... parents and other adults, the microcontext of interactions between parents and children, the macrocontext ofthe neighborhood one lives in andthe availability of basic educational andhealth ... rating of child health while controlling for chronic health conditions. However, the level of chronic health conditions in children living inpoverty may be part ofthe causal pathway, considering ... incidences of LBW among the population. There should be reason to anticipate similar effectsonthe level of the household with respect to cognitive and mental health outcomes.Despitethe importanceofhouseholdclimateandparentingbehavioron...
... with the inhibition of bone formation (confirmed by bone histomorphometry) and lower concentrations of bone for-mation markers (especially OC) [60, 61]. By contrast, data on bone resorption markers ... Organization ofthe Skeleton, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1986. 5. R. Baron, Importance ofthe intermediate phases between resorption and formation in the measurement and under-standing ofthe bone ... the prediction ofthe accelerated bone loss in men similarly to the data found in women. Weakness of the association between the BTM levels andthe rate of bone loss can depend onthe methodological...
... that, in both men and women, the cross-sectional dimensions of the long bones in the appendicular skeleton continue to grow throughout x Contents B. IGF-I and Maintenance of Bone Density IV. ... that the timing of peak values differs between the axial and appendicular skeletons and between men and women. In the axial skeleton, bone mass achieves peak values by the end ofthe second ... fractures and 100 matched community controls. Second is the use ofthe SF-36 as the QOL instrument. Comparing SF-36 scores ofthe hip- fractured men at the time of admission to nursing and residential...
... Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 iiAbstract The Effectsof Land Use onthe Mobility of Elderly and Disabled and Their Homecare Workers, andtheEffectsof Care on Client Mobility: ... identify the relationship between residential location, the transportation habits and needs of consumers and providers, andthe extent of care consumers received. The six interrelated hypotheses ... traffic analysis zone (TAZ) and zip code. Note. Based on Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) data i The Effectsof Land Use onthe Mobility of Elderly and Disabled and Their Homecare...
... independent of glucose concentration(1.4–1.7); second, the rate of glycogen synthesis is asigmoidal function of Glc6P concentration when deter-mined over a range of glucose concentrations and activities ... inhibitor of Glc6P hydrolysis [31],for evaluating the role of Glc6P, we determined the effect of different inhibitor concentrations on the Glc6P content andthe rate of glycogen synthesis inhepatocytes ... determine the contribution of Glc6P concentration, as distinct from glucokinase protein or activity, to the control of glycolysis and glycogen synthesis by glucokinase overexpres-sion. The validity of...
... estimates ofthe effects ofthe law changes on mortality.Finally, we report our estimates ofthe effects ofthe additional education induced by the law changes on other measures ofhealthandhealth ... examine the effects for different ages (i.e., for different values of x and y) as the effects of education on health could vary across the age distribution.C The Impacts of Education on Other Health ... clustered by month of birth. Mean (sd) refers to the mean (standard deviation for continuous outcomes) ofthe entire sample.Appendix Table A3a: Theeffectsof education on measures of health -...
... characterization ofthe promoterregion ofthe gene andthe associated transcriptionalfactors. Therefore, delineation ofthe transcriptionalregulation ofhuman DNASE1 may provide clues to the mechanisms ... that of pGL3–basic vector and was half that of pGL3–promoter vector. These findingsdemonstrate the promoter activity ofthe 5Â-ankingregion of exon 1 in DNASE1. Deletion of the upstream end ofthe ... splicing junction betweenexon 1a and a portion of exon 1. The thick straight lines represent the intron sequence. +1 indicates the position ofthe transcriptionstart site of exon 1. Dashed v-shaped...
... interpretation ofthe results for each measure, onesupplemental question was added after completion of the fourth interview (and thus asked of only 16 ofthe 20 par-ticipants). The question asked ... conceptelicitation or item generation phases. Therefore, the objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of FM on participants, including their sleep, and to test the content validity of these twosleep ... the greater detail it providedabout their sleep, an additional indication ofthe overallrelevance ofthe measure from the participants' perspec-tives.Ease of administration and response...
... conceptelicitation or item generation phases. Therefore, the objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of FM on participants, including their sleep, and to test the content validity of these twosleep ... CentralPage 1 of 7(page number not for citation purposes) Health and Quality of Life OutcomesOpen AccessResearchEvaluation ofthe impact of fibromyalgia on patients' sleep andthe content ... information they pro-vided to their physicians about the consequences of theirnocturnal FM pain. These findings, along with the brevity,ease of use, and daily recall period provide further supportfor...
... empiricalevidence. The honesty of naăve falsicationism demanded the testing ofthe falsiable and the rejection ofthe unfalsifiable andthe falsified. Finally, the honesty of sophisticated falsificationismdemanded ... demanded the acceptance of only what was proven andthe rejection of everything unproven. Neojustificationist honestydemanded the specification ofthe probability of any hypothesis in the light ofthe ... sametime offering an evolutionary form of natural religion.⁷⁴ The ‘agnostics’ could presentthemselves onthe one hand as opponents of immoderate religious movements andon the other as opponents of...