INTRODUCTION In New York City, the age-adjusted prevalence of nonspecific psychological distress (NPD) among Hispanics is twice that of non-Hispanic whites; nationally, there is little Hispanic-white disparity. We aimed to explain the pattern of disparity in New York City. METHODS Data came from the 2006 National Health Interview Survey and 2006 Community Health Survey in New York City. Respo...

Acceptance of e-procurement systems by employees working in the local government sector is important to ensure improved organisational effectiveness for city and rural councils alike. Although a rich body of literature exists regarding the organisational adoption decisions of e-procurement systems and their impact on organisational performance, little is however known about the factors that aff...

The authors compare the serologic efficacy and the clinical protection afforded by three different measles vaccination schemes in adequately nourished children in São Paulo city, Brazil. Two hundred forty two children were divided into three groups. Group A, comprising 117 children who had received the vaccine before 12 months of age and a second dose at 12 months of age or more. Group B, compr...

1 Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America, 2 Department of Oncological Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America, 3 Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, Medical School, School of Biomedical Informatics, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, Unit...

This research project presents an effort to use entry texts and hyperlinks in personal weblogs to observe the variance of local culture reflected in American cities. By geocoding the blogosphere, this project indexes the location of personal weblogs. The hyperlink network among blogs in American cities is presented. Finally, maps of two keywords’ distribution among American cities are plotted. ...

in this paper, two new quadrilateral elements are formulated to solve plane problems. low sensitivity to geometric distortion, no parasitic shear error, rotational invariance, and satisfying the felippa pure bending test are characteristics of these suggested elements. one proposed element is formulated by establishing equilibrium equations for the second-order strain field. the other suggested...