... accusations with abandon, writing broadsides and rebuttals in the Freeman sand Defender s sports pages on almost a weekly basis Sparking the feud was a midsummer series between the Giants and ... Origins of Black Baseball Baseball s history is America s history, and this fusion is no small part of the sport s revered status as the “national pastime,” however mythic that status has become ... index ISBN 0‑415‑97938‑2 (alk paper) Negro leagues‑‑History AfricanAmerican baseball players‑‑History Baseball‑‑United States‑‑History AfricanAmerican press‑‑History AfricanAmerican newspapers‑‑History...
... business community committed an estimated US$1 billion to expand access to free or subsidized drugs, treatment and screening This addresses the needs of women andchildren for interventions such ... commitments addressing NCDs 29 In addition to commitments focusing on the health MDGs and NCDs, stakeholders made commitments across sectors to address the full spectrum of MDG priorities Some illustrative ... for essential interventions and addressing structural barriers to health Women and children, and their families and communities, cannot be viewed as passive recipients of services They must be...
... chemical hazards before human exposure, disease, and death have occurred Dose-Response Assessment The second step in risk assessment, assessing the dose-response relationship, is of particular ... Act (TSCA), discussed above Standard-Setting Laws The second category, standard-setting laws, covers statutes that establish standards of exposure for chemicals used in specific situations Under ... risk associated with a chemical, assumptions and extrapolations must be made, and different investigators and scientists may make different assumptions The four steps in risk assessment are as follows:...
... instance, nurse midwives use mobile phones to discuss complex cases with their colleagues and supervisors In India, mDhil sends text messages giving information about various rarely discussed ... treat diseases such as pneumonia, diarrhea, HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, and non-communicable diseases Stronger links must be built between disease-specific programs (such as for HIV/AIDS, malaria ... concerted effort this means scaling up and prioritizing a package of high-impact interventions, strengthening health systems, and integrating efforts across diseases and sectors such as health, education,...
... dermatitis (corrosive or irritant substances, cold, heat and humidity) Infectious and parasitic diseases Respiratory diseases (cotton, nitrous fumes, phosphorus and dust: silica, coal and asbestos) ... animals and insects, poisonous or sharp plants and exposure to bacteria, viruses, parasites Chemical Dangerous gases, liquids, dust, agrochemicals, solvents, explosives and flammable or corrosive ... loads, heights, arduous work, heat and long hours of work They can be injured from falls, burns, respiratory diseases, fatigue, physical stress and strain, thermal stress and musculoskeletal disorders...
... to address results and resources The absence of civil registration systems in low- and middle-income countries, and the resulting weakness of vital statistics on births, deaths and causes of death, ... results and resources for women sandchildrens health ICTs provide new possibilities to capture and process data, link information systems, increase the timeliness of information produced, and ... General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on AIDS mobilized countries in an unprecedented way to address the epidemic Part of the UNGASS response was to create national AIDS commissions as multisectoral...
... business Shared value is created when both social and business issues are addressed, connecting a company s success with social progress Creating Shared Value Creating Social Value Investments ... address social and environmental objectives Creating Business Value Investments in long-term business competitiveness that simultaneously address social and environmental objectives Investments ... Compact, Save the Children, UNICEF Childrens Rights and Business Principles New York, 2012: http://www.unglobalcompact.org/docs/issues_doc/human_rights/CRBP/Childrens_Rights _and_ Business_Principles.pdf...
... class were the most common regardless of age and gender As for academic subjects two of the kids were attending English classes, and Gakken (Gakken is study and research class for children) OBSERVATION ... describes as "media saturation." II Another factor is that parents force children to attend various classes after school, Many kids go to after-school classes to attend lessons in nonacademic subjects ... alongside the television set as well as computers, and the pressure of parents to send their kids to after-school classes besides the prohibition against playing in the dangerous outdoors have...
... Hypotheses About How Marketing to Parents Influences Childrens Fast-Food Consumption and Weight Levels aNot assessed in the study Notes: Bolded text represents constructs and relationships investigated ... create ease of access for consumers is also a key marketing strategy (Glanz et al 1998; Jekanowski 1999) Fast-food franchises are found in gas stations, department stores, zoos, schools, and other ... those of an Asian child (OR = 2.41 [1.09, 5.36]) Summary of Key Measures Tables and show responses for parents’ reported exposure to fast-food promotions, access to fast-food restaurants, and...
... Nations Secretary-General on the results and resources related to the Global Strategy and on progress in implementing this Commission s recommendations 24 Global Strategy for Women sandChildrens ... review progress in implementation of the recommendations of the Commission; • assess progress towards greater transparency in the flow of resources and achieving results; • identify obstacles to implementing ... (secretariat) and ITU vice-chairs 30 Commissioners Working Groups – Results and Resources • Six month, time-limited Commission, from 26 January to May 2011 Global Strategy for Women sandChildren s...
... avoid this usage for three reasons Green River residents seemed purposely to sidestep its use, associating it with such terms as “Uncle” or “Aunt,” which white southerners used to avoid addressing ... set of relationships In cash-poor states, legislators shirked from funding health care services for poor whites andAfrican Americans, especially women and children, who were in many respects ... show that most of the instructors at these institutes were white Besides lessons on hygiene and baby care, basic literacy and leadership skills were taught Here is the account of one such institute:...
... lives of these disillusioned soldiers was often the presence of nurses 11 Angels of Mercy NURSING S ORIGINS In many ways, Mary Eliza Mahoney s home state of Massachusetts was a fortuitous place ... admission to public schools is forbidden.” 14 Mahoney was then 10 years old Tension existed between African Americans and whites, especially between African- Americanand Irish -American Bostonians ... relatives Douglass was born a slave in Maryland and was separated from his mother as an infant His mother was also a slave, but Douglass suspected that his father was a white man This fact, however,...
... 4B As assessed using aCGH, cytolocation 5p15-p14 showed copy number gains in African Americans and copy number loss in Caucasian patients (Figure 4A) Expression analysis of the subset of genes ... copy number and gene expression Thus, it is possible that AA and CA tumors harbor distinct areas of genomic instability or sensitivity to selective pressures that results in characteristic DNA copy ... versus those with normal copy number, and those having copy number loss versus those with normal copy number This analysis was conducted separately for the CA patients A two-sample t-test was used...
... necessary to assess standard of care with the NCCN recommendations (see below: Outcome Measures), patients with unknown stage were excluded from the standard of care assessment as well as stage ... were considered to be statistically significant Analyses were performed using SAS statistical software version 9.0 (SAS, Cary, NC) RESULTS Characteristics of incident AfricanAmericanand White ... counties were considered urban areas while non-MSA counties were considered rural areas Statistics Chi-square tests were used to evaluate differences in characteristics between African Americans and...
... anti-Sm and U1RNP-positive SSc sera; Topo I + U1RNP, anti-topo I and U1RNP-positive SSc sera; NHS, normal human serum; positions of 7S, 5. 8S, and 5S rRNA, tRNAs, and U1, 2, 4, 5, and snRNAs are shown ... immunoassays, and MS designed the study and performed the statistical analysis MSS, MRB, ESS, and WHR enrolled patients for the study and maintained the database MS, AC, and EKLC drafted the manuscript ... polymyositis/dermatomyositis; RA: rheumatoid arthritis; RNAP: RNA polymerase; RP: Raynaud s phenomenon; SLE: systemic lupus erythematosus; SS: Sjögren syndrome; SSc: systemic sclerosis: scleroderma; Topo I: topoisomerase...
... MYLK suggests that the myosin regulatory system may exhibit increased responsiveness towards modulation by various cellular second messenger signaling systems such as Ca2+, diacylglycerol, and ... astrocytes (a) Cell migration assay shows that AA and AAG astrocytes migrate significantly faster than CA and CAG astrocytes The assay was performed as described in the Materials and methods ... biology and biochemical analyses SMR, AMC, and AW performed migration assays and cell/tissue immunohistochemistry experiments SNL and PD performed statistical analysis and bioinformatics on the...
... between African Americans’ and Caucasian Americans’ levels of general leadership and fashion personality characteristics such as fashion involvement, fashion consciousness, and shopping enjoyment Shopping ... Caucasian Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanics, andAfrican Americans Findings from this study indicated that African Americans and Hispanics budgeted more money for clothing than Caucasian Americans ... comprised of a small number of the sample participants referred to as trend-setting loyals This cluster was also found to visit the same stores and purchase the same brands Recreational discount seekers...
... This symbiosis also exists between man, beast and the ecosystem, where the tiniest organism as well as the massive humpback whale all contribute to the big picture The loss of one element could spell ... along and just as men and women can sense another by his or her actions, the same applies to the birds, deer and wild turkeys in the preserve and two-legged animals out ii for a hike This ... creatures prey on other smaller animals, but they have to eat, or they won’t survive Some animals are vegetarians – that s why they’re so healthy Men and women with guns and bows and arrows also go...