OBJECTIVES To describe the patterns and causes of childhood injury presenting to a South African township health centre in 1991. DESIGN Retrospective review of clinic held case notes. SETTING Typical South-African urban township within Greater Johannesburg. SUBJECTS 695 subjects aged 0-19 years presenting as a direct result of injury. RESULTS Overall rates of presentation for injury wer...

Reproduction and motherhood are among the most important components of women's identity throughout Mexico and, for many women, are the only vehicles for gaining recognition and status in the family and community. At the same time, however, abortion is a central experience in the lives of many women and carries with it the complexities and contradictions of women's reproductive and sexual health...

The past decades have witnessed a number of informal land developments on the urban fringe in China although many strict state regulations have been made to control this. The dual urban rural land system is widely believed to be one major determinant of informal developments in the existing literature. However, the important role of local villages and townships are often neglected. This paper a...

The paper focuses on improving the spectrum sharing using NSU, FLS and Traffic Pattern Prediction and also made comparison that traffic pattern prediction provides a better way of improving the spectrum utilization and avoids the spectrum scarcity. This helps to increase the number of active users, ease of identification of optimal users to use the spectrum with maximized coverage of the spectr...

Globally, men and women face markedly different risks of obesity. In all but of handful of (primarily Western European) countries, obesity is much more prevalent among women than men. We examine several potential explanations for this phenomenon. We analyze differences between men and women in reports and effects of potential underlying causes of obesity-childhood and adult poverty, depression,...

There is growing concern over the double burden of over- and under-nutrition in individuals, especially in children and adolescents, which could dwarf their growth and development. This study aims to explore the rural-urban difference in BMI and anemia among children and adolescents. A stratified cluster sampling technique was employed. Dietary data were collected through interviews, and anthro...

Department of International Trade, Feng Chia University, No. 100 Wenhwa Rd., Seatwen, Taichung 40724, Taiwan Department of Accounting and Information Technology, Advanced Institute of Manufacturing with High-tech Innovations, National Chung Cheng University, No. 168 University Rd., Minhsiung Township, Chiayi County 62102, Taiwan Department of DSC & MIS, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, Unite...

Hong-Dar Lin*, Gary C Lin, Chung-Yu Chung, and Wan-Ting Lin Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Chaoyang University of Technology, 168 Jifong E. Rd., Wufong Township, Taichung County, 41349, Taiwan Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Technology, Bradley University, 1501 West Bradley Avenue, Peoria, IL 61625, USA College of Business, University of Missouri...