Socioeconomic Differences in Antenatal Care between the United States and Scandinavia

Despite their analogous status as economically developed nations, the United States and Scandinavian countries have marked differences in their healthcare systems. In particular both areas discernibly differ in the antenatal treatment provided for expecting women and their babies. Sweden and Denmark’s healthcare systems are universal, run primarily on taxpayer dollars, and provide equal antenatal care regardless of socioeconomic status. The United States’ healthcare system is run on a combination of private and government run insurance, in which socioeconomic status often determines insurance coverage. This variability in insurance coverage often results in differing levels of antenatal care. An overarching question remains as to how women of low socioeconomic status receive differing antenatal care in the United States and Scandinavia. Antenatal care discrepancies between the two systems emanate a difference in patient outcomes and patient satisfaction of their treatment. Analyzing the differences in these outcomes can better point to which health care system provides more effective antenatal care. Women of lower socioeconomic status in Sweden and Denmark receive superior antenatal care than women of a comparable socioeconomic status in the United States. [excerpt

Males, masculine honor and witch hunting in seventeenth-century Germany

This article aims to contribute to the emerging cultural study of early modern witchcraft by examining one particular prosecution from the Bishopric of Bamberg—a territory in Germany that experienced very intensive witch persecutions between 1625 and 1630. The main focus of the present study is on Burgomaster Johannes Junius, a male accused in 1628 of being a demonic witch. Throughout the study, the following documents are examined for the insights they provide not only into witchcraft but also into the construc-tion of seventeenth-century masculinity: Junius’s witch trial records and a letter written to his daughter while he was imprisoned. The article suggests that the concept of honor played a significant part in establishing and maintaining Junius’s masculine identity. The centrality that Junius attached to his honor was emphasized by the intense and dra-matic manner in which he tried to defend it after he was arrested for the “dishonorable” crime of witchcraft. Key words: witchcraft; witch persecutions; Bamberg; Germany; Burgomaster Johannes Junius; masculinity; honor Throughout the past few years, scholars of Europe’s early modern witch

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The urban-rural employment shift in Western Europe - an empirical analysis of the employment and population development in Britain, Germany and Italy

The aim of this paper is to investigate the continuity and the driving forces of the urban-rural employment shift in Western Europe. Based on a comparable area typology for the three case study states Britain, Germany and Italy, the study finds out that since the 1970s rural areas have overall been performing much better than urban areas. In contrast, for the 1990s the thesis of an urban-rural shift of jobs and population cannot be verified without qualifications. Even though there are rural regions that are outperforming the conurbations in terms of employment and population growth, the overriding trend has been a polarisation within the rural areas as well as within the conurbations. Concerning the determinants of rural growth, the study identifies two possible explanations: First, the above-average development of the manufacturing industries in rural areas, and second, the existence of specific "rural location factors" such as land availability, a loyal labour force and a high quality of life.

The Parable of the Unjust Manager in the Light of Contemporary Economic Life

The solution to the problem of the parable of the Unjust Manager lies in determining the possible provisions in the contract of the landowner with his manager. If the manager\u27s contract was similar to those common to our western experience, then the manager\u27s final act was one of larceny. However, the parable was spoken by Jesus, an Oriental, to hearers who were also Orientals and who lived in an Oriental setting. The solution lies in trying to determine as carefully and as closely as possible what the contractual arrangements between landowner and manager of that day were

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Evaluation of adaptive control using a practical model of a reheating furnace.

A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in EngineeringThe aim of this dissertation is to investigate improved control of the bottom heating zone of a steel slab reheating furnace through the use of digital adaptive control techniques. An existing algorithm is applied and its performance is evaluated. (Abbreviation abstract)Andrew Chakane 201