Population Growth
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Predicted shortage of vascular surgeons in the United States: population and workload analysis.

20 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVE: To estimate the size of the future workforce in vascular surgery (VS) and the added cost associated with addressing the projected shortage in the United States. METHODS: The net supply (number of Vascular Surgeons [VSN] currently ... Read more...

Advances in development reverse fertility declines.

4 Aug 2009 During the twentieth century, the global population has gone through unprecedented increases in economic and social development that coincided with substantial declines in human fertility and population growth rates. The negative association of ... Read more...

Bayesian analysis for nonlinear regression model under skewed errors, with application in growth curves.

30 Jul 2009 We have considered a Bayesian approach for the nonlinear regression model by replacing the normal distribution on the error term by some skewed distributions, which account for both skewness and heavy tails or skewness alone. The type of data ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Population Growth'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Sexual and reproductive health and climate change. 17 Sep 2009
• Climate Change. Population: the forgotten priority. 14 Sep 2009
• Predicted shortage of vascular surgeons in the United States: population and workload analysis. 20 Aug 2009
• Eutrophication history of Guanabara Bay (SE Brazil) recorded by phosphorus flux to sediments from a degraded mangrove area. 19 Aug 2009
• Climate change and population growth. 6 Aug 2009
• Advances in development reverse fertility declines. 4 Aug 2009
• Demography: Babies make a comeback. 4 Aug 2009
• Bayesian analysis for nonlinear regression model under skewed errors, with application in growth curves. 30 Jul 2009
• Diuraphis noxia reproduction and development with a comparison of intrinsic rates of increase to other important small grain aphids: a meta-analysis. 30 Jul 2009
• Autosomal resequence data reveal Late Stone Age signals of population expansion in sub-Saharan African foraging and farming populations. 27 Jul 2009
• Shortage of cardiothoracic surgeons is likely by 2020. 25 Jul 2009
• Population increase and environmental deterioration correspond with microlithic innovations in South Asia ca. 35,000 years ago. 18 Jul 2009
• Social inequality, urban growth and leprosy in Manaus: a spatial approach. 15 Jul 2009
• Population stability, cooperation, and the invasibility of the human species. 8 Jul 2009
• How do people transform landscapes? A sociological perspective on suburban sprawl and tropical deforestation. 29 Jun 2009
• Anopheles darlingi (Diptera: Culicidae) in Panama. 29 Jun 2009
• A global perspective on trends in nature-based tourism. 28 Jun 2009
• High blood pressure in Latin America: a call to action. 24 Jun 2009
• Municipal solid waste management in Malaysia: practices and challenges. 19 Jun 2009
• Water: the invisible problem. Access to fresh water is considered to be a universal and free human right, but dwindling resources and a burgeoning population are increasing its economic value. 17 Jun 2009

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Technical information about 'Population Growth'

Definition: Increase, over a specific period of time, in the number of individuals living in a country or region.

Descriptor UI: D011158

Alternative terms: Population Growth; Growth, Population; Baby Bust; Baby Busts; High Fertility Population; High Fertility Populations; Population, High Fertility; Populations, High Fertility; Natural Increase; Increase, Natural; Increases, Natural; Natural Increases; Zero Population Growth; Population Explosion; Explosion, Population; Explosions, Population; Population Explosions; Population Growth and Natural Resources; Population Growth Estimation; Estimation, Population Growth; Estimations, Population Growth; Growth Estimation, Population; Growth Estimations, Population; Population Growth Estimations; Population Size and Growth; Baby Boom; Baby Booms; Past Trends; Past Trend; Trend, Past; Trends, Past;

Tree Number: I01.240.600.660; N01.224.625.660; N06.850.505.400.700.660;

Online Note: use POPULATION GROWTH to search POPULATION EXPLOSION 1968-78

History Note: 68; POPULATION EXPLOSION was see under POPULATION GROWTH 1968-78

Technical Notes: IM human, NIM animal; no qualif; specify geog