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Assessing Obesity and Other Related Health Problems of Mentally Ill Hispanic Patients in an Urban Outpatient Setting | Objective ::: This paper describes the role of an agency Clinical Director in developing a project to assess and begin to address obesity-related health problems of patients treated in a community-based mental health clinic in New York City. After a five year review of outpatient deaths revealed a high rate of deaths from cardiovascular and diabetes-related issues, the Clinical Director assembled a group of clinicians, researchers, and administrative staff to design a pilot project to assess health and nutrition status of primarily Hispanic day treatment patients with severe and persistent mental illness. | The purpose of this article is to explore the factors influencing residential decisions of Finnish seniors. Analysis draws on qualitative data gathered from in-depth interviews and open-ended survey questions completed by 37 seniors living in three independent living facilities in Finland. Content analysis was used to identify key factors pushing residents out of their former living situations and pulling them into their respective independent living facility. Analysis indicates that different senior houses attract different types of residents. Nevertheless, as a group, they reported similar motivational factors relating to community, physical, and social environments and to their personal circumstances. | eng_Latn | 17,400 |
An outline of studies in human behavior and the social environment | The social work that studies human behavior and social environment is apparently significant. In the last several years, the human behavior model employed by social workers has changed from a medical pattern to an ecological one. A series of concepts for the ecological pattern have provided the social workers a method to observe the surrounding world. The dynamic evaluation model for human behavior has laid down a systematic groundwork for synthesizing the knowledge of human behavior. | the article analyses the present situation of humanistic spirit of the developed countries' li- braries in the service work and its causes.Some objective needs of our library community efforts are put forward. | eng_Latn | 17,401 |
Ethical issues related to health checks | The paper and editorial on health checks highlight crucial ethical issues.1 2 ::: ::: It is not just the lack of benefit or the harm to patients—who are frightened by their “high risk” and will never think of themselves as healthy again. ::: ::: It is the waste of resources as governments encourage, and sometimes pay, clinicians to screen healthy patients for cardiovascular risk, … | environment and health themes in medical geography is available in our book collection an online access to it is set as public so you can download it instantly. Our books collection hosts in multiple locations, allowing you to get the most less latency time to download any of our books like this one. Kindly say, the environment and health themes in medical geography is universally compatible with any devices to read. | eng_Latn | 17,402 |
Urbanisation pattern in South-East Asia and its implications for health of urban dwellers | The urban population in South-East Asia region is growing rapidly at the rate of 4-5% per year posing a threat to their existing health infrastructure. Most countries in the region are passing through epidemiological transition and are facing the dual burden of traditional and modern diseases. The health status within the city is not evenly distributed rather the poor bear the greatest burden of diseases. The uncontrolled urban growth puts strains on food and water supplies, on the availability of safe housing and on health care services. Migrations from rural to urban areas bring in numerous psychosocial problems resulting in increased incidence of crime, accident, drug abuse, alcoholism, smoking, suicide, sexual problems etc that affect health. There is a huge gap between community needs and existing public health services. Cities in the SEA region need inter-sectoral coordination to address the health problems so as to develop healthy cities in the region. | Abstract The EU Sustainable Development Strategy (SDS) has taken on an Open Method of Coordination (OMC)‐like style. This soft mode of governance entails an interpretation, specification and substantiation of social values and norms. Therefore, the democratic quality of this style of governance needs to be examined. While a shift to an OMC‐like style of policy creation usually implies the retreat of the Community method and thereby a weakening of the European Parliament’s (EP) political power, this style has established counterbalancing institutional arrangements of a democratic nature, such as the involvement of the EP, societal input by stakeholder consultations and transparency. However, a discourse analysis reveals an important deliberative deficit of the EU SDS. This article argues that the OMC‐like style of the EU SDS lacks mechanisms of deliberative control over discourse formation and contestation on the meaning of sustainable development. | eng_Latn | 17,403 |
THE SANITARIAN AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT1,2 | The thrust of this paper is the contention that the sanitarian because of the ecological systems framework within which he works has the opportunity to extend this framework to the citizen and thus... | Reports the feedback and evaluation of student dental hygienists and therapists on their experience on a community-based clinical teaching programme. By C. D. Lynch, P. J. Ash and B. L. Chadwick | yue_Hant | 17,404 |
What is the good society for hominoids | In Sick Societies, Robert Edgerton argues that the longstanding principle of cultural relativism is misguided. In its place, he claims, we need to evaluate both traditional and modern societies in terms of their commitment to providing a satisfying “quality of life” for their members. This essay takes up the merits of Edgerton's thesis by using primate data to analyze and consider human nature, the adaptation thesis, the nature of culture, and, on purely hominoid grounds, the “good” society for humankind. | ABSTRACTTo shed light on fair blue urbanism, we studied the demands, obstacles and opportunities as well as knowledge needs of various citizen groups living in Helsinki Metropolitan Area. The persp... | eng_Latn | 17,405 |
Rheumatic diseases and the environment | Rheumatic diseases and the environment. Lee D Kaufman and John Vaga. (Pp 240; £45.) London: Arnold, 1999. ISBN 0-412-07911-9. ::: ::: When a patient develops a rheumatic disease one of the first questions asked is “why me?” The answer is, of course, complex. For almost all rheumatic disorders there are genetic factors, host factors, and environmental factors. This book focuses predominantly on non-host environmental factors as triggers of rheumatic disorders. These are described as foods, drugs, chemicals, biologicals, radiation, noise, and emotional and physical stresses. The book is aimed at physicians and other healthcare providers, biomedical scientists, epidemiologists, toxicologists, regulators, law makers, and members of the legal profession. This is … | Economic and demographic factors are key determinants of health status in old age. Although, in recent years, there has been an increasing interest in the evaluation of the relationships between these factors and individual health status in Italy, limited attention has been devoted to the link between housing and health. In this paper, we explore the associations between economic and housing statuses and self-reported health among the elderly, i.e. people aged 65 or over. We analyze data from EU-SILC, the new Eurostat project on Community Statistics on Income and Living Conditions, wave 2006. ::: Results confirm the positive socioeconomic status-health gradient usually found in literature and show that housing conditions have an important role in affecting the health status of the oldest in Italy. These findings increase the need of incorporating socioeconomic and housing factors into health policies in a long term perspective. | eng_Latn | 17,406 |
Aspects of biosocial screening and health maintenance in adolescents. | The screening process, including medical history, physical examination, and laboratory tests, is tailored to fit the adolescent. Significant for early detection of disease or defect in the adolescent, this process can also form a basis of trust for an enduring doctor-patient relationship. | Existing post-occupancy research rarely considers the importance of the sociality of the building user community and its building user group dynamics. A social value agenda is proposed to promote u ... | eng_Latn | 17,407 |
Sanatorium Rehabilitation of the Population by the Healthy Lifestyle | The World Health Organization considers that a state of person health defines for 75% its way of life and a power supply system, for 10% - heredity, another 10% - environmental conditions, and only for 5% of service of health care. Health of the person most of all depends on a way of life. | ABSTRACTThis study investigated the influence of designed natural outdoor spaces and space type on the physical, mental, and physiological health status of elderlies. A total of 978 questionnaires ... | eng_Latn | 17,408 |
Reclaiming the essentials of Akufo. | Herbert Gilles' study of disease and environment at Akufo in Nigeria around 1960 was an early example of an integrated and detailed approach to understanding the health of a small group of people. Subsequent studies on a larger scale have focused on particular diseases or on the provision of medical care. The primary-health-care movement has tended in practice to neglect the material environment. Medical anthropological work has returned to detailed studies of processes in small communities. There is a need to return to looking at the overall health and disease pattern of small communities, together with their environment and human behaviour, to get a coherent understanding. The formulation of interventions appropriate to this understanding will be more difficult. | This paper briefly analyzed the reforming state and solid influence of the collectivity forest-property of Yong'an city,through investigating the changing of forest property right in abroad and hometown at the present.It will provide the practised reference for the reforming of the collectivity forest-right in Fujian's province. | eng_Latn | 17,409 |
Environment And Health Themes In Medical Geography | environment and health themes in medical geography is available in our book collection an online access to it is set as public so you can download it instantly. Our books collection hosts in multiple locations, allowing you to get the most less latency time to download any of our books like this one. Kindly say, the environment and health themes in medical geography is universally compatible with any devices to read. | This thesis project is a continuation of a project that was previously done at KTHenvironmental management course during Fall 2006 semester at Veidekke to identify the deficit and the flaws of the ... | eng_Latn | 17,410 |
Finnish seniors’ move to a senior house: Examining the push and pull factors | The purpose of this article is to explore the factors influencing residential decisions of Finnish seniors. Analysis draws on qualitative data gathered from in-depth interviews and open-ended survey questions completed by 37 seniors living in three independent living facilities in Finland. Content analysis was used to identify key factors pushing residents out of their former living situations and pulling them into their respective independent living facility. Analysis indicates that different senior houses attract different types of residents. Nevertheless, as a group, they reported similar motivational factors relating to community, physical, and social environments and to their personal circumstances. | In this issue we carry a number of convergent papers on Theory and Methods that will contribute to the debate about “fit for purpose” academic support for practice. From the United States, Dr Roux provides a comprehensive glossary of terms for the increasingly important multilevel analysis, while Wardle and colleagues explore the use of a home affluence scale as an alternative means of assessing socioeconomic status in adolescence. ::: ::: See pages 588, 595 ::: ::: From Manchester come two complementary papers that propose the use of impact numbers in health policy decisions and in measuring the effects of interventions on population health, and McCarthy … | eng_Latn | 17,411 |
Individuals and their ecologies: analysing the geography of chronic illness within a multilevel modelling framework | Abstract This paper argues for the importance of place differences in understanding chronic illness. A conceptual distinction is drawn between individual and ecological effects and it is argued that aggregate analysis provides an inappropriate methodology for studying place differences. Multilevel modelling, in contrast, allows for the simultaneous analysis of individuals and their ecologies. This approach is applied to data derived from a nationally representative sample of over 9 000 United Kingdom individuals in nearly 400 places. | The essay explain the relationship between the inheritance and development of the city's regional culture from the urban planning professional view,put forward to display the important effect for the city special features with the culture's material and non-material characteristics.Pass to scoop out several aspect of regional deep qualities,such as city landscape,city space configuration,building and the non-material cultural etc.From here,inherit and develop the region cultural spirit content and value,evade bad things,remould city region cultural special features. | eng_Latn | 17,412 |
Capital and Credit Sources and Household Non-Farm Income in Ghana | This paper examines the effects of the various sources of capital and credit available for financing non-farm enterprises in Ghana. A maximization of the household production function yields linear equations for estimating the key parameters of interest. Capital from bank, family, NGOs and money lenders significantly influence non-farm income. In terms of business expansion, credit from bank, cooperatives and family/friends are very important. Regional differences also appear to be significant as well as the ecological zones. Gender differences in capital and credit sources affect income of non-farm enterprises. | Economic and demographic factors are key determinants of health status in old age. Although, in recent years, there has been an increasing interest in the evaluation of the relationships between these factors and individual health status in Italy, limited attention has been devoted to the link between housing and health. In this paper, we explore the associations between economic and housing statuses and self-reported health among the elderly, i.e. people aged 65 or over. We analyze data from EU-SILC, the new Eurostat project on Community Statistics on Income and Living Conditions, wave 2006. ::: Results confirm the positive socioeconomic status-health gradient usually found in literature and show that housing conditions have an important role in affecting the health status of the oldest in Italy. These findings increase the need of incorporating socioeconomic and housing factors into health policies in a long term perspective. | eng_Latn | 17,413 |
A Cross-Cultural Test of the Value-Attitude-Behavior Hierarchy | According to Homer and Kahle's (1988) cognitive hierarchy model, values indirectly influence behavior through attitudes. The model posits that the influence theoretically flows from more abstract cognitions to mid-range cognitions to specific behaviors. This paper tests the cross-cultural validity of the model across samples from Brazil, New Zealand, and South Africa. The paper specifically tests whether environmental attitudes would completely mediate the influence of both altruistic and self-enhancement values on ecological behavior. This study also extended the model by including perceived threats from environmental problems. Supporting the expanded model, environmental attitudes fully mediated the influence of both values and perceived environmental threat on ecological behavior. This article provides empirical support for using the cognitive hierarchy model across cultures. | The discussion of diversity in medical care should be expanded to include religious affiliation as a category of difference. Virtual Mentor is a monthly bioethics journal published by the American Medical Association. | eng_Latn | 17,414 |
The Chemistry of Artemia Habitats | Some populations of Artemia salina (L.) occur in high carbonate waters and potassium—rich media where Na/K ratios are low. These habitats previously have been thought to exclude this crustacean. | The present bachelor thesis deals with the physical environment of children's units in hospitals. The thesis is divided into a theoretical and a research part. The theoretical part concentrates on a child's development, a hospital room's equipment, and a brief account of selected categories of the physical environment. The legislature and the ethics of the environment in children's units are involved in the thesis as well. Last but not least, the paper is also dedicated to organizations that aim to improve the quality of hospital units. ::: The aim of the research part was to find out children's ideas for improvement of the hospital environment. The research part is based on a qualitative data collection, that is, semi-structured dialogues with in-patients from children's units. | eng_Latn | 17,415 |
LibGuides: Library Environmental Committee (LEC): Sustainable living | This LibGuide will help you find information on sustainability within the library and the campus. | In 1899 Thorstein Veblen wrote a seminal monograph on the subject of consumption and leisure. ::: His work, The Theory of the Leisure Class, is one of the most enduring examples of status-seeking ::: individuals� conspicuous consumption and conspicuous leisure practices, particularly when applied ::: to the tourist industry, and furthermore, is still relevant in today�s economic climate. This article ::: develops an independent theory of backpackers and how they can be perceived as undertaking ::: conspicuous consumption and conspicuous leisure practices. This is done using Veblen�s work as ::: a foundation. Qualitative methods using in-depth interviews and participant observation techniques ::: are employed to obtain data from 41 participants. The findings serve to highlight the fact that ::: Veblen�s thesis is as relevant today as it was when it was written in 1899. | yue_Hant | 17,416 |
Fermented dairy foods intake and risk of cardiovascular diseases: A meta-analysis of cohort studies | AbstractSince the associations of fermented dairy foods intake with risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) remained inconsistent, we carried out this meta-analysis on all published cohort studies to... | This Sounding Board article uses a number of societal stereotypes related to work and welfare to problematize the relationship between work and health, and how this relates to the prevention and management of work disability. It outlines current discourses in policy and research around these issues, and discusses some of the ethical implications of these discourses. The article concludes that the current policies on work disability and sickness insurance takes their point of departure in over-simplified account of the relationship between work and health, and that a more critical reading of the evidence is called for. The implications for research are also discussed, where a system-oriented perspective with attention to social gradients and the various working environments is called for. | eng_Latn | 17,417 |
Impact of Technological Innovation on a Nursing Home Performance and on the Medication-use Process Safety | Despite the fact that since 1985 the government of Quebec increased by 5.75 % on average the amount of money spent on healthcare per year, little improvement was noted. It is obvious that an optimal use of resources is essential to reduce waiting times and provide safer and faster services to patients. The use of new technology can contribute to improve the healthcare system efficiency. Our study aims to assess the impact of a medication distribution technology on 1) the performance of a health and social services center’s pharmacy, 2) the performance of one care unit in a nursing home and on 3) the medication-use process safety. To measure performance we were inspired by the Lean approach. The results show that medication distribution technology is considered as an effective way to significantly detect medication errors, to allow nurses to focus more on patients and pharmacy to react more rapidly to changes in patient medications. | The purpose of this article is to explore the factors influencing residential decisions of Finnish seniors. Analysis draws on qualitative data gathered from in-depth interviews and open-ended survey questions completed by 37 seniors living in three independent living facilities in Finland. Content analysis was used to identify key factors pushing residents out of their former living situations and pulling them into their respective independent living facility. Analysis indicates that different senior houses attract different types of residents. Nevertheless, as a group, they reported similar motivational factors relating to community, physical, and social environments and to their personal circumstances. | eng_Latn | 17,418 |
Diffusion of Energy Efficient Innovations in the Residential Building Environment: A Conceptual Model | Presentation of the research design and the first insights from the research of diffusion of innovations in the residential building environment. ::: The presentation was given as a plenary session at the PhD Colloquium at the International Conference of the System Dynamics Society in Nijmegen, The Netherlands. | In 1899 Thorstein Veblen wrote a seminal monograph on the subject of consumption and leisure. ::: His work, The Theory of the Leisure Class, is one of the most enduring examples of status-seeking ::: individuals� conspicuous consumption and conspicuous leisure practices, particularly when applied ::: to the tourist industry, and furthermore, is still relevant in today�s economic climate. This article ::: develops an independent theory of backpackers and how they can be perceived as undertaking ::: conspicuous consumption and conspicuous leisure practices. This is done using Veblen�s work as ::: a foundation. Qualitative methods using in-depth interviews and participant observation techniques ::: are employed to obtain data from 41 participants. The findings serve to highlight the fact that ::: Veblen�s thesis is as relevant today as it was when it was written in 1899. | eng_Latn | 17,419 |
Transitional spaces from exterior to interior as functional vision barriers in ageing | We determined the visual efficiency and visual discomfort for users of a typical transitional space in luminous climates. The subject moves from a brighter exterior to a dimmer interior, facing an abrupt change in the level of lighting as a potential functional vision barrier, mainly for ageing people. We measured suprathreshold visual efficiency in different age groups, recognising two Landolt ring orientations and answering some visual discomfort questions. Results show: oldest group (60–67) needed more than 3 times the time required by the youngest group (25–30) to perform the task but, in terms of discomfort, there are no noticeable effects regarding the disturbance or the sensation of reduction of mobility produced by the lighting changes in the transitional space among the three different groups. | The purpose of this article is to explore the factors influencing residential decisions of Finnish seniors. Analysis draws on qualitative data gathered from in-depth interviews and open-ended survey questions completed by 37 seniors living in three independent living facilities in Finland. Content analysis was used to identify key factors pushing residents out of their former living situations and pulling them into their respective independent living facility. Analysis indicates that different senior houses attract different types of residents. Nevertheless, as a group, they reported similar motivational factors relating to community, physical, and social environments and to their personal circumstances. | eng_Latn | 17,420 |
Health Promotion in A Large City | A large amount of knowledge in favour of health promotion is available. Improvement of both the quality of life and life expectancy are probably dependent on health promotion programmes. Individual and community participation has been recognized as being a prerequisite for the credibility, feasibility and success of these programmes. A life-style approach has emerged as a key component of health promotion programmes, and in the last few years extensive debate has provided diffuse support for this concept. | ABSTRACTTo shed light on fair blue urbanism, we studied the demands, obstacles and opportunities as well as knowledge needs of various citizen groups living in Helsinki Metropolitan Area. The persp... | eng_Latn | 17,421 |
Atividade física e funcionalidade do idoso | Adopting an active lifestyle provides many health benefits and is regarded as an important component to improving the quality of life and functional independence of the elderly. But as important as investigating the biopsychosocial benefits acquired by the practice of physical activity, is the understanding of associated factors that influence the adherence and maintenance. Thus, from a review of the literature, this article had the purpose to discuss the proposed adherence of the relationship between physical activity and of the elderly functionality. | Apresentacao efetuada no "International Workshop ‘Ecosustainable Food Packaging : the Industrial Challenges’, Food and Agriculture COST Action FA0904", em Leiria, Portugal, 2013 | por_Latn | 17,422 |
What Is the Impact of Using Outdoor Spaces Such as Gardens on the Physical and Mental Well-Being of Those With Dementia? A Systematic Review of Quantitative and Qualitative Evidence | A process for systematically reviewing the literature: providing the research evidence for public health nursing interventions. | Miscarriage, peripheral thromboses and aortic aneurysm in antiphospholipid-antibody-negative Sneddon's syndrome | eng_Latn | 17,423 |
The connectedness to nature scale: A measure of individuals’ feeling in community with nature | Toward a coherent theory of environmentally significant behavior | Mechanisms of bacterial persistence during stress and antibiotic exposure | eng_Latn | 17,424 |
Uncertainty in environmentally conscious decision making: beer or wine? | Purpose ::: Life cycle assessment (LCA) is being used increasingly in decision support situations. In actual cases, the sources of uncertainty are easily hidden in the complexity. Methods for taking uncertainty into account are recommended by LCA guidelines, but actual application remains rare. The aim of this study is to demonstrate the sources of uncertainty in a practical simple selection case wherein a customer makes a decision between beer and wine in a restaurant, considering the selected criteria and the given information. The uncertainty in LCA results is connected to the broader scope of decision analysis. | AbstractSince the associations of fermented dairy foods intake with risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) remained inconsistent, we carried out this meta-analysis on all published cohort studies to... | eng_Latn | 17,425 |
Suburbs May Be Hazardous to Your Health | A new study shows that people who live in areas with a high degree of suburban sprawl are more likely to report chronic health problems, such as high blood pressure, arthritis, headaches, and breathing difficulties, than those who live in urban areas. | Imagine buying a new home where your neighbors can decide how it's decorated, what you cook for dinner, how big your dog is and what kind of sex you have. And they can toss you out if they don't like it. | eng_Latn | 17,426 |
Living Amid Suburban Sprawl Could be Bad for Your Health | SANTA MONICA - People who live in suburbia tend to have more chronic health problems than urbanites, according to a study issued today by a Santa Monica-based think tank. | Itâs all about location. As one Generation Y worker said, âIt doesnât make sense to have a great job in a crummy city.â | eng_Latn | 17,427 |
MODIS NDVI time series clustering under dynamic time warping | A COEFFICIENT OF AGREEMENT FOR NOMINAL SCALES 1 | analytic hierarchy process ( ahp ) for examining healthcare professionals ' assessments of risk factors . the relative importance of risk factors for falls in community - dwelling older people . | eng_Latn | 17,428 |
ambient assisted living for improvement of health and quality of life - a special issue of the journal of informatics . | Exploring the ambient assisted living domain: a systematic review | Are there too many uncited articles? Zero inflated variants of the discretised lognormal and hooked power law distributions | eng_Latn | 17,429 |
Encouraging pro-environmental behaviour: An integrative review and research agenda | Measuring endorsement of the new ecological paradigm: a revised NEP scale | Adaptive stair-ascending and stair-descending strategies for powered lower limb exoskeleton | eng_Latn | 17,430 |
Formalizing preference utilitarianism in physical world models | The Nature, Importance, and Difficulty of Machine Ethics | Inflammation, stress, and diabetes | eng_Latn | 17,431 |
Designing eco-feedback systems for everyday life | Eco-feedback systems currently frame householders as micro-resource managers, who weigh up the costs and benefits of their consumption, and make autonomous, rational and efficient decisions. Reporting on findings from a qualitative study of three Australian energy and water eco-feedback programs utilising an in-home display (IHD) system, this paper challenges this view. The research finds that householders consume energy and water to carry out everyday practices, such as showering, laundering and cooling, which are mediated by social, cultural, technical and institutional dynamics. The paper proposes an alternative design paradigm for eco-feedback systems premised on the realities of everyday life and identifies several design directions that emerge from this new starting point. | This paper describesthe basicmethodologyused by San DiegoGas & ElectricCompanyto determinethe contribution to system reliability made by various resource alternatives.In particular, thismethodhas beenusedto evaluatetheextentto whichloadmanagement in the form of air conditionercyclingcan be depended on to reducesystemload. Theseresultswere includedin an economic analysisthatdeterminedthat continuedsupportof SDG&E'sresidentialair conditioner cyclingprogram (PEAKSHIFT)was not cost effective. | eng_Latn | 17,432 |
Validation of the Dutch Translation of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire (IBDQ): A Health-Related Quality of Life Questionnaire in Inflammatory Bowel Disease | Health-related quality of life assessment can benefit several groups involved with health care. The aim of our study was to assess construct validity, reliability, discriminant ability and sensitivity | Abstract Although they create considerable economic benefits, industrial parks emit tremendous amounts of pollution and consume significant environmental resources. This investigation examines problems associated with managing an industrial park. It begins by defining an industrial park system and its sustainability. Next, using systems thinking, managing for results, driving-force-pressure-state-impact-response, and system dynamics, we develop a management framework and an indicator system. A framework with triple decision layers is established to link the management of an industrial park with its manufactories. Based on this framework, proposed indicators and their driving force–pressure–state–impact–response relationships are integrated into an optimization model to maximize sustainability, so that sustainability of an industrial park is assessed as total quantity management is performed. A prototype of a total quantity and sustainability management strategy for industrial parks is developed, based on ... | eng_Latn | 17,433 |
Personalising and crowdsourcing stress management in urban environments via s-Health | In an attempt to make our cities more sustainable and resource efficient, we are transforming them into what we now call Smart Cities. This transformation is heavily dependent on ICT, where a huge network of interconnected sensors and other devices is deployed to monitor many aspects of urban life in real-time. Recently, Solanas et al. [1] introduced the concept of Smart Health (s-Health) in which the resources of a smart city are exploited to facilitate the provision of healthcare services to citizens. In this position paper we explore the potentials of s-Health in stress management, providing a conceptual framework which could be used not only to monitor the stress level, but to provide more advanced ICT intervention. | Social Impact-athon, an intensive weekend project to learn about environmental justice and local organizations that support it, evaluate their priorities and needs of the community, and award grant funding. | eng_Latn | 17,434 |
The search dashboard: how reflection and comparison impact search behavior | Theory-driven design strategies for technologies that support behavior change in everyday life | Treatment of Crohn's disease with cannabis: an observational study. | eng_Latn | 17,435 |
Playful bottle: a mobile social persuasion system to motivate healthy water intake | Activity sensing in the wild: a field trial of ubifit garden | Nonlinear Time Series Analysis | eng_Latn | 17,436 |
'Well' Explores The Social And Political Underpinnings Of Health | The typical American conversation about health focuses on personal choice as a key driver — the foods we choose to eat, the number of steps we log each day, the doctors we visit and the medicines we take. But epidemiologist Sandro Galea says that way of thinking is the wrong way. In his new book, Well: What We Need To Talk About When We Talk About Health, the dean of Boston University School of Public Health says not only does the belief in the power of personal choice fail to fix America's health crisis, it also diverts us from real issues underlying our nation's poor health. "We can choose the food we eat, but our options are limited by what we can afford and by what kinds of food are available for purchase near our home," he writes. "These factors, in turn, depend on the quality of our neighborhood and the size of our income, which depends on larger social economic forces over which we have little control." The notion that one creates good health just by choosing to do so makes it easy to stigmatize obesity, addiction and other chronic conditions as byproducts of laziness or moral weakness, further obscuring their actual causes, he warns. "Telling you that you should exercise more when you're worried about getting out of your house and getting shot; when there is no park around you which has a nice place for you to walk; when you're working two minimum-wage jobs and you can't afford gym membership is simply absurd," he tells NPR. Galea says understanding that our health is a product of the world around us serves to remove "our reflexive stigmatization." And that's important, he says, because stigma itself is known to erode self-esteem and confidence, which in turn causes social isolation that can further trigger other health problems. Galea says his book, represents a culmination of 20 years of studying and working in public health. He was motivated to write it by the the huge gap between what the U.S. spends on health care and the relatively low return on that investment. "Part of my job is to make sure that the world understands what it really takes to generate health," Galea says. As he discusses early in the book, the United States spends a whopping $3.3 trillion on health care, according to federal figures from 2016. Yet U.S. life expectancy — which is the lowest among all comparable nations — has actually fallen in recent years. He points out that the lifespan of a baby born in the U.S. today is now five years shorter, on average, than it would be if that baby were born in Japan, a nation that spends half of what we do on health, per person. "There's no other sector where we outspend all our peers and we get less for it," Galea says. "Would you buy a smartphone if it cost you 40% more than the next closest competitor and your phone functioned 40% worse? The answer is no, you wouldn't." To improve the nation's overall physical and mental health, Galea says we need to understand that a slew of factors that may seem to have little connection to health are actually the drivers of it. "The lens that we adopt makes a big difference in how we invest our resources and how we tackle this problem," Galea says. He says we need to start talking more about some neglected factors that shape health. These include some themes familiar to students of public health — poverty, environment and policies — and some more surprising ones, including fundamental human values that Galea believes deserve more attention. Key drivers of health to pay attention to include: Acknowledging the past To fix the flaws in the systems and policies we've created, we have to recognize powerful influences from the past, Galea writes. On an individual level, a person's past plays a role in shaping their present-day health, he says. And nationwide, it means understanding how history affects us today. For example, Galea says, we can trace back to slavery some roots of the discrepancies in health and average lifespan of black Americans today, as compared to white Americans. "These health gaps are neither random nor inevitable," Galea writes. "They are a consequence of history." Seeing the power in a place It's not hard to fathom that neighborhoods and environment — air quality, water quality, housing, sanitation and infrastructure — affect our health and well-being. But Galea says the influence of place is about more than physical environment. A community is formed of "cultural, economic and political factors" which can have a real impact on health, he says, including "the economic opportunities we have ... the extent to which we invest in reducing domestic violence; the extent to which we invest in having equitable opportunities for people of all genders." Understanding no one's an island Galea writes about the importance of social interactions to combat loneliness and isolation — conditions that increase the risk of depression, addiction and suicide. He says that's especially true for older and sicker Americans, as age and disability cont | What do a costume drama and a zombie flick have in common? Critic Bob Mondello sees a connection in empathy between <em>The Young Karl Marx</em> and <em>The Cured.</em> | eng_Latn | 17,437 |
what is sedentary lifestyle | A sedentary lifestyle is a type of lifestyle with no or irregular physical activity.A person who lives a sedentary lifestyle may colloquially be known as a slob or couch potato. It is commonly found in both the developed and developing world.Sedentary activities include sitting, reading, watching television, playing video games, and computer use for much of the day with little or no vigorous physical exercise. A sedentary lifestyle can contribute to many preventable causes of death.Screen time is the amount of time a person spends watching a screen such as a television, computer monitor, or mobile device.edentary activities include sitting, reading, watching television, playing video games, and computer use for much of the day with little or no vigorous physical exercise. A sedentary lifestyle can contribute to many preventable causes of death. | Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: In evolutionary anthropology and archaeology, sedentism, is a term applied to the transition from nomadic lifestyle to a society which remains in one place permanently. Essentially, sedentism means living in groups permanently in one place. | eng_Latn | 17,438 |
what is a sedentary lifestyle and what are some risks related to it quizlet | It can reduce stress, manage anger and frustration in a healthy way, and can decrease your risk of depression. What is a sedentary lifestyle and what are some risks related to it? A way of life that involves little to no physical activity. It can cause unhealthy weight gain, cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and can increase the chances of getting cancer. | What is a sedentary man? A sedentary person is someone who lives in a single place for a extended period of time (many years)opposed to Nomadic people who move very frequently. sedentary lifestyle (which is the context that sedentary is most commonly used in) means an inactive lifestyle. A quiet lifestyle, as opposed to lazy. | eng_Latn | 17,439 |
Sustainable Living & Alternative Health | Sustainable Living: Environmental news and discussion with Jon Butts & Alternative Health: Health news and discussion with Eve Prang Plews | One of the spinoffs of the go-green movement has been do-it-yourself beekeeping, and it's beginning to swarm. <em>Weekend Edition</em> food commentator Bonny Wolf has the buzz. | eng_Latn | 17,440 |
Feng Shui Your Life | Feng Shui is teaching how to establish balance and harmony in your life. Today's fast and stressful life is very demanding and creates lots of extremes. | Stuck in a cubicle all day with that panoramic view of a flickering screen and a fabric-covered half-wall? Feeling like your youth has slipped away? | eng_Latn | 17,441 |
Scientists need to capitalise on a growing body of evidence showing a link between biodiversity and human wellbeing, a US review has suggested. | It said rapid progress could be made if there was better communication and collaboration between researchers and public health and land-use officials.
A global research project was recently launched to examine the impact of urban policies on human health and wellbeing.
The findings have been published in the journal Ecosystem Services.
"This is something that had held my interest for some time, that is the condition of the general environment and human wellbeing in the broadest sense," explained co-author Paul Sandifer, former chief science advisor for the National Ocean Service at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa).
Helping hand
"I have long had a feeling of that there were connections between exposure to the natural environment and improved physiological and psychological health."
Dr Sandifer said he and his fellow co-authors decided if it was possible to "tease out" peer-reviewed examples of "biodiversity providing advantages for human health".
"If there was, how we might usefully categorise those relationships - what were the characteristics and mechanisms that brought about that change," he told BBC News.
One of the main challenges the team faced was attempting to identify key literature from a vast quantity of different sources.
"A little bit comes out in landscape literature, a little bit comes out in psychology literature, a little bit comes out in ecological or city planning publications but rarely are these things put together and assesses what one could do with the knowledge from around the scientific sphere," explained Dr Sandifer, who has recently retired from his Noaa post.
"One of the main findings of the review for me and for my colleagues was the huge amount of information indicating mostly positive health responses of some kind - mainly psychological," he observed.
"Among the vast array of research, there are a number of carefully crafted studies that truly demonstrate cause and effect.
"These carefully define the characteristics of biodiversity or nature that might be of interest and what the effect might be on mental or physiological wellbeing or health. Finally, they looked at what the process was in which that possible effect might be mediated.
Patchy landscape
"The one area we identified where there was a fair amount of new evidence was the study of microbiota and its influence on inflammatory diseases.
For example, a study in 2012 suggested a lack of exposure to a "natural environment" could be resulting in more urban dwellers developing allergies and asthma.
Finnish scientists said certain bacteria, shown to be beneficial for human health, were found in greater abundance in non-urban surroundings.
But Dr Sandifer said his team's review found that there was still "a lot left to be done" even in this field of research.
He added that there was a considerable amount of research looking at the difference between good and bad green spaces in urban areas but almost no data at all when it came to marine or coastal environments.
"Probably the one area where rapid progress could be made is improving communication and collaboration between land-use and city planners, people involved in public health - both research and application, and their connection to ecological science.
"Ecologists are within their field and rarely reach outside it. Biomedical researchers, it seems, rarely have the time to reach out. There is a gap between the two where we really need to do a much better job of communicating.
But there were signs of progress in the right direction, he suggested: "The American Public Health Association has a new policy recognising the value of nature."
But he added: "This needs to be international - the UK, such as the University of Exeter's European Centre for Environment and Human Health, has done a vast amount of research on the value of green spaces."
At the end of 2014, a global scientific research programme was launched in China to examine the unintended consequences of urban policies on human health and wellbeing.
The Urban Health & Wellbeing Programme aimed to better understand what made a "healthy urban environment".
Dr Sandifer concluded: "The communication links is the first step to getting well-rounded policies and getting the value of nature out to wider communities, such as policymakers, than it does at the moment.
"I think that would then drive the availability of resources to do more studies." | He called for more sobriety in a world obsessed by "consumerism and hedonism, wealth and extravagance".
The Pope was celebrating a Christmas eve Mass in St Peter's Basilica in front of about 10,000 people.
Later on Friday he will deliver his traditional Christmas message from the central balcony of St Peter's Square.
Celebrating Mass, the Pope said Christmas was the time to "once more discover who we are".
He called on believers to show the same simplicity as the child Jesus, "born into poverty in a manger despite his divinity" to inspire their lives.
"In a society so often intoxicated by consumerism and hedonism, wealth and extravagance, appearances and narcissism, this child calls us to act soberly, in other words, in a way that is simple, balanced, consistent, capable of seeing and doing what is essential," he said.
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"Amid a culture of indifference which not infrequently turns ruthless, our style of life should instead be devout, filled with empathy, compassion and mercy."
Security was tight at the service with police carrying out spot checks in the area surrounding the Vatican. Everyone who went into the basilica, the largest church in Christendom, had to pass through metal detectors.
Correspondents say the Pope, 79, used his homily to reflect the key themes of three years in office - mercy, compassion, empathy and justice.
"In a world which all too often is merciless to the sinner and lenient to the sin, we need to cultivate a strong sense of justice, to discern and to do God's will," he said.
His voice was occasionally hoarse - the effect of a slight flu earlier this week. | eng_Latn | 17,442 |
do sweatshops hurt the environment | Beyond the Sweatshop: poverty footprints and supply chains. 1 Oxfam's Poverty Footprint project identifies five social impact metrics - building on the example of successful schemes measuring environmental impact. | Michael David Adams. When you sweat, your pores open and release the grit and grime that has built up inside of them, says Whitney Bowe, MD, a dermatologist in Briarcliff Manor, New York.ichael David Adams. When you sweat, your pores open and release the grit and grime that has built up inside of them, says Whitney Bowe, MD, a dermatologist in Briarcliff Manor, New York. | eng_Latn | 17,443 |
Optimizing Interventions via Offline Policy Evaluation: Studies in Citizen Science | Learning from Scarce Experience | Occupational status and job stress in relation to cardiovascular stress reactivity in Japanese workers | kor_Hang | 17,444 |
How are mobile homes rated and where do I find a list of the best and the worst? | Best mobile home....isn't that an oxymoron? | I've never had to do anything like what you're doing, but if I did, I'd start by contacting all the senior citizen centers/organizations, hospital auxiliaries, banks, garden clubs, business and professional groups, as well as area churches. Many of these organize tours or "caravans" for their members. Ask to be put in contact with the persons responsible for this. | eng_Latn | 17,445 |
I don't want or need any of these annoying devices, and I wonder how many of you do or don't. | I don't have them because when I go out(away from the phone) its partly to get away from a ringing phone and get some peace. And its pretty funny to see people walking around grocery stores so full of themselves, yakking away. | I would dispute the claim that we are physically healthier. Yes, we have long life spans, but is that due to our health or is it due to medical and technological advances? It seems, rather, that we're unhealthier. Look at the rising obesity rates, for instance. The world is overcrowded; as Wolfe says, we humans live in a behavioral sink and the result of said behavioral sink is similar to what happens in animal populations. Stress is magnified, destructive behaviors are rampant (drugs, alcohol, etc) and such effects are obvious in society.\n\nAnd then there's this paradox. In this ever-busy, ever-changing world and among the greater stress in pretty much all people, we live very cushy lives. If we were thrown back in time, our resilience might allow us to survive. Obviously, we'd have a hard time adjusting to a world without technological conveniences, but I would think that some of us might be glad for the change of pace, the change of scenery. | eng_Latn | 17,446 |
A resilience-based framework for evaluating adaptive co-management: Linking ecology, economics and society in a complex world | Understanding the Complexity of Economic, Ecological, and Social Systems | a qualitative exploration of individuals ' motivators for seeking substance user treatment . | eng_Latn | 17,447 |
Psychometric Properties of Physical Activity and Leisure Motivation Scale in Farsi: an International Collaborative Project on Motivation for Physical Activity and Leisure. | Validating the Physical Activity and Leisure Motivation Scale (PALMS) | Energy efficient integrated gas sensor system with post CMOS functionalization | eng_Latn | 17,448 |
Towards an Environmental Psychology of Workspace: How People are Affected by Environments for Work | Traditional versus Open Office Design A Longitudinal Field Study | Whither Prometheus' Liver? Greek Myth and the Science of Regeneration | eng_Latn | 17,449 |
Gardening is beneficial for health: A meta-analysis | Gardening Promotes Neuroendocrine and Affective Restoration from Stress | user acceptance of wearable devices : an extended perspective of perceived value . | eng_Latn | 17,450 |
Wellness as Fairness | Health, Inequality, and Economic Development | a macro discourse primary and secondary relation recognition method based on topic similarity . | eng_Latn | 17,451 |
What Is the Impact of Using Outdoor Spaces Such as Gardens on the Physical and Mental Well-Being of Those With Dementia? A Systematic Review of Quantitative and Qualitative Evidence | A process for systematically reviewing the literature: providing the research evidence for public health nursing interventions. | Criteria for evaluating evidence on public health interventions | eng_Latn | 17,452 |
The focus of this article is planning for resiliency in the aftermath of a catastrophe. First, the authors offer their conception of planning for resiliency as a goal for recovering communities, and the benefits of planning in efforts to create more resilient places. Next, they discuss major issues associated with planning for postdisaster recovery, including barriers posed by federal and state governments to planning for resiliency, the promise and risks of compact urban form models for guiding rebuilding, and the failure to involve citizens in planning for disasters. Finally, they discuss lessons from prior research that address these issues and policy recommendations that foster predisaster recovery planning for resilient communities.. Title: The effect of folic acid supplementation on plasma homocysteine in an elderly population. | BACKGROUND The growing appreciation of the multi-faceted importance of optimal maternal nutrition to the health and development of the infant and young child is tempered by incompletely resolved strategies for combatting challenges.
OBJECTIVE To review the importance of maternal nutrition and strategies being employed to optimize outcomes.
METHODS Selected data from recent literature with special focus on rationale for and currently published results of maternal nutrition supplements, including lipid based nutrition supplements.
RESULTS 1) An impelling rationale for improving the maternal and in utero environment of low resource populations has emerged to achieve improved fetal and post-natal growth and development. 2) Based partly on population increases in adult height over one-two generations, much can be achieved by reducing poverty. 3) Maternal, newborn and infant characteristics associated with low resource environments include evidence of undernutrition, manifested by underweight and impaired linear growth. 4) Apart from broad public health and educational initiatives, to date, most specific efforts to improve fetal growth and development have included maternal nutrition interventions during gestation. 5) The relatively limited but real benefits of both iron/folic acid (IFA) and multiple micronutrient (MMN) maternal supplements during gestation have now been reasonably defined. 6) Recent investigations of a maternal lipid-based primarily micronutrient supplement (LNS) have not demonstrated a consistent benefit beyond MMN alone. 7) However, effects of both MMN and LNS appear to be enhanced by commencing early in gestation.
CONCLUSIONS Poor maternal nutritional status is one of a very few specific factors in the human that not only contributes to impaired fetal and early post-natal growth but for which maternal interventions have demonstrated improved in utero development, documented primarily by both improvements in low birth weights and by partial corrections of impaired birth length. A clearer definition of the benefits achievable by interventions specifically focused on correcting maternal nutrition deficits should not be limited to improvements in the quality of maternal nutrition supplements, but on the cumulative quantity and timing of interventions (also recognizing the heterogeneity between populations). Finally, in an ideal world these steps are only a prelude to improvements in the total environment in which optimal nutrition and other health determinants can be achieved.. Title: Nucleating actin for invasion | The paper offers first a brief historical overview of disaster management planning. Second, it reviews Australian and American research findings and show that they urge the field of disaster management to shift its focus from response and recovery to sustainable hazard mitigation. It is argued that in order for this shift to occur, it is necessary to integrate disaster management and community planning. Current practice seldom reflects such a synthesis, and this is one of the reasons why hazard awareness is absent from local decision-making processes. Third, it is asserted that if mitigative strategies are to be successfully implemented, then the disaster management process must incorporate public participation at the local decision-making level. The paper concludes with a case study of California's Portola Valley, which demonstrates that when public participation is integrated into disaster management planning and community planning, the result is sustainable hazard mitigation.. Title: Disaster Management and Community Planning, and Public Participation: How to Achieve Sustainable Hazard Mitigation | eng_Latn | 17,453 |
workplace health benefits | Workplace health promotion Benefits. Proper attention to workers' health and safety has extensive benefits: healthy workers are productive and raise healthy families; thus healthy workers are a key strategy, i.e. goal, for overcoming poverty. workplace health risks are higher in the informal sector and small industry which are key arenas of action on poverty alleviation, where people can work their way out of poverty; | Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) is the discipline concerned with protecting the health and safety of all stakeholders in the workplace from exposure to hazards and risks resulting from work activities. | eng_Latn | 17,454 |
nih definition of health disparities | Health Disparities. Healthcare disparities refer to differences in access to or availability of facilities and services. Health status disparities refer to the variation in rates of disease occurrence and disabilities between socioeconomic and/or geographically defined population groups. [Both definitions are from the 2009 Medical Subject Headings (MeSH).] | Health disparities are caused by a complex interaction of multiple factors including individual, genetic and environmental risk factors (Olden & White, 2005). Pervasive structural inequities and social determinants of health are believed to be the primary cause (OMH, 2011; World Health Organization, 2011). | eng_Latn | 17,455 |
unhealthy lifestyle definition | Merge this question into. Split and merge into it. Answer by Tishrisha. Confidence votes 119. An unhealthy lifestyle is a lifestyle being lived that is a threat to the person living it whether it be long term or short term. For example, someone who has bad lungs who smokes. That is an unhealthy lifestyle to live because in the long run it can have dramatic even fatal effects. | Reasons 6 & 7. Living Longer and Living an Unhealthy Lifestyle. Not only are people living longer (which in itself increases health care costs), but too many people are living unhealthy lives. This includes smoking, eating fast food and driving instead of walking, to name but a few. | eng_Latn | 17,456 |
define independent living | Independent living. Independent living, as seen by its advocates, is a philosophy, a way of looking at society and disability, and a worldwide movement of people with disabilities working for equal opportunities, self-determination, and self-respect. In the context of eldercare, independent living is seen as a step in the continuum of care, with assisted living being the next step. In most countries, proponents of the IL Movement claim preconceived notions and a predominantly medical view of disability contribute t | (May 2017) Independent living, as seen by its advocates, is a philosophy, a way of looking at society and disability, and a worldwide movement of people with disabilities working for equal opportunities, self-determination, and self-respect. | eng_Latn | 17,457 |
definition of social health | 1 An example of social health is the amount of interaction a person has with their community. 2 An example of social health for a society is laws and regulations being applied to all citizens equally. An example of social health is public access to the decision-making processes. | 2. Ayurvedic definition of health â âHealth is a state where in the Tridosha, Digestive fire, all the body tissues & components, all the physiological processes are in perfect unison and the soul, the sense organs and mind are in a state of total satisfaction (prasanna) & contentâ Analysis of these two definitions of health: WHO definition of health covers three major aspects â physical, mental and social well-being. physical and mental well-being are quite easy to understand. The social well-being refers to how a person interacts positively with the people around him etc. Ayurvedic definition of health is elaborate. | eng_Latn | 17,458 |
what is a determinant of health | Social determinants of health reflect the social factors and physical conditions of the environment in which people are born, live, learn, play, work, and age. Also known as social and physical determinants of health, they impact a wide range of health, functioning, and quality-of-life outcomes. Examples of social determinants include: Availability of resources to meet daily needs, such as educational and job opportunities, living wages, or healthful foods. | Social determinants of health reflect the social factors and physical conditions of the environment in which people are born, live, learn, play, work, and age. Also known as social and physical determinants of health, they impact a wide range of health, functioning, and quality-of-life outcomes. | eng_Latn | 17,459 |
define quality of life | Quality of life (QOL) is the general well-being of individuals and societies.QOL has a wide range of contexts, including the fields of international development, healthcare, politics and employment.tandard indicators of the quality of life include not only wealth and employment but also the built environment, physical and mental health, education, recreation and leisure time, and social belonging. According to ecological economist Robert Costanza : | Definition of 'quality of life'. quality of life. singular noun [the/poss N] Someone's quality of life is the extent to which their life is comfortable or satisfying. | eng_Latn | 17,460 |
who essential public health functions | THE THREE CORE PUBLIC HEALTH FUNCTIONS. And the Essential Public Health Services. Assessment. Monitor health status to identify community health problems. Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards. in the community. Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal. and population-based health services. | The three core public health functions are: 1 The assessment and monitoring of the health of communities and populations at risk to identify health problems and priorities; The formulation of public policies designed to solve identified local and national health problems and priorities; | eng_Latn | 17,461 |
what is community health science | What is Community Health Education? Community health education is a theory-driven process that promotes health and prevents disease within populations. Those who study community health learn how to design and implement programs that promote health and prevent disease within certain target populations in the community. | Public Health includes community health. Public health is the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individualsâ. It is concerned with threats to health based on population health analysis. | eng_Latn | 17,462 |
what is a retirement centers | Retirement community. For NORC, see Naturally occurring retirement community. A retirement community is a housing complex designed for older adults who are generally able to care for themselves; however, assistance from home care agencies is allowed in some communities, and activities and socialization opportunities are often provided. | recreation center noun [C]. ⺠a âbuilding that is âopen to the âpublic where âmeetings are âheld, âsports are âplayed, and there are âactivities âavailable for âyoung and âold âpeople. (Definition of recreation center from the Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press). | eng_Latn | 17,463 |
lifestyle center definition | lifestyle center. A lifestyle center is a shopping center, or mixed-use commercial development that combines retail with other services, such as restaurants, movie theaters, apartment complexes, medical services, and more. | A community center provides a meeting place and/or educational focal point for citizens of a particular geographic area or social group to gather for different types of activities. There may be classes, team sports, movies and plays offered onsite at the center. | eng_Latn | 17,464 |
what determines quality of life | Though both are factors to determine quality of life, these are not its sole indicator. A personâs environment, physical and mental health, education, recreation, social well-being, freedom, human rights and happiness also are significant factors. | Quality of life is a broad concept that encompasses a number of different dimensions (by which we understand the elements or factors making up a complete entity, that can be measured through a set of sub dimensions with an associated number of indicators for each). | eng_Latn | 17,465 |
definition of health according to who | Definition of Health According to WHO. World Health Organization (WHO), defined Health as being âa state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmityâ in 1948. Since then only few of the publications believed on the definition of health and its evolution in the first 6 decades. | I am of the belief that health and wellness are much more than merely the absence of disease or illness. I am not alone in this belief. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines health as a state of complete physical, mental, and social well being, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.. | eng_Latn | 17,466 |
what is social wellness | Definition of Social Wellness. Social wellness refers to the relationships we have and how we interact with others. Our relationships can offer support during difficult times. Social wellness involves building healthy, nurturing and supportive relationships as well as fostering a genuine connection with those around you. | Seven Dimensions of Wellness. Wellness is much more than merely physical health, exercise or nutrition. It is the full integration of states of physical, mental, and spiritual well-being. The model used by our campus includes social, emotional, spiritual, environmental, occupational, intellectual and physical wellness. Each of these seven dimensions act and interact in a way that contributes to our own quality of life. | eng_Latn | 17,467 |
why is personal health behaviour major health determinants | Health Behaviours. Many of the underlying health determinants influence health via personal behaviours. For example, a lack of exercise, high-fat diet, and alcohol or tobacco consumption form personal risk factors for disease, whereas regular activity and a healthy diet confer health benefits.Smoking.ealth Behaviours. Many of the underlying health determinants influence health via personal behaviours. For example, a lack of exercise, high-fat diet, and alcohol or tobacco consumption form personal risk factors for disease, whereas regular activity and a healthy diet confer health benefits. Smoking. | Thinking in terms of the primary importance of social determinants of health in achieving the triple aim at the heart of the spirit of the ACA. Public health leaders need to articulate to their peers, staff, and community partners the centrality of social determinants to the future of public health. | eng_Latn | 17,468 |
what makes a healthy community | Healthy community design can improve peopleâs health by: 1 Increasing physical activity; 2 Reducing injury; 3 Increasing access to healthy food; Improving air and water 1 quality; Minimizing the effects of climate change ; Decreasing mental health 1 stresses; Strengthening the social fabric of a community; and. | Healthy People is based on a simple but powerful model: 1 Establish national health objectives. 2 Provide data and tools to enable states, cities, communities, and individuals across the Nation to combine their efforts to achieve them. | eng_Latn | 17,469 |
Public health definition | Full Definition of PUBLIC HEALTH. : the art and science dealing with the protection and improvement of community health by organized community effort and including preventive medicine and sanitary and social science.See public health defined for English-language learners.ADVERTISEMENT.ull Definition of PUBLIC HEALTH. : the art and science dealing with the protection and improvement of community health by organized community effort and including preventive medicine and sanitary and social science. See public health defined for English-language learners. ADVERTISEMENT. | Winslow defined public health as âthe science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals.â The optimization of health across communities and populations requires expertise from many disciplines ... | eng_Latn | 17,470 |
what is independent senior living | Independent. 1 Independent Living communities are senior housing communities designed for independent seniors that desire the conveniences of community living. These communities offer a senior lifestyle filled with recreational, educational and social opportunities. | Senior Living Services. Specially designed, maintenance-free independent living homes for seniors in a variety of floor plans. Comfortable assisted living/personal care apartments with a wide range of services and amenities. An option for those who need respite care services for elderly friends or family on a short-term basis. | eng_Latn | 17,471 |
cms definition of social determinants of health | © Zoltan Balogh. The social determinants of health (SDH) are the conditions in which people are born, grow, work, live, and age, and the wider set of forces and systems shaping the conditions of daily life. These forces and systems include economic policies and systems, development agendas, social norms, social policies and political systems. | Social determinants of health affect factors that are related to health outcomes. Factors related to health outcomes include: 1 How a person develops during the first few years of life (early childhood development). 2 How much education a persons obtains. 3 Being able to get and keep a job.hese social determinants of health also interact with and influence individual behaviors as well. More specifically, social determinants of health refer to the set of factors that contribute to the social patterning of health, disease, and illness. | eng_Latn | 17,472 |
why do companies care about development goals | Community Engagement in Australia. Our company views sustainable development success as conducting business in a way that promotes economic growth, a healthy environment and vibrant communities, now and into the future. The first two goals, economic growth and a healthy environment, get widely discussed and seem fairly well understood. | Published on. . Many companies believe they have a responsibility to give back to society. This focus includes contributions of time and money, a duty to provide environmentally friendly products and services, and a desire to improve the lives of individuals here and around the globe. | eng_Latn | 17,473 |
what is the hdi formula | Up here we had one ring and we had an HDI equal to one. Up here we had one double bond and an HDI equal to one. We could also calculate the HDI using a formula. So we could write that the hydrogen deficiency index is equal to one-half times what's in the parenthesis. Which is two times the number of carbons plus two. That's the whole two n plus two idea. Minus the number of hydrogens. So let's go ahead and do it for this molecular formula with six carbons and six hydrogens. | These contrasts can stimulate debate about government policy priorities. The Human Development Index (HDI) is a summary measure of average achievement in key dimensions of human development: a long and healthy life, being knowledgeable and have a decent standard of living. The HDI is the geometric mean of normalized indices for each of the three dimensions. | eng_Latn | 17,474 |
environmental health defined | Definition of Environmental Health Environmental health is the science and practice of preventing human injury and illness and promoting well-being by Skip to main content Skip to navigation | The health risks for these families are greater. Environmental health is the branch of public health that: focuses on the relationships between people and their environment; promotes human health and well-being; and fosters healthy and safe communities. Environmental health is a key part of any comprehensive public health system. The field works to advance policies and programs to reduce chemical and other environmental exposures in air, water, soil and food to protect people and provide communities with healthier environments. | eng_Latn | 17,475 |
why do people in the blue zones live longer | People in blue zones eat healthy diets, and not surprisingly they suffer from these major diseases either less frequently or not at all. That means they live longer and healthier. According to Beuttner, in blue zone Ikaria the people suffer from one half the rate of heart disease and 20% less cancer than Americans and there are more healthy people over 90 than anywhere else in the world. Work That Bodyâ¦or Watch it Wither | The Blue Zones Project® is recruiting Ambassadors to help lead our efforts to improve the health and well-being of the community. We want you to join us! Who can be an Ambassador? | eng_Latn | 17,476 |
healthy lifestyle choices definition | Definition of Healthy Living. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being. Interestingly enough, health is not simply defined as just the absence of disease. The actual definition of Healthy Living is the steps, actions and strategies one puts in place to achieve optimum health. Healthy Living is about taking responsibility and making smart health choices for today and for the future. | Ask students what is similar about the ideas in each group. Examples of categories are: healthy lifestyle (exercise, sleeping, safe sex); nutrition (good food, fruits, vegetables, vitamins); professional services (visit mydoctor or dentist); spiritual (go to church, pray); community (a clean environment). | eng_Latn | 17,477 |
definition of health and health continuum | Health is a continuum that is based on balance. One may also see it as a type of scale, where on one end is optimal health and wellness, while on the other end of the spectrum ⦠is extremely poor health. | Definition of Health According to WHO. World Health Organization (WHO), defined Health as being âa state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmityâ in 1948. Since then only few of the publications believed on the definition of health and its evolution in the first 6 decades. | eng_Latn | 17,478 |
what is a lifestyle? | Discovering What Elements Define Top Lifestyle Bloggers. A lifestyle blogger writes, creates, and publishes (multi)media content on various aspects of their daily lives.. A lifestyle blog is best defined as a digital content representation of its authorâs everyday life and interests. A lifestyle blogger creates content inspired and curated from their personal interests and daily activities. | Balanced and Healthy lifestyle is the life long effort to saturates whole our life with balanced and healthy activities by body, speech and mind in Balanced and Healthy ways in all fields of our life, like physical, mental, professional and social, in order to life at every moment Meaningful life, wealthy, healthy and wise life full of Happiness, ... | eng_Latn | 17,479 |
Recrystallization of AA1050 Studied by 3DXRD | Recrystallization and Related Annealing Phenomena | Treatment with bexarotene, a compound that increases apolipoprotein-E, provides no cognitive benefit in mutant APP/PS1 mice | eng_Latn | 17,480 |
The aim of this study was to clarify the influence of the crosslinking agent N, N′- methylenebisacrylamide (BIS) on the structural and adsorption–desorption properties of a poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM)/mesoporous silica composite. CHN elemental analysis, X-ray diffraction, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, nitrogen adsorption, and thermogravimetric studies revealed that the temperature-responsive composite had the MCM41-type hexagonal structure and that the addition of PNIPAM and BIS hardly affected the structure of the mesoporous silica. The transition temperature, defined as the temperature at which the amount of adsorption of methyl orange ions changed drastically, shifted to higher temperatures upon the addition of BIS to the PNIPAM (from 30–35 °C for PNIPAM without BIS to 35–40 °C for PNIPAM with BIS). | The purpose of this study is to examine the structure and the temperature-responsive anion exchange property of amino-functionalized mesoporous silica coated with temperature-responsive copolymer, poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-co-acrylamide) (P(NIPAM-co-Am)). For this purpose, the composites which contained 0, 10, or 20 wt% of Am were synthesized. From the TG results, it was found that the amounts of copolymer immobilized on the mesoporous silica were 1.6 - 2.6 wt%. XRD patterns revealed that the structures of composites were hexagonal and almost the same as that of original mesoporous silica without polymer. At low temperature the methyl orange (MO) anions adsorbed and desorbed reversibly with changing pH of the solution, while at high temperature the MO anions did not. This temperature, at which the amount of adsorbed MO anions changed considerably, shifted to the higher temperature side with increasing the amount of added Am. | Objective(s): During type-1 diabetes treating by pancreatic islet transplantation, increasing oxidative stress and microbial contaminations are the main reasons of transplantation failure. In this study, we evaluated anti-apoptotic, antioxidant and antimicrobial potentials of phenolic compounds called ellagic acid (EA) and silybin on rat pancreatic islets. Materials and Methods: By doing MTT assay, effective concentrations of EA and silybin were determined as 1500 and 2100 μM, respectively. Then, ELISA methods, flow cytometry and MIC were done to investigate antioxidant, anti-apoptotic and antibacterial effects of those compounds, respectively.Results: Results of FITC Annexin-V and PI staining via flow cytometry, and also caspase-3 and -9 activities performed that EA has anti-apoptotic effects on pancreatic cells. Both compounds significantly diminished reactive oxygen species, and enhanced antioxidant power and insulin secretion. Furthermore, the minimum inhibitory concentration test indicated that these two have antibacterial effects on both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria which usually contaminate the pancreatic islets.Conclusion: These findings support that use of EA and silybin can improve the function of islets which are used in transplantation, along with decreasing islets bacterial contamination. | eng_Latn | 17,481 |
Development of fatty acid synthesis pathway (FASII) inhibitors against the major human pathogen Staphylococcus aureus hinges on the accepted but unproven postulate that an endogenously synthesized branched chain fatty acid is required to complete membrane phospholipids. Evidence for anti-FASII efficacy in animal models supported this view. However, restricted test conditions used previously to show FASII antibiotic efficacy led us to investigate these questions in a broader, host-relevant context. We report that S. aureus rapidly adapts to FASII antibiotics without FASII mutations when exposed to host environments. Treatment with a lead FASII antibiotic upon signs of infection, rather than just after inoculation as commonly practiced, failed to eliminate S. aureus from infected organs in a septicemia model. In vitro, addition of serum facilitated rapid S. aureus FASII bypass by environmental fatty acid (eFA) replacement in phospholipids. Serum lowers membrane stress, leading to increased retention of the two substrates required for exogenous fatty acid (eFA) utilization. In these conditions, eFA occupy both phospholipid positions 1 and 2, regardless of anti-FASII selection. This study revises conclusions on S. aureus fatty acid requirements by disproving the postulate of fatty acid stringency, and reveals an Achilles’ heel for using FASII antibiotics to treat infection in monotherapy. | I. Introduction 332 ::: II. Techniques and Methods 334 ::: A. Sample Preparation 334 ::: B. ESI-MS/MS 336 ::: 1. Glycerophosphocholine (GPCho) Lipids 336 ::: 2. Sphingomyelin 341 ::: 3. Glycerophosphoethanolamine (GPEtn) Lipids 342 ::: 4. Glycerophosphatidic Acid (GPA) Lipids 344 ::: 5. Glycerophosphoinositol (GPI) Lipids 346 ::: 6. Glycerophosphoglycerol (GPGro) Lipids 349 ::: 7. Glycerophosphoserine (GPSer) Lipids 349 ::: 8. Cardiolipin 351 ::: C. Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization (MALDI) Analysis 353 ::: D. Precursor-Ion and Neutral-Loss Scanning 353 ::: E. Quantitation 355 ::: III. Research Applications 356 ::: IV. Conclusion 359 ::: Acknowledgments 360 ::: Abbreviations 360 ::: References 360 ::: ::: ::: Phospholipids play a central role in the biochemistry of all living cells. These molecules constitute the lipid bilayer defining the outer confines of a cell, but also serve as the structural entities which confine subcellular components. Mass spectrometry has emerged as a powerful tool useful for the qualitative and quantitative analysis of complex phospholipids, including glycerophospholipids and the sphingolipid, sphingomyelin. Collision induced decomposition of both positive and negative molecular ion species yield rich information as to the polar head group of the phospholipid and the fatty-acyl substituents esterified to the glycerophospholipid backbone. This review presents the current level of understanding of the mechanisms involved in the formation of various product ions following collisional activation of molecular ion species generated by electrospray ionization of the common glycerophospholipids, including phosphatidic acid, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylinositol, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylserine, cardiolipin, and sphingomyelin. Recent advances in the application of matrix assisted laser desorption ionization is also considered. Several applications of mass spectrometry applied to phospholipid analysis are presented as they apply to physiology as well as pathophysiology. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc., Mass Spec Rev 22:332–364, 2003; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mas.10061 | The IP Fast ReRoute-Loop-Free Alternates (LFA) standard is a simple and easily deployable technique to provide fast failure protection right in the IP layer. To our days, most major IP device vendors have products on the market that support LFA out of the box. Unfortunately, LFA usually cannot protect all possible failure scenarios in a general network topology. Therefore, it is crucial to develop LFA-based network optimization tools in order to assist operators in deciding whether deploying LFA in their network will supply sufficient resiliency. In this paper, we give a new graph theoretical framework for analyzing LFA failure case coverage, and then we investigate how to optimize the Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP) link costs in order to maximize the number of protected failure scenarios. We show that this problem is NP-complete even in a very restricted formulation, and we give an exact algorithm as well as a complete family of heuristics to solve it. Our simulation studies indicate that a deliberate tuning of the approximation strategy can significantly improve the quality of the IGP link costs, and we conclude that LFA cost optimization has the potential for boosting LFA-based resilience in most operational networks significantly. | eng_Latn | 17,482 |
Polybenzimidazole Membranes by Post Acid Doping | Casting of polybenzimidazole membranes by solvent evaporation from homogeneous solution followed by phosphoric acid doping is a widely used procedure for the preparation of proton conducting membranes for high-temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells. This contribution covers the membrane fabrication process from casting to acid doping and extends to a review of membrane characteristics and modifications. Furthermore, it briefly addresses membrane aspects in connection to fuel cell performance and durability. | Meso-meso coupled diporphyrins were prepared from 5,10,15-trisubstituted zinc-porphyrins in high yields upon treatment with AgPF6 alone or with AgPF6 and I2. | eng_Latn | 17,483 |
Isospecific propylene polymerization with in situ generated bis(phenoxy-amine)zirconium and hafnium single site catalysts. | The Influence of Ziegler-Natta and Metallocene Catalysts on Polyolefin Structure, Properties, and Processing Ability | High-affinity glucose uptake in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is not dependent on the presence of glucose-phosphorylating enzymes | eng_Latn | 17,484 |
Comparison of the specificity and affinity of surface immobilised Affimer binders using the quartz crystal microbalance. | Engineering fast dissolving sodium acetate mediated crystalline solid dispersion of docetaxel | High-affinity glucose uptake in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is not dependent on the presence of glucose-phosphorylating enzymes | eng_Latn | 17,485 |
A Critical Appraisal of RAFT-Mediated Polymerization-Induced Self-Assembly | Alkoxyamine-functionalized latex nanoparticles through RAFT polymerization-induced self-assembly in water | High-affinity glucose uptake in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is not dependent on the presence of glucose-phosphorylating enzymes | eng_Latn | 17,486 |
Uptake and intracellular fate of phage display vectors in mammalian cells. | Hybrid Nanomaterial Complexes for Advanced Phage-guided Gene Delivery | SNARE Function Is Not Involved in Early Endosome Docking | eng_Latn | 17,487 |
Surface modification of PES membrane via aminolysis and immobilization of carboxymethylcellulose and sulphated carboxymethylcellulose for hemodialysis | Procedure optimization for green synthesis of manganese dioxide nanoparticles by Yucca gloriosa leaf extract | Adipose Lipolysis Unchanged by Preexercise Carbohydrate Regardless of Glycemic Index | eng_Latn | 17,488 |
Anhydrous reverse micelle nanoparticles: new strategy to overcome sedimentation instability of peptide-containing pressurized metered-dose inhalers. | Enhancing Stability of Exenatide-Containing Pressurized Metered-Dose Inhaler Via Reverse Microemulsion System | The human class II MHC protein HLA-DR1 assembles as empty αβ heterodimers in the absence of antigenic peptide | eng_Latn | 17,489 |
Elastic vesicles as topical/transdermal drug delivery systems. | Nanoliposome Potentials in Nanotherapy:A Concise Overview | SNARE Function Is Not Involved in Early Endosome Docking | eng_Latn | 17,490 |
Electroplating of Iridium onto Single-Crystal Silicon: Chemical and Electronic Properties of n-Si(111)/Ir Nanojunctions | Electrochemical Fabrication of Well-Defined Spherical Iridium Nanoparticles and Electrocatalytic Activity towards Carbon Monoxide Adlayer Oxidation | CIP, a cardiac Isl1-interacting protein, represses cardiomyocyte hypertrophy. | eng_Latn | 17,491 |
Detergent-Mediated Formation of β-Hematin: Heme Crystallization Promoted by Detergents Implicates Nanostructure Formation for Use as a Biological Mimic | Synthesis, mechanistic and synergy studies of diarylidenecyclohexanone derivatives as new antiplasmodial pharmacophores | Evidence against a role for platelet-derived molecules in liver regeneration after partial hepatectomy in humans | eng_Latn | 17,492 |
One-pot synthesis of aptamer-functionalized silver nanoclusters for cell-type-specific imaging. | Aptamer selection and applications for breast cancer diagnostics and therapy | Aptamer-Functionalized Nanoparticles as “Smart Bombs”: The Unrealized Potential for Personalized Medicine and Targeted Cancer Treatment | eng_Latn | 17,493 |
Adsorption thermodynamics of cross-shaped molecules with one attractive arm on random heterogeneous square lattice | Predicting Self‐Assembly: From Empirism to Determinism | Evidence against a role for platelet-derived molecules in liver regeneration after partial hepatectomy in humans | eng_Latn | 17,494 |
Observation of nano-dewetting structures | Wetting at polymer surfaces and interfaces | A straightforward route to enantiopure 2-substituted-3,4-dehydro-β-proline via ring closing metathesis | eng_Latn | 17,495 |
Phase Inversion of Emulsions Containing a Lipophilic Surfactant Induced by Clay Concentration | Tuning Amphiphilicity of Particles for Controllable Pickering Emulsion | High-affinity glucose uptake in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is not dependent on the presence of glucose-phosphorylating enzymes | eng_Latn | 17,496 |
Syntheses of small cluster oligosaccharide mimetics | Oligosaccharide mimics: Synthesis, characterization and biological properties | Synthesis of Microcapsule by Staphylococcus aureus Is Not Responsive to Environmental Phosphate Concentrations | eng_Latn | 17,497 |
A novel synthesis of size-controllable mesoporous NiMoO4 nanospheres for supercapacitor applications | What are batteries, fuel cells, and supercapacitors? | Arginine methylation of the HIV-1 nucleocapsid protein results in its diminished function. | eng_Latn | 17,498 |
Structure-based enhancement of boronic acid-based inhibitors of AmpC β-lactamase | Structure-Guided Design of Cell Wall Biosynthesis Inhibitors That Overcome β-Lactam Resistance inStaphylococcus aureus(MRSA) | Facile synthesis of boronic acid-functionalized nanocarriers for glucose-triggered caffeic acid release | eng_Latn | 17,499 |
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