... emissions of other harmful pollutants Studies on concentrations of individual 35 I Air Pollution andtheHealthof New Yorkers: TheImpactof Fine Particles and Ozone air pollutants andthe risk ofhealth ... andtheHealthof New Yorkers: TheImpactof Fine Particles and Ozone Results The main analyses used for each pollutant to estimate health impacts of PM2.5 and ozone in New York City included: The ... pollution, mortality and illnesses I Air Pollution andtheHealthof New Yorkers: TheImpactof Fine Particles and Ozone Introduction and Background Air pollution is one ofthe most serious environmental...
... Addressing theImpactof Household Energy and Indoor Air Pollution on theHealthofthe Poor Implications for Policy Action and Intervention Measures | Review ofthe evidence for health effects There ... Addressing theImpactof Household Energy and Indoor Air Pollution on theHealthofthe Poor Implications for Policy Action and Intervention Measures Table of Contents Preface | Introduction ofthe ... 11 Addressing theImpactof Household Energy and Indoor Air Pollution on theHealthofthe Poor Implications for Policy Action and Intervention Measures • Cancer ofthe Nasopharynx and Larynx Several...
... specifications include mother’s and father’s age at the time ofthe child’s birth in quadratic, indicators of whether the mother or father is currently a smoker, indicator of whether the mother smoked during ... specifications include mother’s and father’s age at the time ofthe child’s birth in quadratic, indicators of whether the mother or father is currently a smoker, indicator of whether the mother smoked during ... parental and child characteristics including the mother and fathers ages at the time ofthe child’s birth (entered as a quadratic), log of number of children in the household, year and month of survey...
... by the number of exceeding levels ofthe CO and NO2 standards, examining the emission gas concentration andthe fundamental thermal decomposition, as well as analyzing the evolved species andthe ... inhabitants The reduction ofthe concentrations of both heavy metals in the air will lower SDR; in the case of cadmium by 24.4, and in the case of lead by 31.6 people The time scale over which thehealth ... depending on their solubility in the water, are absorbed in the proximal or the distal parts ofthe respiratory tract This is important from the standpoint ofthehealth effects Sulfur dioxide and formaldehyde...
... producing the 25-best list for the reranker The log figure of merit is the sum ofthe log language model probability andthe log channel model probability plus 1.5 times the number of edits in the sentence ... either the repair can end or else a sequence of words can be inserted in the reparandum At the end of each repair, a (possibly null) interregnum is appended to the reparandum We will look at these ... is, they seem to involve “crossed” dependencies between the reparandum andthe repair Example (3) shows the crossing dependencies As this example also shows, the repair often contains many of the...
... about the video content, addressing various features ofthe stimulus movement (e.g., did the dancer jump?; did the dancer turn?; did the dancer’s hands touch the ground?) Also interspersed randomly ... interspersed randomly across the 128 experimental trials were 16 repetitions (8 trials with each ofthe dancers) ofthe 3-s videos ofthe dancers standing still in a neutral position The intertrial intervals ... that the interaction between liking and physical ability is represented within occipitotemporal and parietal regions ofthe AON We consider now how these findings inform our understanding of the...
... asymmetrically across the force, with the BTR-60s and T-72s achieving the majority of kills andthe dismounted infantry teams suffering the majority ofthe casualties.2 The capabilities of these systems ... to the commands of its platoon leader, who would be responding to the commands of his company commander, who would be responding to the commands of his battalion commander At a certain level of ... Lanchester’s theory of combat.10 Lanchester’s theory of combat is arguably the most widely known and used mathematical model of combat Lanchester derived two laws of combat: the linear law andthe square...
... ICT, and by the condition (thalassemia, SCD, MDS) Figure provides an overview ofthe hypotheses for theimpactof infusion ICT on the QoL of patients with iron overload In thalassemia, theimpact ... QoL rather than theimpactof ICT on patient QoL However, mention oftheimpact on QoL of infusion ICT appears in a number of instances In one such study, over 50% of patients reported that their ... low in their emotional functioning [16] The objective of this study was to assess the literature for theimpactof iron overload and infusion Iron Chelation Therapy (ICT) on patients' QoL and to...
... Consequently, the swards of grasses were demonstrated to mitigate the acidification of soil solution andthe leaching of basic cations of Ca and Mg from soil This study aims to compare impactof 20 year ... Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, 10: 53–84 JANÍK R., 1998 The influence of selected factors on the biomass production ofthe Calamagrostis arundinacea species in the conditions of submountain ... pungens andof humification horizon (H) under Calamagrostis The thickness of all humus layers together was significantly higher in CV (Table 1) Process ofthe holorganic layer accumulation and formation...
... the course ofthe disease in the previous year, on the type of brain lesion of stroke or the severity ofthe CVD condition potentially influencing QOL were obtained However, for the purpose of ... development of stroke in controls after the interview was studied for the period ofthe study by telephone follow-up interview and clinic visits During the period ofthe study no one ofthe controls ... as "individuals' perceptions of their position in life in the context ofthe culture and value system in which they live and in relation to their goals, standards, and concerns" [5] In general,...
... promote/improve health, andthepromotionof healthy environments [69] The public health sector in Canada is structured generally with a medical officer ofHealth at the head ofthe organization and who ... Given the lack of evaluation of each of these KTE strategies individually or in comparison to one another, the timing was right for conducting this study Healthy body weight The problems of obesity, ... abstracts, on health- evidence.ca The online reference offered a link to the short summaries, and finally, the full text of each review Over seven successive weeks, on the same day each week andthe same...
... to fulfil the criteria to be the proband, and only swapped the roles if the designated proband did not meet the criteria and, at the same time, a designated sibling met the criteria In the study ... detection, and comorbidities) A particular focus was on the effects ofthe study design andthe diagnostic procedure on the homogeneity ofthe sample in terms of symptom-based behavioural data, and ... from the PACS with the 18 DSM-IV items ofthe CTRS-R:L A symptom was rated as present if either the diagnostic criterion ofthe specific PACS algorithm combining and weighing the responses to the...
... [22,23] The interpretation ofthe results must bear in mind to which of three categories the data belong These categories reflect the nature and degree of standardisation applied to the data and ... in units of standard deviations, calculated by converting the T-scores (Conners’ questionnaires), the prorated IQ, andthe standard scores ofthe IQ subscales, or by use ofthe scores of a British ... gender and family status but not for age and study centre In the case ofthe rawscores ofthe SDQ andthe SCQ scales, we expected effects of age, status, gender, and informant [24,26,47], and probably...
... extracted data on the BGHIGH and BGLOW We calculated the average BG concentration (BGAVE) for the first 24 hours as the mean ofthe BGHIGH and BGLOW This BGAVE may not be representative ofthe true BGAVE ... and New Zealand to: describe the incidence ofand clinical factors associated with early hypoglycemia and BG variability; evaluate the association between early hypoglycemia, BG variability and ... contributions SMB and RB were responsible for study conception and design CG and GKH were responsible for acquisition of data SMB and RB analyzed and interpreted the data SMB drafted the manuscript...
... relationship between the nature ofthe changes on the land surface, the sensor properties, andthe conditions at the time of acquisition influences the potential and quality of land cover and land use change ... geometries and use of all spectral bands to enhance understanding ofthe nature of change The main objective ofthe second part of this thesis is to demonstrate the continuing legacy of Landsat data and ... key variables of land science are land cover and land use Best understanding is gained by taking them literally: land cover is defined by the attributes ofthe Earth’s land surface and immediate...
... addition, thehealth care providers received a reminder, consisting of a summary ofthe purpose ofthe SCP andthe study, and practical guidelines ofthe use ofthe SCP, intended to remind thehealth ... whether they received the SCP and whether they believe it has improved the communication between themselves andthe gynecologist, and between themselves and their patient Sample size The initial patient ... Eindhoven, The Netherlands 3Department of Gynecology, St Elisabeth Hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands 4Department of Gynecology, TweeSteden Hospital, Tilburg and Waalwijk, The Netherlands 5Department of...
... to the development of women’s health conditions (as 18 defined in section 486) The Director ofthe Institute shall 19 carry out this section in consultation with the Director of 20 the Office of ... INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES; AWARDS FOR DEVELOP- MENT PLINARY RESEARCH CENTERS REGARDING WOMEN’S HEALTHAND DISEASE PREVEN- TION AND OPERATION OF MULTIDISCI- Subpart 12 of part C of title ... PREVENTION ‘‘SEC 463B (a) IN GENERAL. The Director ofthe 13 Institute shall make grants to public or nonprofit private 14 entities for the development and operation of not more 15 than six centers...
... children These include the child’s age, sex, birth order, age ofthe mother at the time of birth, the mother’s and father’s highest level of educational attainment, schedule caste or tribe, and religion ... higher Mother's age at birth Mother: no education Mother: primary school Mother: secondary school Mother: higher education Father: no education Father: primary school Father: secondary school Father: ... However, we find important differences in the impacts of natural disasters by gender and age ofthe child, mother’s education, and between Northern and Southern Indian states, but not by scheduled...