term, both in common usage and in academic application.
Empirical research on poverty has to deal first of all with the ambiguities and confusions …

This paper presents a comparison of horizontal equity in health care utilization in 10 European
countries and the US. It does not only extend previous work by using more recent data …

The so-called Great Recession that followed the global financial crisis at the end of 2007
was the largest economic downturn since the 1930s for most rich countries. To what extent …

Traceability relationships help stakeholders understand the many associations and
dependencies that exist among software artifacts created during a software development project. …

BACKGROUND: Although open surgical bypass remains the standard revascularization
strategy for patients with critical limb ischemia (CLI), many centers now perform peripheral …

The notion of ‘social investment’ has come to play a major part in debates about the role of
social spending and the future of welfare states in Europe. This paper argues that social …

This paper presents further international comparisons of progressivity of health care financing
systems. The paper builds on the work of Wagstaff et al. [Wagstaff, A., van Doorslaer E., et …

Non‐monetary indicators of deprivation are now widely used in studying poverty in Europe.
While measuring financial resources remains central, having reliable information about …