R Research Papers

Sistemi ortofrutticoli sostenibili

The sustainability of agricultural production systems is a recurrent topic in the public debate, tightly linked to resource use efficiency and energy saving principles. "Higher yield with lower input" is the paradigm that will guide us in t...

Elevated Eosinophils as a Feature of Inflammation Associated With Hypertension in Virally Suppressed People Living With HIV

Background People living with HIV (PLWH) are at increased risk of cardiovascular disease, including hypertension, which persists despite effective plasma viral suppression on antiretroviral therapy. HIV infection is characterized by long‐te...

Patrimonio cultural y turismo emergente: Villa Guillermina, de pueblo obrero a nuevo destino turístico. Un estudio de caso Patrimônio cultural e turismo emergente: Villa Guillermina, de povoado de operários a novo destino turístico. Um estudo de caso Cultural Heritage and emergent tourism: Villa Guillermina from worker villages to a new tourist destination. A case study

En los últimos años, la provincia de Santa Fe ha impulsado una política destinada a la creación de nuevos destinos turísticos, con el propósito de contribuir al desarrollo de las economías locales. Villa Guillermina, situada en la Cuña Bosc...

Development of the Cooperative Intelligent Transport System in Thailand: A Prospective Approach

Smart mobility is becoming an alternative technology of transportation development for today and the future. Thailand has applied the intelligent transport system (ITS) to improve traffic and transport services. The success of the project i...

Innovative partnerships to advance public health training in community-based academic residency programs

Joan C Lo,1–3 Thomas E Baudendistel,2,3 Abhay Dandekar,3,4 Phuoc V Le,5 Stanton Siu,2,3 Bruce Blumberg6 1Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA, USA; 2Department of Medicine, ...

Acupuncture versus sham acupuncture and usual care for Antiandrogen-Induced hot fLashes in prostate cancer (AVAIL): study protocol for a randomized clinical trial

Abstract Background Hot flashes are the common and debilitating symptom among prostate cancer (PCa) patients undergoing androgen deprivation therapy (ADT). Strong evidence from multiple rigorously designed studies indicated that pharmacolog...

Making Big Business Everybody’s Business: Aboriginal leaders’ perspectives on commercial activities influencing Aboriginal health in Victoria, Australia

Abstract Background The commercial determinants of health is a rapidly expanding field of research; however Indigenous perspectives remain notably underrepresented. For Indigenous peoples the intersection of globalisation, colonialism and c...

Continuity and Change in Public Policy and Management

© Christopher Pollitt and Geert Bouckaert 2009. All rights reserved. Combining theory development, international comparison and original case study analysis, two of Europe's leading public policy and management scholars apply and develop so...

The Palgrave Handbook of Intersectionality in Public Policy

Mass media and public policy

Comparative Public Policy: Patterns of Post-War Transformation

A comparative, historical and cross-disciplinary view of post-war era public sector growth, which also examines how that growth is viewed in current times as a form of crisis. A valuable aspect is that the book dispels a number of myths abo...

Public Goods and Public Policy

One of the most interesting developments in the Anglo-American public finance literature of recent years has been the appearance, under the formidable aegis of Professor Samuelson, of a prescriptive theory of public expenditure based on the...

Public Policy Analysis: An Introduction

Preface to the Third Edition CHAPTER 1: The Process of Policy Analysis * The Process of Policy Inquiry * Multidisciplinary Policy Analysis* Policy-Relevant Information* Policy-Informational Transformations* Policy-Analytic Methods* Three Ca...

Homosexuality: Research Implications for Public Policy

Introduction - John C Gonsiorek and James D Weinrich The Definition and Scope of Sexual Orientation - John C Gonsiorek and James D Weinrich Homosexuality, Nature, and Biology - John A W Kirsch and James D Weinrich Is Homosexuality Natural? ...

Implementing public policy

Geography and public policy: constructions of neoliberalism

Public Opinion, Public Policy, and Democracy

Private Management and Public Policy

The book Private Management and Public Policy by Lee E. Preston and James E. Post has had a major impact on the business and society field. The authors introduced the concept of public policy into the field as an alternative way of thinking...

Public Policy and Political Ideas

Part 1 A theoretical overview: interests or ideas? an overview of ideational concepts in public policy research, Dietmar Braun from hooks to focal points - the changing role of ideas in rational choice theory, Andreas Busch the power of ide...

Group politics and public policy

This book analyses the pressure-group phenomenon, addressing such important questions as: What are pressure groups? Why do we have them? Why have they become so prominent in the last two decades?...