As part of its 100th-anniversary celebration, the Pan American Health Organization has named 12 persons as "Public Health Heroes of the Americas" in recognition of their noteworthy contributions to public health in the Region of the Americas. Over the course of this year, the Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública/Pan American Journal of Public Health will be carrying pieces written by or about ...

this study was performed to determine the effect of injecting selenium into pregnant heifers at the last stage of gestation on the serum se, cu, zn and fe status of the heifers and their calves. fifty holstein heifers were randomly assigned to one of five treatments. four and two weeks before the expected time of calving, the heifers were injected intramuscularly 10 ml (t1), 20 ml (t2), 30 ml (...

noise is one of the main parameters to be considered to achieve a healthy indoor ambience in ferries. therefore, the noise standards need to be more specialized and specifically based on real sampled data and case studies. in the present research, the noise levels in a ship, under different working conditions, were sampled and compared with those specified in the new and old standards. an initi...

BACKGROUND Inadequate hydration is a public health issue that imposes a significant economic burden. In Spain, data of total water intake (TWI) are scarce. There is a clear need for a national study that quantifies water and beverage intakes and explores associations between the types of beverages and energy intakes. METHODS The Anthropometry, Intake and Energy Balance Study ANIBES is a natio...

Background: Several studies have demonstrated that elevated Aluminium (Al) levels contribute to Alzheimer or ALS Multiple sclerosis pathophysiology. Aim: we have described three cases of patients who had extremely elevated Aluminium levels (Al) (before any treatment) by unknown causes. Results: These patients reduces 48 % their Aluminium levels and rise (67 %) GSH (Glutathione: reduced form) le...

In the previous paper of this series, the retention characteristics of 4-methyl sterols were investigated with a view for establishing a systematic relationship between the structure of sterols and their gas chromatographic characteristics. The present report deals an extended study on 6methyl sterols prepared from cholesterol. The retention data for five 6-methyl sterols and for their derivati...

Povzetek. Sodobne organizacije se spreminjajo zelo pogosto. Spremembe se poskuša izvesti hitro in učinkovito. Spremembe pogosto vključujejo spremembe IS zaradi njegovega pomena v organizacijah. Odpor do sprememb spada med ključne dejavnike uspeha večjih projektov in programov IT. Obvladovanje odpora ne pomaga organizacijam zgolj izvesti spremembe hitreje in učinkoviteje, temveč je hkrati tudi p...

This article compares the provision of long-term care (LTC) in Japan and Spain, two countries with similar demographic structures but which address the provision of LTCs in very different ways. Both countries provide universal LTC. However, Japan has developed a generous benefit package of formal services for dependents to alleviate the care burden on the family, but provides no cash benefits. ...