The concentrating ability of the kidney changes with age: after birth it increases (Smith, 1959), and in old age it falls (Lindeman, van Buren, and Raisz, 1960). The maximum osmolality during the newborn period is much lower than in adults (Heller, 1944; Smith, Yudkin, Young, Minkowski, and Cushman, 1949; Barnett and Vesterdal, 1953; Hansen and Smith, 1953; McCance and Widdowson, 1954; Calgagno...

Human growth is associated with complex interactions between genetic and environmental factors. While research has reported increased body size and body mass index (BMI) of Japanese children, few studies have compared the magnitude of increments in growth before and after World War II (WW II) and also considered other social and economical events that may have influenced the growth of children....

At the end of my term of office as Editor-in-Chief of Acta Otorhinolaryngologica Italica, i should like to briefly recall some of the results achieved. The principal aim indicated by the Board of the italian Society of otorhinolaryngology – head and neck Surgery (Sio) was to work towards the journal which had then only recently been published in English under the Editor-in-Chief, at that time D...

The United States has made progress in decreasing the black-white gap in civil rights, housing, education, and income since 1960, but health inequalities persist. We examined trends in black-white standardized mortality ratios (SMRs) for each age-sex group from 1960 to 2000. The black-white gap measured by SMR changed very little between 1960 and 2000 and actually worsened for infants and for A...

This study compared national statistics for consumption of alcohol and dietary intake with the numbers of cases of chronic pancreatitis as recorded in a 10% sample of all hospital discharges (Hospital In-Patient Enquiry) and with the annual number of deaths. Hospital discharges for chronic pancreatitis became more common throughout the study period (7.0-11.1 discharges per million per year in 1...

During the course of a cancer survey carried out in lbadan, Nigeria, from 1960-63, the apparent low cancer incidence rates, particularly in the elderly, raised questions regarding the use being made of the available modern medical facilities by the population at risk. The fallacies inherent in any incidence survey of disease based solely upon hospital diagnosed cases are exaggerated in a develo...

Aim of the study: Droughts are one more costly natural hazards on a year-to-year basis. Their impacts significant and widespread, affecting many economic sectors people at any time (WMO & GWP, 2016). In our paper we will focus comparison meteorological drought (precipitation) agricultural (available soil water) in Nitra River basin, Slovakia. Material methods: Data from Basin were provided ...

I estimate the influence of political parties on state Tax Burdens over a 40-year period (1960– 2000). Holding constant a large number of state and voter characteristic variables, I find that: (i) Tax Burdens are higher when Democrats control the state legislature compared to when Republicans are in control. (ii) The political party of the governor has little effect after controlling for partis...