"In order to provide an insight into the possible problems that face Saudi Arabia in its Fourth Five-Year Plan (1985-1990), this paper assesses several aspects of the manpower problems encountered in the Third Five-Year Plan (1980-1985). In general, it appears that the country's abundance of fixed capital, or at least ...

The article reviews the literature on the problem of nutritional disorders in Saudi Arabia. Most of the studies reveal problems of anaemia and a mild to moderate degree of stunting and wasting among preschool children. The causes are, apparently, ignorance and misconception rather than purely economic. Recently, overnutrition has been ...

Many other symptom complexes could be discussed that affect virtually every organ system of patients with AIDS or ARC. While important and interesting, these are less likely to come to the attention of the radiologist for assistance in diagnosis and management. The scope of this review has also precluded discussion ...

The concepts of therapy-oriented and problem-oriented plans are discussed and their advantages and disadvantages considered. Goal-directed planning is proposed as an alternative to intuitive decision making. Goal-directed planning involves the abstraction of pivotal problems from a diagnostic formulation, the restatement of problems as goals, the selection of appropriate therapy, the ...

The best quality long-lasting results require attention to the diagnosis of the precise anatomic problems followed by the architectural planning--the art of making beautiful highlights, shadows, and curves where indicated to produce a result that is aesthetically pleasing. Attention to the details of the surgical planning, execution of surgery, and ...

The most vulnerable population in the recent increase in morbidity and mortality in asthma is the preteen and teenaged group. This particular group, remarkably resistant to outside input, would seem the most likely audience for programs dealing with asthma self-care. We have postulated 4 problem areas for this group that ...

The records of all cases of congenital ocular motor apraxia diagnosed by the Ophthalmology Department at the Children's Hospital, Boston, over the past 25 years were reviewed to ascertain other problems with motor organization. There were eight boys and two girls, ranging in age from eight months to 2 1/2 ...

Author John Naisbitt, in Megatrends, referred to Connecticut as a bellwether state. The Griffin Hospital in Derby, Connecticut, has found itself in that position. While other administrators were talking of predictions of declining average daily census and length of stay, Griffin was experiencing these declines. And, while others were beginning ...

This paper analyzes the technical feasibility of interstellar communication at infrared frequencies, both in its own right and in comparison with communication at radio frequencies. The analysis considers both the practical and fundamental limits affecting communication over interstellar distances and concludes that for specified transmitter and receiver locations communications at ...

Variations in daily census have been on ongoing problem for hospitals. An even greater, but virtually ignored, problem is that of yearly census variation. In this article, formulas for predicting the possible range in utilization over the life of the physical facility and methods of planning for those variations are ...

"This report contains recommendations reflecting the views of the ASA Technical Panel on the Census Undercount concerning [U.S.] Census Bureau procedures and plans in the fall of 1982." The report consists of technical statistical advice on measurement and estimation problems. A response by Barbara A. Bailar, reflecting the views of ...

"The concepts, methodological approach, assumptions and results of a long-term forecast for 88 federal planning regions in West Germany are presented and discussed. It is emphasized that population and employment projections for policy consultation purposes must be of an intermediate complexity in order to remain transparent and reconstructable. To facilitate ...

When planning out a reconstructive problem, 3M Microfoam tape is used in layers for pattern making. It is found to be versatile in that it is handled easily, is similar in elasticity to full-thickness skin, and can be autoclaved for intraoperative use.

This article demonstrates a goal planning and evaluation method that focuses upon a client's behaviours or problem areas regardless of diagnosis or setting. Goal Attainment Scaling is described in terms of its procedures, scoring, advantages, precautions, and overall contribution to therapeutic recreation. Additionally, a case study is presented to demonstrate ...

Advances in orthognathic surgery now make it possible to correct most skeletal abnormalities of the face. Simple screening measures can be quickly applied to assess the patient who appears to be a candidate. Cases are carefully planned and coordinated, with the aid of special diagnostic procedures to identify the problem ...

This study surveyed psychiatric problems treated with psychotropic medication among mentally handicapped at five regional centres in Eastern Ontario. Of the 2,158 residents studied, 920 (43%) were identified as problem cases, ranging from 36% to 83% in different institutions. Aggressivity, hyperactivity, and self-injury are the most prevalent conditions among more ...

Most community disaster plans are formulated to respond to disasters of moderate size. The MGM Grand Hotel fire in Las Vegas, because of its magnitude, had the potential to overwhelm completely the local medical resources. It did not, because of innovative responses to unforeseen problems based on sound disaster planning. ...

Staff meetings are essential to good staff communication. Meetings help keep the grapevine from growing so big that it strangles the group with its rumors. By holding regular meetings with your staff, you create a consistency in your communications that helps prevent problems that you don't even suspect from cropping ...

The applicability of problem solving concepts such as planfulness and depth of search to older adult cognitive behavior was considered. Eighteen males (sixty to eighty-nine years) and eighteen females (sixty to eighty-two years) solved isomorphic inquiry problems involving elimination of number and letter alternatives from a twenty-four item stimulus array. ...

"Accommodation of a multi-ethnic population within the territory of a single state has been recognized as a world-wide problem. Within such a society language maintenance is frequently the avenue through which cultural groups seek to preserve their identity. This paper describes and evaluates the Canadian experience of language planning by ...

A description of academic and community rheumatologist practice activities in the United States has been assembled from 826 responses to a 1977 survey of American Rheumatism Association members. Reported work hours and patient load are similar to other medical subspecialists, and three-fourths of the clinical time is devoted to persons ...

Selecting an initial sign lexicon for an individual requires far more than simply making a list of useful words or translating a spoken lexicon into signs through use of a sign dictionary. It requires knowledge of child language acquisition, knowledge of manual signs and linguistic constraints on their use, and ...

A cognitive theoretical perspective toward emotional distress and behavior disorders is described and then applied to developing both a classification of emancipation problems and a plan for intervention. Problems described include over-dependency, vacillation about dependency, and resistance to authority. The plan for intervention minimizes complications that a vigorously confrontive method ...

The natural disasters which have so far dominated world attention are the least important in terms of number of victims. By far the most important problems, affecting tens of millions of people in non-industrialized countries, are the creeping and recurrent disasters, generally made and/or aggravated by man. Subsequent deprivations frequently ...

The paper presents systematic evaluation of a modified problem oriented medical record approach to treatment planning in outpatient psychotherapy. By comparison with a four year period prior to the institution of problem oriented treatment planning (POTP), data from a year in which POTP was used indicated a 50% reduction in ...

Potential health risks associated with animal waste arise as a consequence of direct microbial problems particularly salmonellosis, indirect microbial problems arising from drug resistance etc., toxic residues from therapeutic or prophylactic agents, or from poisonous gases generated in liquid waste. The biggest of these hazards arises from direct microbial problems ...

Problem descriptions elicited from newly registered therapists were processed to produce 96 problem statements. These were clarified, assembled into a problem checklist, and mailed to 2,300 therapists registered subsequent to 1970 for the purpose of identifying the most frequent and bothersome problems encountered in practice. Factor analysis of the results ...

Communication patterns between 127 satisfied adopters of female sterilization (agents) and 257 potential adopters of family planning (recipients) were examined in this study conducted in a rural community in southern India. The influence of satisfied adopters relative to other family planning communication agents was evaluated. Satisfied adopters were identified as ...

Unless the nutrition community intervenes in national and international policymaking, the world could well be headed for serious trouble with deaths from starvation on a consequential scale. There has been near-total dissociation between agricultural planning policies and food distribution and nutritional needs of populations. Unfortunately, the nutrition community is out ...

The authors present a method for the development of standard process criteria for the care of defined subpopulations of psychiatric patients using a two-dimensional problem category system to describe patients. Patient subpopulations, described by both a traditional psychopathological problem cluster and a less traditional psychosocial problem cluster, are matched to ...

"I have yet to find I person in the Federation who believes that planned parenthood alone will produce economic development and alone will reduce the birthrate. These might have been real arguments in 1963 or even 1968 but everyone has now had enough experience to recognize how complicated are the ...

The Western State Commisioner for Economic Planning and Reconstruction, Mr. Ladosu Ladapo, who is a member of the National Executive Committee of the Council, has called for active government participation in the programs of the Family Planning Council of Nigeria (FPCN). The Commissioner was addressing newsmen at Kaduna in May ...

Thesis (M.L.A.)--University of Georgia, 2005.

Report (M.U.R.P.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 2000.

FOCUS (Forging Our Comprehensive Urban Strategy) is Kansas City's Comprehensive and Strategic Plan for the next 25 years. Thousands of Kansas Citians have created this road map to guide our city towards the 21st century. This project is a unique partnership between the City of Kansas City and its citizens ...

PLANetizen is a web magazine for the urban planning and development community. It is supported by Urban Insight. Topics include urban planning and development and gentrification. There is a blog and links to related sites.

This EU website gives a brief description of progress with the 5-year Forest Action Plan (2007-2011). Documents that can be downloaded from the site include the Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament (in 18 European languages), background information, Communication regarding implementation, progress, and workshop reports. ...

The website of the Forest of Mercia, the community forest of the West Midlands and a national community forest partner. The website provides information about the forest and its facilities. Documents related to the Forest Plan and a news page are also available here.

PROBLEM: Puzzling, progressive profusion of alliterative "p's" in published papers. PURPOSE: To depict this particular "p" predominance with pinpoint precision. PLAN: Periodic, painstaking perusal of periodicals by a professor of paediatrics. PROPOSAL: The "p" plethora is positively perplexing and potentially perturbing.

It is probable that in the event of thermonuclear attack, the outlying areas to which metropolitan evacuees would be sent would have problems quite as great as the problems at the center of attack. Unless the focus of planning is altered, they could have great numbers of casualties sent to ...

Many endemic centres of communicable disease lie in the Orient and therefore the future fight of preventive medicine must be largely in Eastern countries. Mr. Jenks, with some years of experience in Hindustan as sanitary engineer, outlines racial conditions that are fundamental. They must be recognized in any plan for ...