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... researcher to the homes Each home was then visited The matron or warden was interviewed with the help of a questionnaire, and asked about the running and routine ofthe home, the infIrmities ofthe residenL in C schemes There were no Asian elderly living in institutions or Homes 'for theelderly WhileMricans make up the largest percentage oftheelderlyin Zimbabwe the number of Mricans in institutions ... differences inthe type and extent of morbidity in different social classes in Zimbabwe in general, andintheelderlyin institutions and homes in particular Race is no longer a deciding factor in most...
... increase intheelderly population will be ofthe order of 30–140% inthe next 30 years, depending on the country Elderly people themselves are growing older, increasing the numbers and proportions of ... of 1:2 Taking into account the demographic profile, a continuing increase inthe number ofelderly people is to be expected The importance of aging in public health On a global scale, while the ... for the inclusion oftheelderly within a national survey of health and nutrition planned by UNICEF It is hoped that the information gained will be of use in raising awareness ofthe needs of...
... main chains and 1-4 branchings, andthe more common 1-3 main chains and 1-6 branchings.18 This fraction also is highly active in vitro andin animal models of cancer, although activity in these ... hospitals in Shanghai, Beijing, and other areas in China, with a total 189 patients The double-blind study used the same doses and test materials as the previous study, and examined PSP against the ... 35 institutions in Japan, randomized them into two groups, then put them through surgeryand chemotherapy plus or minus PSK After the third year, PSK had significantly improved survival and the...
... finding “something 26 quickly”–i.e., endorsing research having the lack of perspective exemplified by the Six Blind Men of India The objection that maintaining precoordinated strings of LCSH terms ... comprehension ofthe subject In a very similar way, Google searching leaves remote scholars, outside the research library, in just the situation ofthe Blind Men of India: it hides the existence andthe ... teach how to find the precoordinated string than to teach how to think up all ofthe individual facets that need to go into a Boolean combination.) Increasing the granularity of searching to keyword...
... reversed binding ofthe substrate, in which the leaving group, p-nitrophenol, occupies the acyl binding site andthe acetyl group binds at the leaving group binding site, sterically hindering the deacylating ... experiments and nucleophile binding studies we were able to obtain values for the kinetic constants for hydrolysis and synthesis of penicillin G, ampicillin and cephalexin Furthermore, insight into the ... synthesis of ampicillin were obtained from fitting Eqn (8) to the data For synthesis of penicillin G, a value of 0.018 mM)1 for the slope ofthe curve was obtained, but due to the almost linear...
... in our knowledge ofthe biosynthesis of DIMs and PGLs, thein vivo functions of these FadD proteins in this pathway remain to be established and ⁄ or completed For instance, the involvement of ... interactions between FadD29 and PKS15 ⁄ on the one hand, and FadD26 andthe FasI system on the other hand Further investigations, including protein interaction studies and structural studies, will ... with NdeI and HindIII, and cloned between the NdeI and HindIII sites of pMV361e, a pMV361 derivative containing the pblaF* promoter instead ofthe original phsp60 promoter and carrying a Km resistance...
... historically inthe United States In fact, the deteriorating relative position ofthe elderly, especially combined with recent falling crop prices, further underlines the insufficiency ofthe current land- ... Supply oftheElderlyin Rural China that migrant children’s remittances off-set the decline in traditional living arrangements-based social security The legacy of collectivization – including the ... University of Chicago Press, pp 163-202 34 Ceaseless Toil? Health and Labor Supply oftheElderlyin Rural China Deaton, Angus and Christina Paxson 1998 "Aging and Inequality in Income and Health."...
... alpha index andthe gamma index The alpha index is defined as the ratio ofthe number of actual circuits to the maximum number of circuits A circuit is a finite, closed path starting and ending ... indicating distance to other homes/buildings, type of housing inthe area (including vacant buildings) Additionally, they were asked to rate the upkeep of nearby structures andthe presence of ... containers inthe streets; rating of most ofthe housing units inthe face block; and general rating ofthe condition ofthe street There are also logistical challenges in linking survey data from panel...
... in timing of diagnosis ofthe disease; and (4) disparities in access to care to treat the disease Although each of these issues is distinct, they are interconnected in creating and perpetuating ... in timing of diagnosis ofthe disease; and (4) disparities in access to care to treat the disease Although each of these issues is distinct, they are interconnected in creating and perpetuating ... Pierre, and Hilliard of shared symbols, beliefs, and customs that shape individual and group behavior and provide guidelines for speaking, doing, interpreting, and evaluating one’s actions and reactions...
... redescribe their predecessors and place themselves at the culmination ofthe past andthe promise ofthe future, even to the extreme of turning the fragile pax Europa into a scene of voicing that ... meaning and true intent of my texts inthe wars and aftermaths I foretell; fill up the emptiness ofthe intentional at this time of writing (1888) with the consequences, in uence, legacy and historical ... critiques of pity, piety andthe good should prove tinder for the incandescent spirits ofthe great warmongers, the zealots of a new order There is enough of blood, of domination, of mastery, will and...
... explain the DpKa of E187 inthe Y331F mutant, because inthe R97K and R97M mutants the same increment inthe pKa of E399 did not change signicantly the pKa of E187 This suggests that inthe Y331F ... Taking into account the experimental errors, the pKa of E187 remained the same, but the pKa of E399 clearly increased Actually, the substitution of R97 by methionine or lysine resulted inthe ... determinations using mM MUbglc as substrate The pH stability ofthe recombinant Sfbgly50 (n) was checked by incubating the enzyme inthe same buers for an equal length of time and determining the...
... the response to the treatment of insurance coverage Health System in Taiwan and its Reform As a result ofthe sharp reduction in fertility and increase in life span, the share ofelderlyinthe ... in real terms by dividing them by the price of consumption goods other than health The issue is how health status oftheelderlyand national health insurance affect the labor supply oftheelderly ... military, and veteran workers and retirees in these three categories of employment, and their spouses, probably received expansions in their insurance in 1982 and thereafter, and they may therefore...
... Disability in Eastern Europe andthe Former Soviet Union Another example is the finding that in Bosnia and Herzegovina, after the onset ofthe disability, the decline inthe number of hours worked and ... secured funds to support the piloting of a disability survey instrument that provided important insights into our understanding ofthe challenges involved in defining and measuring disabilities Pia ... tackle inthe future The excluded topics include the social integration of disabled individuals, the status and shortcomings of institutionalized care inthe region, alternative home care and community...
... the number of male patients was higher inthe index cases, but the number of female patients was higher in contacts determined active disease In our opinion, the reason of this findings were that ... presence of cavity inthe chest radiograph of index case increased the frequency of TB in household contacts In our country, Kolsuz et al found the frequency of TB in close contact of TB cases ... groups The first group consisted of close family and friends, the second of classmates and teachers andthe third of more distant contacts They found that 88% were infected inthe first group 42% in...
... Over 80% ofthe households inthe city use pit latrines and septic tanks These frequently overflow, especially during the rains, contaminating water sources thus increasing health risks inthe neighbourhoods ... examined the effects of sewage dumping on the levels and rate of mineralisation of organic carbon in sediments of a partly polluted mangrove stand in Maruhubi in Zanzibar Kangwe (1999) studied the ... River Mwandya (1996) determined the concentrations of heavy metals Pb and Cd inthe soft tissues of Saccostrea cucullata in Ocean Road beach and Msimbazi Creek Other studies in include that of Wekwe...
... world of objects, but in society andin minds More particularly, it happens inthe minds ofthe users, which are intrinsically integrated with the activities ofthe users Those cultural and material ... outlining the history ofthe World Wide Web It asks who invented the Web, what were the resources used in its invention, and what actually was invented inthe process Many ofthe details of this ... that there is a normal way of using the phone, and a corresponding standard interpretation ofthe meaning ofthe thing In some circumstances a telephone may be a perfect hammer; most ofthe time,...
... variability These erasures of variations pose an internal threat to the stability of identities, requiring continual “work” (in the sense ofthe multifaceted deployment of social power) to maintain the ... that they are each strongly implicated inthe production ofthe others Collapsing together diªerent forms of social identification has the eªect of obscuring the specific power relations involved in ... cooked, the clothes people wear, the objects they use in daily life: these genres of material practice are silent tools used inthe reworking of social identity Because ofthe durability and persistence...