Artículo de revista ; In recent years, information on the usage of cards as a means of payment has been increasingly used as an indicator of private consumption. The advantages of such information include its daily frequency and the short time lag from the moment of spending until it becomes...

En este artículo usamos la evidencia empírica más reciente disponible para predecir el impacto del shock del Covid-19 en la tasa de entrada de empresas, en especial en la entrada de empresas de alto crecimiento, y en sus implicaciones en la creación de empleo a corto y a largo plazo. El...

Estimamos el coeficiente de reproducción efectivo (Rt) de la pandemia de Covid-19, con datos de casos detectados en Estados Unidos, a nivel de condado, entre febrero y septiembre de 2020. Con esta información estimamos el efecto de la climatología y de la movilidad sobre el ritmo de...

En este trabajo se construye, en primer lugar, un indicador a escala autonómica que trata de medir el volumen de medidas desplegadas en cada momento del tiempo para contener la pandemia. Para ello se analiza, mediante técnicas de análisis textual, la información contenida en las noticias de...

En este trabajo se construye, en primer lugar, un indicador a escala autonómica que trata de medir el volumen de medidas desplegadas en cada momento del tiempo para contener la pandemia. Para ello se analiza, mediante técnicas de análisis textual, la información contenida en las noticias de...

Background: Reducing rates of healthcare acquired infection has been identified by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care as a national priority. One of the goals is the prevention of central venous catheter-related bloodstream infection (CR-BSI). At least 3,500 cases of...

The provision of health care services by specialist practitioners has implications for professional development particularly in relation to research skills and scholarship. Infection control practitioners (ICPs) are well placed to conduct and promote research that examines existing practices and...

It is obvious that the tourism sector world over has been badly hit by the outbreak of the Covid-19 Virus. The lockdown, travel restrictions and social distancing have apparently led to the decline in tourist operations in many parts of the world. The income, employment and livelihood of those...

Background: There is ongoing interest in assessing the effectiveness of various drug control strategies, including policy intended to reduce initiation and prevalence. Compartmental models of trajectories of drug use have been developed that demonstrate that drug “systems” display...

Background: There is ongoing interest in assessing the effectiveness of various drug control strategies, including policy intended to reduce initiation and prevalence. Compartmental models of trajectories of drug use have been developed that demonstrate that drug “systems” display...