BACKGROUND Alcohol-related harms are a major public health concern, and population-level interventions are needed to reduce excessive alcohol consumption. Glass shape is an easily modifiable target for public health intervention. Laboratory findings show beer is consumed slower from a straight glass compared to a curved glass, but these findings have not been replicated in a naturalistic settin...

nadjaf city is located in the southern part of iraq that has warm and mid-humid climate. the temperature usually rises up to 60 centigrade in hot months. it has a significant effect on the local inhabitant's lifestyle that is appeared on the house designing. it is necessary to recognize socio-physical history of najdaf ancient context in order that the life story of historical houses in na...

Two passive methods in the assessment of intradomiciliary infestation by Rhodnius ecuadoriensis were tested: (i) the Gomes Nu ez sensor box (GN), (ii) sheets of white typing paper and (iii) one active timed manual method. The study was carried out in the Alto Chicama River Valley, Province of Gran Chim , Department of La Libertad. The study design consisted of an initial searching of triatomine...

As a mental health worker who has been watching the working out of the Mental Deficiency Acts for some years now, I would allow myself some honest criticism in the hope that it may be constructive. I often wonder, allowing for the still serious lack of institutional accommodation in most areas, whether it is really necessary to make such provision for some of the high grade patients who are at ...

BACKGROUND Painful feet are an extremely common problem amongst older women. Such problems increase the risk of falls and hamper mobility. The aetiology of painful and deformed feet is poorly understood. METHODS Data were obtained during a pilot case-control study about past high heel usage in women, in relation to osteoarthritis of the knee. A total of 127 women aged 50-70 were interviewed (...

Canada’s efforts in healthy housing are based mainly in various low energy house programs. Since the early 1980s, Natural Resources Canada has launched two major programs to promote the construction of energy efficient or low energy houses (Mayo and Sinha 1996, Sinha 1996). The first one is the R-2000 program that was established in 1982. The performance target for R2000 houses was based on a 5...

Some claim that planning has a “dark” side which is expressed in policies and practices disadvantage minorities less powerful groups. This article explores how revisions to an aspect of English legislation, plus the linked adoption by local authorities “restrictive” development policies, may disproportionately affect housing choices young, lower-income adults. Combining documentary research, se...

no trace of the wild talk to which some of his followers have accustomed us. To demand " millions of houses " in the twinkling of an eye is to cry for the moon. If thousands of millions of money were available for the purpose to-morrow the thing could not be done. Men are as essential as money, and men at present are not forthcoming. It is true that the'Prime Minister is sanguine of being able,...

in the architecture of iranian traditional houses, the ornamentations available in the inscriptions of houses entrance portal express the identity of architects and personality of houses owners and are rooted in their religious and national beliefs and faiths. the main hypothesis of this research is changing the physique and application of religious contents in compliance with the thoughts and ...