This paper investigates the role of family background and neighborhood conditions over the life course, particularly during childhood, in influencing health later in life, with a focus on the case of hypertension. Most of the black-white difference in life expectancy stem from racial differences in mortality rates prior to age 65. Thus, understanding sources of racial health disparities require...

Abstract Although mountainous regions remained relatively isolated and almost untouched by the Ottoman rule, labor migration connected inhabitants of these to socioeconomic political processes in Empire beyond. Kruševo, a highland village located present-day North Macedonia, provides an excellent case for understanding connections. This paper presents systematic evidence from archives document ...

OBJECTIVE To examine neighborhood effects on academic achievement of children with extremely low birth weight (ELBW <1000 g) and normal birth weight (NBW) controls. METHODS The study included 183 8-year-old children with ELBW born during 1992-1995 and 176 sociodemographically similar NBW controls. Academic achievement was measured via The Woodcock-Johnson III Academic Skills Cluster. RESULT...

PURPOSE To examine whether neighborhood deprivation increases the odds of hospital registration for childhood and adolescent epilepsy, after accounting for family- and individual-level sociodemographic characteristics. METHODS An open cohort of all children aged 2-17 years was followed between January 1, 2000 and December 31, 2010. Children's residential addresses were geocoded and classified...

Asthma currently accounts for around 9 million office visits and around 1.9 million visits to emergency departments each year, and is the leading cause of child disability in the US. Asthma has a known socio-economic gradient, striking poor children with greater frequency than wealthier children. Racial differences in asthma prevalence and morbidity seem to persist after attempts to control for...

Remote monitoring and gathering information are the main objectives behind deploying Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs). Besides WSN issues due to communication and computation restricted resources (low energy, limited memory computational speed and bandwidth), securing sensor networks is one of the major challenges these networks have to face. In particular, the security of sensors localization i...

Detailed activation analyses have been performed for the different blanket design options considered in the ITER blanket option trade-off study. The options considered included a selfcooled Li/V option, a helium cooled Li/V option, and a water cooled 316 SS non-breeding shield option. A vacuum vessel made of double wall inconel 625 and water cooled 316 SS balls is used with all options. The He-...

This study examines how the neighborhood environments experienced over multiple generations of a family influence parents’ educational expectations and aspirations, children’s cognitive skills, and children’s health. Building on recent research showing strong continuity in neighborhood environments across generations of family members, we argue for a revised perspective on “neighborhood effects...