OBJECTIVE To survey the drinking habits of young children with reference to the consumption of plain water, and to estimate the proportion of a child's recommended energy intake contributed by drinks. DESIGN A prospective survey. SETTING Health centres, mother and toddler groups, and infant schools in and around Southampton. SUBJECTS 39 preschool and 66 infant schoolchildren. INTERVENTI...

OBJECTIVE The present study investigates the changes and tracking of dietary behaviours in Norwegian 11-year-olds and examines the association between parental education and dietary tracking over a time period of 20 months. DESIGN Longitudinal data from the Norwegian HEalth In Adolescents (HEIA) cohort study followed up at three time points (2007-2009). SETTING Intakes of fruits, vegetables...

Self-esteem, psychological masculinity and femininity, and attitudes toward women in female athletes were investigated in an attempt to examine the validity o f various stereotypes. Subgroup distinctions based on sport played, level o f commitment to athletics, and experience level were also examined. Seventyone women participating in intercollegiate varsity teams (crew, basketball, squash, and...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.......................................................................... 2 1. LOCATION SENSING AND THE MOBILE INTERNET .......................... 3 2. LOCATION SENSING SYSTEM PROPERTIES ..................................... 5 2.1 DEVICE VERSUS NETWORK LOCATION CALCULATION ..........................................5 2.2 LOCATION SENSING TECHNOLOGIES ..............................

Using interview data and a critieal raee theory approaeh, this paper examines racial and gender pattems in mieroaggressions—covert insults towards subordinated groups—that black. Latino and white women and men experienced on a predominantly-white campus. Four themes emerged: (a) views of black men as threatening, (b) views of Latinas as sexually available and exotic, (c) the classroom as a part...

This paper reports an assessment on a physical informal learning environment at a public university in Malaysia. The physical aspects investigated were the space conditions and utilisation that support informal learning activities undertaken by students outside their formal lecture hours. The research was conducted to understand how existing university facilities accommodate informal learning, ...

1 Policlinico Hospital, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Catania, Italy 2 S. Bambino Hospital, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Microbiological Sciences, University of Catania, Italy 3 Campus Biomedico, Operative Unit of Gynecology, University of Rome, Italy 4 Policlinico Universitario “G. Martino”, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Messina,...

Via Generalized Splitting Zdravko I. Botev, Pierre L’Ecuyer DIRO, Université de Montreal, C.P. 6128, Succ. Centre-Ville, Montréal (Québec), H3C 3J7, CANADA, {[email protected], [email protected]} Gerardo Rubino INRIA Rennes Bretagne Atlantique, Campus Universitaire de Beaulieu, 35042 Rennes Cedex, FRANCE, [email protected] Richard Simard DIRO, Université de Montreal, C.P. 6128...

S ys te m s The electronic virtual patient project (eViP) is a 3-year programme co-funded by the European Union. One of the major goals of eViP is to enable the sharing of virtual patients (VP) across medical education centres. This addresses a frequent problem in the development of e-learning resources, namely the lack of available time and resources while at the same time a lot of effort is w...

1 From the Biomarkers and Nutrimetabolomics Laboratory, Nutrition and Food Science Department, XaRTA, INSA, Campus Torribera, Pharmacy Faculty, University of Barcelona, Spain (MR, CA-L, MU-S); Biomarkers group (BMA), Nutrition and Metabolism Section (NME), International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Lyon, France (RZ-R); Geriatric Rehabilitation Unit, Azienda Sanitaria Firenze, Florence,...