BACKGROUND The distributions of socioeconomic status (SES) factors have been changing in Japan. We examined the relationships among SES and self-rated health (SRH) in Japanese adults. METHODS We analyzed 1,178 men and 1,555 women. We showed the distribution of SRH by sex and age and examined cross-sectional relationships among educational attainment, marital/living statuses, working status, h...

Simulation and modeling are useful tools in prototyping advances in many areas of technology. The performance of modern processors advances much faster than that of storage components making disk systems prime candidates for simulation. Simulating disk systems allows researchers to determine and quantify the performance impact of alternative file system designs and disk data rearrangement techn...

Motivation: A well known car company issued recalls in three successive years for the same design flaw. In another company, a production engineer fixed a problem in one model year, only to have the fix removed in the next year, because nobody understood why the fix had been installed. US Intelligence agencies have overlooked the signs of emerging crises because analysts in different areas didn’...

Recent religious studies and international relations scholarship has highlighted secularism as a critical element in dominant modes of identity, power, and exclusion in global politics. Yet, the implications of these insights for global justice theory and practice have rarely been considered. This article suggests that the current dominance of secularism within global justice theory and practic...

In changing and uncertain times, humanity looks toward spirituality for tranquility and peace. Historically angels have been at the forefront of bringing comfort and understanding from God. The Greek word angelos means messenger and is the origin of the modern English word angel. In monotheist–the worship of one Godreligions, angels are often mentioned in stories as being intermediaries between...

BACKGROUND waist circumference (WC) and body mass index (BMI) are simple screening tools for hypertension (HT) and type 2 diabetes (DM). Cutoffs of WC for BMI for Asians have been discussed. This study aimed to assess the accuracy of screening tools and associations of WC, BMI with HT and DM. METHODS Data from the national screening programme for metabolic syndrome conducted in 2010 in 21 pro...