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Concerning The Modification Of Certain Preschool Through Twelfth Grade Public Education Programs, And Making Appropriations In Connection Therewith., Colorado General Assembly

Session Laws 2001-Present

No abstract provided.

Reproductive Health Services In Kwazulu Natal, South Africa: A Situation Analysis Study Focusing On Hiv/Aids Services, Lewis Ndhlovu, Catherine Searle, Robert A. Miller, Andrew A. Fisher, Ester Snyman, Nancy L. Sloan

HIV and AIDS

This Horizons report examines the readiness of reproductive health services in South Africa, which are primarily geared to women, to deliver HIV and AIDS treatment, care, and prevention services. The goal of the study was to obtain information from a representative sample of provincial health care facilities offering reproductive health services in KwaZulu Natal to meet the growing demand for HIV/AIDS-related services. Ninety-eight hospitals, community health centers, and clinics participated in the situation analysis that identified gaps in service delivery and determined priorities for service integration. Results of the study were presented to a large audience of Department of Health, …

Empowering Communities To Respond To Hiv/Aids: Ndola Demonstration Project On Maternal And Child Health: Operations Research Final Report, Hope Humana, Linkages, National Food And Nutrition Commission, Ndola District Health Management Team, Horizons Program, Zambia Integrated Health Project

HIV and AIDS

A pre–post intervention study conducted in Zambia by Horizons and local NGOs and governmental organizations demonstrated that HIV voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) and infant feeding counseling (IFC) to mothers attending maternal and child health (MCH) clinics are vital components of any mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) reduction strategy, whether or not antiretrovirals (ARVs) are available. These interventions enable mothers to make informed and healthy decisions. Data from the Ndola Demonstration Project yielded encouraging results from efforts to improve the capacity of mothers to make informed decisions about their own health and the health of their infant. The interventions succeeded in raising …

The Plha-Friendly Achievement Checklist: A Self-Assessment Tool For Hospitals And Other Medical Institutions Caring For People Living With Hiv/Aids (Plha), Horizons Program, Sharan

HIV and AIDS

The Population Council/Horizons (New Delhi and Washington, DC) and the Society for Service to Urban Poverty (New Delhi) are conducting an operations research study in three New Delhi hospitals. The study, entitled “Improving the hospital environment for HIV-positive clients in India,” is endorsed by the National AIDS Control Organization (NACO) of India. The main objective is to assess factors that affect the quality and type of care received by the general patient population, with special emphasis on patients with HIV. Another objective is to assess and address factors that affect staff safety with respect to infectious diseases. As part of …

Evaluation Of United Nations-Supported Pilot Projects For The Prevention Of Mother-To-Child Transmission Of Hiv: Overview Of Findings, Naomi Rutenberg, Carolyn Baek, Sam Kalibala, James Rosen

HIV and AIDS

Worldwide about 800,000 children a year get HIV infections from their mothers—either during pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding. Countries have the potential to prevent a large share of these infections through low-cost, effective interventions. UN agencies have taken the lead in helping developing countries mount programs for prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT). This working paper presents key findings from an evaluation of UN-supported pilot PMTCT projects in 11 countries: Botswana, Burundi, Cote d’Ivoire, Honduras, India, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Key findings include feasibility and coverage, factors contributing to program coverage, program challenges, scaling up, the special case of …

Concerning Child Care, And, In Connection Therewith, Making Modifications To Certain Statutes Affecting Child Placement Agencies, And Making An Appropriation Therefor., Colorado General Assembly

Session Laws 2001-Present

No abstract provided.

Annual Reports Of The Selectmen, Treasurer, Road Agent, Police Department, And Trustees Of The Trust Funds And Other Officers And Committees Of The Town Of Croydon, New Hampshire, Together With The Report Of The School Board And The Vital Statistics For The Year 2002., Croydon Town Representatives

Croydon, NH Annual Reports

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a town/city in the state of New Hampshire.

Town Of Salisbury 2002 Annual Report., Salisbury Town Representatives

Salisbury, NH Annual Reports

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a town/city in the state of New Hampshire.

The European Union's Efforts To Sidestep The Wto Through Its Ban On Gmos: A Response To Sarah Lively's Paper, "The Abcs And Ntbs Of Gmos", Johannes S.A. Iii Claus

Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business

The purpose of this paper is to refute Ms. Sarah Lively's article, the ABCs and NTBS of GMOs, detailing the reasons why the E.U. legislation is not in harmony with the WTO agreements. This paper will argue that if a WTO dispute settlement body were to decide upon the validity of the current European GMO regime, it would strike down the regulation as contrary to the WTO agreements signed by the European Union and the United States. The European Union's four year moratorium on GMOs continues to be one of the most hotly-contested trade issues facing it and the United …

Linking Trade And Sustainable Development: Keynote Address, Emmy B. Simmons

American University International Law Review

No abstract provided.

Disability Rights And United States Foreign Assistance Policy - A New Framework, Einat Hurvitz

American University International Law Review

No abstract provided.

Kids Count: The State Of The Child In Tennessee, 2003, Tennessee Commission On Children And Youth

Kids Count/State of the Child in Tennessee Reports

This report provides an overview of information on healthy infants, children and teens; child/teen well-being; education; economic security; and demographics.

Utah Science Vol. 62 No. 1, 2003

Utah Science

2 PUTTING FAT ON THE TASTE MAP

8 GAINING WEIGHT AND LOSING YOUR MIND

18 THINKING LIKE YOUR ANIMALS

12 SEEDS -new people, grants and contracts in science

15 SYNTHESIS -science at Utah State

24 SEEK -discoveries in science

25 SEARCH -science on the web

Homeland Security, Pesticide Regulation And Common Household Chemicals: Are We Adequately Protecting All Our Sources, Leticia M. Diaz

Villanova Environmental Law Journal (1991 - )

No abstract provided.

Participation Of Unwed Biological Fathers In Newborn Adoptions: Achieving Substantive And Procedural Fairness, Jeffrey A. Parness

Faculty Articles, Papers, and Other Scholarship

In newborn adoptions in the United States, the participation rights of too many unwed, fit biological fathers are unfairly considered. Some fathers have little or uncertain information about their children prior to or at birth through no fault of their own, yet are denied participation rights. Other fathers have little guidance on the steps necessary under law to prompt an opportunity to participate. Governments do little truly to inform and guide, though the parental opportunity interest involves "one of mankind's most important rights," often accorded federal constitutional protection. As a matter of public policy, American state governments should treat unwed …

Regulation For Conservatives: Behavioral Economics And The Case For "Asymmetric Paternalism", Colin Camerer, Samuel Issacharoff, George Loewenstein, Ted O'Donoghue, Matthew Rabin

Faculty Articles

This paper examines the regulatory implications of behavioral economic insights. The central effect of behavioral economics in the legal literature to date has been to challenge the premise of formal economic theory that individuals understand their preferences and work to maximize these preferences. Behavioral economics has gathered increased attention in the economic analysis of law because of its demonstration that individual decisionmaking is prone to numerous biases and heuristics, and that as a result individuals may not act to realize their best interests. Part of the enthusiasm for behavioral economics in the legal literature has come from the apparent compatibility …

Biotechnology And Human Dignity, A Necessary And Compatible Union, Ellen Judge Hayes

Journal of Health Care Law and Policy

No abstract provided.

Reproductive Genetics 1991-2002: A Selected Annotated Legal Bibliography Of Genetic Testing, Gene Transfer And Reproductive Cloning, Gail H. Javitt

Journal of Health Care Law and Policy

No abstract provided.

Kenyon College Alumni Bulletin - Winter 2003

Kenyon College Alumni Bulletin

No abstract provided.

Are Hummingbirds Facultatively Ammonotelic? Nitrogen Excretion And Requirements As A Function Of Body Size, Todd J. Mcwhorter, Donald R. Powers, Carlos Martinez Del Rio

Faculty Publications - Department of Biological & Molecular Science

Most birds are uricotelic. An exception to this rule may be nectar-feeding birds, which excrete significant amounts of ammonia under certain conditions. Although ammonia is toxic, because it is highly water soluble its excretion may be facilitated in animals that ingest and excrete large amounts of water. Birdpollinated plants secrete carbohydrate- and water-rich floral nectars that contain exceedingly little protein. Thus, nectarfeeding birds are faced with the dual challenge of meeting nitrogen requirements while disposing of large amounts of water. The peculiar diet of nectar-feeding birds suggests two hypotheses: (1) these birds must have low protein requirements, and (2) when …

The Anorexigenic Fatty Acid Synthase Inhibitor, C75, Is A Nonspecific Neuronal Activator, Kanji A. Takahashi, James L. Smart, Hongyan Liu, Roger D. Cone

Faculty Publications - Department of Biological & Molecular Science

C75, a recently derived compound that potently suppresses feeding and induces weight loss, has been proposed to act mainly by inhibiting fatty acid synthase (FAS) in central neurons that control feeding. For example, normal, fasting- associated, hypothalamic increases in neuropeptide Y (NPY)/Agouti-related protein (AGRP) expression and decreases in proopiomelanocortin (POMC)/cocaine and amphetamine regulated transcript (CART) expression were reported to be blocked by C75. Using loose-patch extracellular recording in acute slices, we tested the effect of C75 on anorexigenic POMC neurons and orexigenic NPY neurons of the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus, which were identified by promoter-driven GFP expression, as well as on …

Faculty Handbook, Georgia Southern University

Faculty Handbooks

Faculty Handbook for Georgia Southern University for the 2003-2004 academic year. The Faculty Handbook is published online by the Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs and archived in Digital Commons@Georgia Southern.

Biological Control Of The Lily Leaf Beetle, Lilioceris Lilii In North America, Marion Secrest Gold

Open Access Dissertations

The lily leaf beetle, Lilioceris lilii (Scopoli), first officially reported in the U.S. in 1992, has become a serious pest of native and cultivated lilies throughout its North American distribution. With no effective North American natural enemies, this exotic insect poses a potential economic threat to horticulturists and an environmental threat to native lilies. This study presents the results of an ongoing classical biological control program initiated against L. lilii in North America. Based on its Eurasian geographic distribution, L. lilii seems capable of spreading throughout much of North America. In Europe, the lily leaf beetle is well known but …

Fiber Quality Response Of Pima Cotton To Nitrogen And Phosphorus Deficiency, Haile Tewolde, C. J. Fernandez

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Imposing a moderate level of nutrient deficiency may be an effective management strategy to limit vegetative growth and enhance maturity of Pima cotton (Gossypium barbadense L.). Whether such deficiency affects fiber quality of American Pima cotton, however, is not well known. A field study was conducted in 1991 and 1992 to determine the fiber quality responses of Pima cotton to nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization ranging between deficient and excess. Pima cotton cv. ‘‘S-7’’ was treated with nitrogen rates ranging between 0 and 269 kg ha^-1 in a factorial combination with phosphorus rates ranging between 0 and 44 kg …

Gaya Hidup Sihat : Suatu Kajian Mengenai Pemakanan Menurut Al-Qur'an Dan Sains / Monika @ Munirah Abd Razzak., Monika @ Munirah Abdul Razak

Student Works (2000-2009)

No abstract provided.

Web-Based Smart Diet System / Chan Hung Yee, Hung Yee Chan

Student Works (2000-2009)

We all realize how important "diet" can be to the daily lifestyle. Many genetics, environmental, behavioral and cultural factor can affect health. Food choices are among the most pleasurable and effective decision to improve health prospects. Most people especially working adults are lack of concern and initiative to seek for healthy balance diet and lifestyle due to hectic schedule and bad eating habits. This can increase major risk factors for chronic diseases such as cancer, diabetes and heart attack. What constitutes to a balance lifestyle is consuming healthful diet. Healthful diet Healthful diet contains the amount of essential nutrients and …

Wellness Portal: E-Mailing And Charting Module / Jaime Chia Wai Ling, Wai Ling Jaime Chia

Student Works (2000-2009)

Wellness portal is a web based wellness center developed for use of all walks of life from birth to senior citizen. Wellness Portal is designed to create an information rich environment of wellness resources, that is accessible and available. The users of the portal are categorized into 3 main groups: Normal Members, Advanced Members and Wellness Administrators. The Wellness Portal includes 5 modules that are Medical Screening, Exercise, Stress Management, Nutrition and Safety. They were divided into 5 age groups, Peadiatric, Adolescent, Young Adult, Prime Of Life and Golden Age. The Medical Screening is currently available for women in the …

Sistem Pakar Diet Atau Weight Losss And Nutritional Advisory System / Siti Rozidah Rejab, Rejab Siti Rozidah

Student Works (2000-2009)

Sistem Penasihat Nutrisi dan Penurunan Berat Badan ( Weight Losss and nutritional advisory system) ialah aplikasi sistem pakar yang memberi nasihat didalam mengurangkan berat badan dan memperkenalkan diet yang seimbang kepada pengguna.Objektif utama sistem ini ialah untuk membantu pengguna dalam memperolehi berat badan yang ideal sesuai dengan ketinggian yang dimiliki serta kriteria-kriteria yang telah ditentukan dengan cara yang betul tanpa perlu risau tentang risiko yang bakal dihadapi. Selain daripada itu sistem ini juga dapat memandu pengguna yang menghidap penyakit yang serius seperti diabetes, darah tinggi dan sakit jantung dalam mendapatkan kandungan zat nutrisi yang mencukupi dengan mencadangkan menu harian yang …

Online Medical Knowledge Faq Database / Er Hock Chiye, Hock Chiye Er

Student Works (2000-2009)

Online Medical Knowledge FAQ Database is a web-based application system that provides frequently asked questions about health and medical knowledge for the public. Search function will be provided in the system as well as interaction between the users and medical consultants. The objectives of this system are to provide the public with an easily accessible online reference resource about common medical knowledge, to create public awareness in the matters of health and to distribute medical knowledge that caters for all levels of Malaysian society. The main system divided into six modules which are Registration Module, User Group Module, Administrator and …

A Study Of High School Students' Perceptions Of Their Safety In School, Christina L. Testani Cafiero

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

This study was designed to investigate the factors that contributed to high school students' sense of security at school, and what these students perceived as measures that if put in place, would increase their feelings of security. The focus was the relationship between students' perceptions of safety at school and their own opinions of school and their experiences at school.

The study was conducted in the School District of Osceola County, Florida. The population of this study was comprised of all students enrolled in the public high schools in the School District of Osceola County. The sample for the study …