We demonstrate the existence of multiple dimensions of private information in the long-term care insurance market. Two types of people purchase insurance: individuals with private information that they are high risk and individuals with private information that they have strong taste for insurance. Ex post, the former are higher risk than insurance companies expect, while the latter are lower r...

objective(s): there is controversial evidence about the effect of methamphetamine (meth) on spatial memory. we tested the time- dependent effects of meth on spatial short-term (working) and long-term (reference) memory in meth –sensitized and withdrawn rats in the morris water maze. materials and methods: rats were sensitized to meth (2 mg/kg, daily/5 days, sc). rats were trained in water maze ...

Background: Unsafe food consumption is a severe problem because of heavy metal contamination, which is caused by director indirect activities of industries. The present study was conducted to assess the risk of human health by Heavy metals (Cu, Co, Fe, Zn and Mn) through the intake of vegetables and fishes obtained from the area adjacent to the Hazaribag tannery campus, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Resul...

My long term goal is to understand the interactions between trace metals and phytoplankton in neritic environments. This interaction is envisioned as a two-way process: Trace metals affect the growth, species composition, and biomass of phytoplankton. In response, phytoplankton adapt to their chemical environment through natural selection by genetically altering their responses to trace metals,...

BACKGROUND The objective was to evaluate the eye care services offered to older residents living in long-term care facilities (LTCFs). METHODS A questionnaire targeting residents aged ≥65 years was sent to all LTCFs in Quebec. Questions related to the institution's characteristics, demographic data related to residents, oculovisual health of residents and barriers to eye care, eye care servic...

This paper covers our recent work regarding family caregiver burden for elderly. The topics are as follows: cross-sectional studies on caregiver burden; changes in caregiver burden; appropriateness of the Long-Term Care insurance assessment scheme; attitude towards caregiving among caregivers; and the development of the short version of the Japanese version of the Zarit Caregiver Burden Interview.

high concentration of heavy metals or long time exposure to low concentrations of these metals can usually decrease the hematological indices in fish. therefore the aim of this study was to indicate changes in hematology and serum chemistry of common carp (cyprinus carpio) after low cadmium concentration exposure. 60 apparently healthy common carp (mean weight of 700g) divided in two groups and...

the current state of whitefish population and their organisms have been investigated in subarctic lake chuna exposed to long-term air pollution from copper-nickel industry. both annual and long-term heavy metals and acid oxides loads on the lake have been determined. a qualitative assessment has been made for water and bottom sediments. the investigation results have been compared with those of...