... parents and other adults,
the microcontext of interactions between parents and children,
the macrocontext ofthe neighborhood one lives in andthe availability of
basic educational andhealth ... rating of child health while controlling for chronic health
conditions. However, the level of chronic health conditions in children living in
poverty may be part ofthe causal pathway, considering ... incidences of LBW among the
population. There should be reason to anticipate similar effectsonthe level of
the household with respect to cognitive and mental health outcomes.
Despitethe importanceofhouseholdclimateandparentingbehavioron...
...
with the inhibition of bone formation (confirmed by bone
histomorphometry) and lower concentrations of bone for-
mation markers (especially OC) [60, 61]. By contrast, data
on bone resorption markers ... Organization ofthe Skeleton, CRC
Press, Boca Raton, 1986.
5. R. Baron, Importance ofthe intermediate phases between
resorption and formation in the measurement and under-
standing ofthe bone ... the prediction ofthe accelerated bone loss
in men similarly to the data found in women. Weakness
of the association between the BTM levels andthe rate
of bone loss can depend onthe methodological...
... that, in both men and women, the cross-sectional dimensions
of the long bones in the appendicular skeleton continue to grow throughout
x Contents
B. IGF-I and Maintenance of Bone Density
IV. ... that the timing of peak values differs between
the axial and appendicular skeletons and between men and women.
In the axial skeleton, bone mass achieves peak values by the end ofthe
second ... fractures and 100 matched community controls. Second is the
use ofthe SF-36 as the QOL instrument. Comparing SF-36 scores ofthe hip-
fractured men at the time of admission to nursing and residential...
... Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991
ii
Abstract
The Effectsof Land Use onthe Mobility of Elderly and Disabled and Their Homecare
Workers, andtheEffectsof Care on Client Mobility: ... identify the relationship between residential
location, the transportation habits and needs of consumers and providers, andthe extent
of care consumers received. The six interrelated hypotheses ... traffic analysis zone (TAZ) and zip code.
Note. Based on Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) data
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The Effectsof Land Use onthe Mobility of Elderly and Disabled and Their Homecare...
... independent of glucose concentration
(1.4–1.7); second, the rate of glycogen synthesis is a
sigmoidal function of Glc6P concentration when deter-
mined over a range of glucose concentrations and
activities ... inhibitor of Glc6P hydrolysis [31],
for evaluating the role of Glc6P, we determined the
effect of different inhibitor concentrations on the
Glc6P content andthe rate of glycogen synthesis in
hepatocytes ... determine the contribution of
Glc6P concentration, as distinct from glucokinase protein or activity, to
the control of glycolysis and glycogen synthesis by glucokinase overexpres-
sion. The validity of...
... estimates ofthe effects ofthe law changes on mortality.
Finally, we report our estimates ofthe effects ofthe additional education induced by the law changes
on other measures ofhealthandhealth ... examine the effects for different ages (i.e., for different values of x and y) as the effects of education
on health could vary across the age distribution.
C The Impacts of Education on Other Health ... clustered by month of birth. Mean (sd) refers to the mean
(standard deviation for continuous outcomes) ofthe entire sample.
Appendix Table A3a: Theeffectsof education on measures of
health -...
... characterization ofthe promoter
region ofthe gene andthe associated transcriptional
factors. Therefore, delineation ofthe transcriptional
regulation ofhuman DNASE1 may provide clues to
the mechanisms ... that of pGL3–basic vector and
was half that of pGL3–promoter vector. These findings
demonstrate the promoter activity ofthe 5Â-anking
region of exon 1 in DNASE1. Deletion of the
upstream end ofthe ... splicing junction between
exon 1a and a portion of exon 1. The thick straight lines represent
the intron sequence. +1 indicates the position ofthe transcription
start site of exon 1. Dashed v-shaped...
... interpretation ofthe results for each measure, one
supplemental question was added after completion of the
fourth interview (and thus asked of only 16 ofthe 20 par-
ticipants). The question asked ... concept
elicitation or item generation phases. Therefore, the objective of this study was to evaluate the
impact of FM on participants, including their sleep, and to test the content validity of these two
sleep ... the greater detail it provided
about their sleep, an additional indication ofthe overall
relevance ofthe measure from the participants' perspec-
tives.
Ease of administration and response...
... concept
elicitation or item generation phases. Therefore, the objective of this study was to evaluate the
impact of FM on participants, including their sleep, and to test the content validity of these two
sleep ... Central
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Evaluation ofthe impact of fibromyalgia on patients' sleep andthe
content ... information they pro-
vided to their physicians about the consequences of their
nocturnal FM pain. These findings, along with the brevity,
ease of use, and daily recall period provide further support
for...
... empirical
evidence. The honesty of naăve falsicationism demanded the testing ofthe falsiable and the
rejection ofthe unfalsifiable andthe falsified. Finally, the honesty of sophisticated falsificationism
demanded ... demanded the acceptance
of only what was proven andthe rejection of everything unproven. Neojustificationist honesty
demanded the specification ofthe probability of any hypothesis in the light ofthe ... same
time offering an evolutionary form of natural religion.⁷⁴ The ‘agnostics’ could present
themselves onthe one hand as opponents of immoderate religious movements andon
the other as opponents of...