Although the hazards of exposure to tobacco smoke are well established, and laws mandating smoke-free indoor air are widespread, private homes have long been considered spaces beyond the legitimate reach of regulation. Reflecting this view, the federal government has not required public-housing units to be smoke-free. Historically, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has maint...

Franchisees within large branded chains loudly complain of a form of channel conflict known as “encroachment” or “impact.” Encroachment occurs when franchisors add new units of their brand proximately to their franchisees’ existing units. Franchisees claim that their revenues have substantially decreased as a result of encroaching same-brand entry. The topic of encroachment has not only dominat...

The central question regarding the strange and mysterious incident of the encounter at the lodging place (Exod 4:24-26), the resolution of which determines our interpretation of the passage as a whole, is: who was subject to the deadly attack of God, Moses or Moses' (and Zipporah's) son? This paper argues that the redactor has structured the present narrative in which Exod 4:24-26 is embedded s...

Enterocolitis associated with Clostridium perfringens (C. perfringens) infection in neonatal foals is often severe and has been associated with a high case-mortality risk. We designed a premises-based survey to evaluate the associations of regional foaling practices, premises environmental management, periparturient foal and brood-mare management, and periparturient brood-mare ration with the o...

In 1995 the percentage of U.S. households identifying crime as a neighborhood problem remained about 7%, according to the American Housing Survey. 1 The percentage of households identifying crime as a problem had reached 7.4% in 1991 and was fairly constant afterwards. Somewhat similar to the Nation's general pattern of violent victimization rates, household perceptions of crime as a problem ro...

Any opinions expressed in this paper are those of the author and do not constitute policy of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. 1. Introduction The Department of Housing and Urban Development is responsible for assessing the physical condition of the public and assisted housing portfolios. This includes: • Approximately 14,000 properties owned by public housing authorities (public...

An observer-based, standardized index of housing quality (structural quality, privacy, indoor climate, hazards, cleanliness/clutter, and children’s resources) is significantly related to psychological distress and a behavioral index of learned helplessness, which reflects an important component of human motivation. Independent of household income, thirdthrough fifth-grade children residing in p...

OBJECTIVE The Internet is an increasingly popular source of healthcare information. This study describes the prevalence of health surfers in Singapore and their health-surfing patterns. It also assesses their confidence in online health information and the impact the Internet has on health-seeking behaviour. MATERIALS AND METHODS A cross-sectional survey using a standardised questionnaire was...

PURPOSE The aim of the research is to get to know opinions of primary health care managers concerning working of primary health care and concerning quality of medical services offered by family doctors out-patient clinics. MATERIAL AND METHODS The research among managers of primary health care units took place in all out-patient clinics in Lublin province. Research instrument was survey quest...