... professionals, such as social workers, mental health professionals and the Gardai The research evidence regarding the responses of these professionals to identification of domestic violence is ... Mayo Women s Support Services (MWSS) Childrens Research Centre, Trinity College Dublin Mayo Women s Support Services (MWSS) MWSS define domestic violence as follows: " Domestic violence is violence ... Martin suggests that extreme fear may manifest itself in psychosomatic problems such as headaches, stomach aches and asthma, as well as insomnia, nightmares, sleepwalking and enuresis (Hester et...
... mosaics have survived, such as this one of Saint John the Baptist with Christ Beneath the huge dome of the Hagia Sophia were mosaics of prophets, saints, and other religious gures This face of Christ ... Artists and sculptors have been inspired by ancient legends and religious stories These pieces show the brave deeds of mythical heroes and the great works and lives of religious figures SEEING ... having lots of fun with friends, and stroking animals! Luca, Minerva, and Europa Anguissola Playing Chess, 1555, Sofonisba Anguissola, Oil on canvas Many of Anguissolas paintings were of her family...
... exercises The lessons (approximately 1.5 h each) took place at school Two experimenters responsible for the measurements and an assistant gave the lessons each week The contents of the lessons are ... of descriptive words increased significantly Earlier studies have shown that verbalization of sensory experiences is supported by taste lessons in 12year-old school children (Jonsson, Ekström, ... fruits that smell good -homework: which spices are used at home and how is their smell Sense of taste Sense of smell Traditional Finnish foods Geography of foods (ethnic foods) Recapitulation Visit...
... water Households using mixed sources of water Sanitation system Households using overhead hanging latrine Households using sanitary latrine Households using unsanitary latrine Households using no ... (SPSS Inc., Chicago, USA, 2007) RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Forty percent of households had or more family members, and 40% of the studied households had monthly household incomes less than 30 USD ... Septic tanks and pour-flush latrines connected to a sewer line were considered as sanitary latrines for the purpose of this study Unsanitary types consisted of cesspools, pit latrines and storage...
... themselves in a position of powerlessness within the household of their husband s family, with no clear access to friends of the same age or other sources of support This powerlessness means they ... the voices of 1,000 children in the Post Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) process Childfriendly focus group discussions were held throughout nine of the country s departments Adolescents and youth ... professional sectors, supporting community activities such as discussions, door-to-door visits and theatre, and using media such as radio, television and newspapers to promote women s rights.52...
... great causes of mortality in infancy, and of sickliness in later life The statistics of Foundling Hospitals bear sad testimony to the fact of its dangers, and the researches of physicians show that ... of their parents.[1] Scrofula, which is another disease closely allied to consumption, is hereditary also; and hip disease, disease of the spine, abscesses, and enlarged glands in any members ... hours of small doses of opiates is quite as hazardous as the giving of a single overdose; and if it does not work serious mischief by stupefying the child, it renders it impossible to judge of...
... Mentors: mentoring skills, relationships, and systems Our workshop facilitators are senior faculty members and administrators from Boston Childrens and Harvard Medical School, as well as professional ... creating awareness of work-engendered stresses, to discussions about work-related and personal concerns, to mental health assessments, to crisis interventions All clinicians are seen at no charge ... patients and families •Referring clinicians •Other medical specialists, subspecialists and allied health professionals •Prospective faculty, staff, residents, fellows and interns •Researchers...
... ropes, shoestrings, cords, sashes, and leashes were among the items involved in these types of incidents Playground slides were most often involved, although climbing equipment and swing sets were ... from heights of 48 inches or less, and 93 percent from heights of 72 inches or less Almost all (98.7 percent) of the injuries involving falls to the surface occurred from distances of less than feet ... surface All of the injuries associated with home climbers involved falls, whereas about 80 percent of the injuries on slides and swings involved falls Falls to other parts of the same structure...
... countries with WHO and other research organizations International workshops and meetings in developing countries sharing results ofchildren's environmental health research Results of pilot studies of ... well as international fora and processes addressing environment issues (i.e mercury and hazardous wastes) and broader global challenges such as climate change and disaster risk reduction Domestic ... for children's environmental health in ministries of health around the world Increased funding from donors in support ofchildren's environmental health Increased awareness of the cost of disease...
... procedures, see ‘‘Design and Operation of the National Survey ofChildrens Health, 2007’’ (8) Assessing Nonresponse Bias in the 2007 NSCH Comparing Response Rates Across Subgroups A comparison of response ... alternative post-survey adjustments for nonresponse The present report gives the results of studies based on four of these five designs (Alternative post-survey adjustments for nonresponse are not ... bias literature, Groves (10) identified the following five nonresponse bias study designs and discussed the strengths and weaknesses of the design alternatives: + Comparing response rates across...
... Development Other Trustees Professor Colin C Bird CBE FRSE Professor Sir Kenneth Calman KCB DL FRSE Dr Philip H M Campbell BSc MSc PhD DSc FInstP FRAS Sir James Crosby BA FFA Sarah Lyness MA Executive ... our goals, we need the best biomedical scientists, the best clinical researchers and the best research leaders Moreover, we must promote cross-disciplinary research with physicists, chemists, engineers ... 4,500 scientists, doctors and nurses throughout the UK We fund research carried out in our own Institutes, as well as awarding grants to researchers based in universities and hospitals We are also...
... understandingof stakeholders’ perceptions in the area of risk assessment, for instance Although many issues – such as the benefits of physical activity (31) or the adverse effects of night noise (32) ... can assess changes and propose new policies The lessons learnt in Hungary serve as an example of progress in countries; the process has enabled the country to build its own policies, based on ... knowledge of environment and health issues and build the capacity of all professionals, with particular emphasis on health professionals and professional caretakers ofchildren D Knowledge and tools...
... between studies that point to causal associations between exposures and health effects Such synthesis furnishes the most solid policy basis and allows one to focus on the relevant exposures and ... estimates It is possible that the mix of pollutants differs between different settings, and that this underlies the discrepancies in results Nevertheless, the inconsistency of the findings is ... with some children having far more serious disease than others, and some evidence suggests that responsiveness to environmental agents may also vary among children with asthma Also, patterns of...
... educational assessment He also taught courses in testing and measurement methods at several Brazilian universities At Westat, he has conducted psychometric analyses and helped to design adaptive assessments ... lowest parenting stress levels Parenting Stress by Family Structure: U .S Children Aged 6-17, 2003 Source: National Survey ofChildrens Health (NSCH) 55.0 Mean Parenting Stress Score 54.0 53.0 ... Child Experiences Survey (FACES), a series of longitudinal studies conducted for the ACF involving parent interviews, child assessments, teacher interviews, and classroom observations of national...
... relatively straightforward catheter-based approach in secondarylevel hospitals The seeds of this possibility exist, although exorbitant costs are still an issue Unhappily most research funding is directed ... about the same time, has unless local healthcare expertise is built up through the process, managed to build a cardiac service spread across four hospitals, these exercises are at best not cost-effective, ... There are also intangible costs from the point that outcomes for children with heart lesions is in most premature disability and death, endocarditis and stroke, and loss of cases excellent schooling...
... intrusive reminders, hyper-arousal Shared stresses and responses SHARED STRESSORS: Loss, change SHARED RESPONSES: Grief, anxiety, sadness, loss of self esteem, loss of sense of control and appropriate ... responses include terror, intrusive reminders, and hyperarousal All three situations share loss and change as stressors, and grief, anxiety, sadness, loss of self-esteem, and loss of sense of ... experiences and reexperiences grief during successive stages of developmental Thus, Clark and his colleagues (1994) referred to this process as a series of shocks and aftershocks Cascade of Events Model...
... Irreversible loss of consciousness 82 (43%) 36–50% Irreversible loss of the soul or “essence” of humans 39 (20%) 15–27% Irreversible loss of “personhood” 43 (22%) 17–29% Irreversible loss of the ... this a concept ofdeath that BD satisfies [3, 6, 14] Loss of personhood, based on irreversible loss of consciousness (sentience, or agency) is necessary, but not sufficient, for death (Table 4) ... The concept ofdeath BD is said to be death by most professional bodies because it satisfies the concept/definition ofdeath (Table 4): loss of integrative unity of the organism as a whole, marking...
... classes are to be confused by the human labellers, the closer they are in this arrangement The quality of the NMDS result is given in Figure 1; it is assessed using Kruskal s stress function S ... and test subsets of the FAU Aibo Emotion Corpus; training on the balanced subsets of Ohm, testing on the unbalanced subsets of Mont Number of word forms Number of fragments Total size Ohm base 653 ... least 50 times in the training set All HMM states share the same set of Gaussian densities (codebook) By that, a smaller number of densities can be used, which is beneficial if—as in our case—only...
... are boundless," is Blanchard 's significant comment on Darwin 's explanation of the blindness of the mole "On this class of speculation," says Bateson in his "Materials for the Study of Variation," ... a supposed series of transitional stages He endeavors to veil his inability to explain the first step, as Chevalier Bunsen remarked, by the easy but fruitless assumption of an infinite space of ... Explains the Reluctance of certain men of Science to Discard Darwinism 41 CHAPTER III.—Professor Korchinsky Rejects Darwinism—His Theory of Heterogenesis—Professor Haberlandt of Graz— Demonstration...