Appendix D analyzes the bivariate relationships between a number of demographic and household factors and the likelihood of an adolescent being without health coverage. These include: parent’s insurance status, poverty and family income, adolescents’ living arrangements, race and ethnicity, parent’s marital status, parent’s education region and residence, and parent’s work status and other empl...

AIM The aim of this study was to describe the demographic characteristics and disease patterns among patients with thyroid nodular abnormalities (goiter) and benign tumors of the thyroid gland in Albania, a transitional country in South Eastern Europe. METHODS Our study included all patients diagnosed with goiter and/or benign tumors of the thyroid gland who were hospitalized at the Universit...

We recently identified tumor-associated macrophages from pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma sharing pro- and anti-inflammatory characteristics. Already in residence in the setting of chronic pancreatitis, local macrophages confer malignancy-associated features to premalignant pancreatic ductal epithelial cells by both promoting and inhibiting inflammation, either of which can foster malignant con...

1n this program,aresearchgasturbinecombustor is used to study the influence of individual variables (in particular, fuel spray characteristics) on primary zone emissions. The unique combustor is operated under realistic conditions and allows for independent control of drop size, fuel-air ratio, air inlet temperature, pressure, reference velocity, and residence time. Also, it lends itself to the...

Background: The majority of older adults prefer to remain in their homes, or to "age-in-place." To accomplish this goal, many older adults will rely upon home- and community-based services (HCBS) for support. However, the availability and accessibility of HCBS may differ based on whether the older adult lives in the community or in a senior housing apartment facility. Methods: This paper report...

BACKGROUND The aim of this retrospective cohort study was to record the prevalence of overweight and obesity in relation to parental education level, parental body mass index and region of residence, in preschool children in Greece. METHODS A total of 2374 children (1218 males and 1156 females) aged 1-5 years, stratified by parental educational level (Census 1999), were examined from 105 nurs...

[1] An 11-year monitoring study begun in 1996 evaluates wood mobility in five Colorado Rocky Mountain streams. Each channel reach is 40–70 m in length. Initial surveys included channel dimensions and arrangement of each piece of wood. Annual resurveys focused on wood arrangement and persistence. Average diameter of 15 cm and length of 3.2 m varied little among sites. Average yearly mobility ran...

Residential location choice modeling is one of the substantial components of land use and transportation models. While numerous aggregated mathematical and statistical approaches have been developed to model the residence choice behavior of households, disaggregated approaches such as the agent-based modeling have shown interesting capabilities. In this paper, a novel agentbased approach is dev...

The chronobiological effect on the pharmacokinetics of liposomal encapsulated ampicillin (LEA) was compared at noon (1200) and midnight (2400) after intravenous injection of 50 mg/kg of LEA in rats. The effects of fasting on the circadian rhythms of LEA were also investigated. Serial blood samples were collected for 2 h. Bile and urine were collected during the entire study. Plasma data was ana...