This paper presents the nutritional status of the elderly Brazilian population (60 years and older) based on a probabilistic sample survey in 1989. Nutritional assessment used the BMI (kg/m2), with cut-off points recommended by the WHO (1995). Socio-demographic variables included age, gender, region and place of residence in the country (urban/rural area), income, education, and housing conditi...

Laboratory housing conditions have significant physiological and psychological effects on rodents, raising both scientific and humane concerns. Published studies of rats, mice and other rodents were reviewed to document behavioural and psychological problems attributable to predominant laboratory housing conditions. Studies indicate that rats and mice value opportunities to take cover, build ne...

Subsidies in housing / Stephen K. Mayo. Includes bibliographical references. p. cm. (Sustainable Development Dept. Technical papers series ; SOC-112) " It complements the Operational Guidelines for Housing, and should be used together " —Presentation. Presentation In 1995 the Board of Executive Directors of the Inter-American Development Bank approved an amendment to the Operational Policy for ...

T he work of the Task Force on Community Preventive Services (the Task Force) joins a growing body of literature confirming the critical importance of neighborhood conditions to health in America. Saying simply that the " incidence rates are not spread evenly across a region " understates the reality. The fact is that, in virtually all regions of the country, health problems are highly concentr...

A test of nonfinancial measures used as part of a management-incentive program by a U.S.-based, full-service hotel chain found that improvements in the nonfinancial measures were followed shortly by increases in revenue and profit. The two nonfinancial measures are customer satisfaction as measured by guests’ comment card indications of likelihood to return and level of complaints. The lag betw...