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Microfinance And Poverty Alleviation: A Case Study Of Al-Darb Al-Ahmar District In Cairo, Egypt, Noran Mohammed Farag

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis tests whether microcredit offered by MFIs succeeded, from the perspectives of beneficiaries, in reducing the poverty of borrowers in poor areas in Cairo using the example of First Microfinance as a case study. The data was gathered using a tailored questionnaire on a sample of 151 beneficiaries. A linear regression model is used with the dependent variable as the difference in wealth indices before and after acquiring the loan and a set of independent variables. Microfinance showed a positive effect on poverty reduction but with a small magnitude. The results show that the lack of training provided to …

Evaluation Of The Reproductive And Developmental Risks Of Caffeine., Robert L Brent, Mildred S Christian, Robert M Diener

Department of Pediatrics Faculty Papers

A risk analysis of in utero caffeine exposure is presented utilizing epidemiological studies and animal studies dealing with congenital malformation, pregnancy loss, and weight reduction. These effects are of interest to teratologists, because animal studies are useful in their evaluation. Many of the epidemiology studies did not evaluate the impact of the "pregnancy signal," which identifies healthy pregnancies and permits investigators to identify subjects with low pregnancy risks. The spontaneous abortion epidemiology studies were inconsistent and the majority did not consider the confounding introduced by not considering the pregnancy signal. The animal studies do not support the concept that caffeine …

An Evaluation Of Hospital Breastfeeding Policies In The Philadelphia Metropolitan Area 1994-2009: A Comparison With The Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative Ten Steps., Andrea Crivelli-Kovach, Esther K Chung

Department of Pediatrics Faculty Papers

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to describe current breastfeeding policies and practices among Philadelphia, PA metropolitan hospitals and changes in their policies and practices over time.

METHODS: In-person group interviews were conducted to obtain a composite picture of actual breastfeeding policies and practices. One questionnaire per hospital was completed based on responses from group consensus. Twenty-five hospitals providing maternity care were contacted. Information was obtained from personnel representing different areas of maternity services. Hospitals were classified according to the degree to which they were implementing the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding.

RESULTS: Mean breastfeeding rates at suburban hospitals …

The Marginality Of Citizens United, Michael C. Dorf

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Association Of Cell Blood Counts And Cardiometabolic Risk Factors Among Young Obese Children, Mahmood D. Al-Mendalawi, Roya Kelishadi

Saudi Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

The Importance Of Immutability In Employment Discrimination Law, Sharona Hoffman

William & Mary Law Review

This Article argues that recent developments in employment discrimination law require a renewed focus on the concept of immutable characteristics. In 2009, two new laws took effect: the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) and the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA). This Article’s original contribution is an evaluation of the employment discrimination statutes as a corpus of law in light of these two additions.

The Article thoroughly explores the meaning of the term “immutable characteristic” in constitutional and employment discrimination jurisprudence. It postulates that immutability constitutes a unifying principle for all of the traits now covered by the employment …

Environmental Health Science For Regulatory Decisionmaking, Linda S. Birnbaum, Paul Jung, Sheila A. Newton

Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum

No abstract provided.

The Women’S Convention, Reproductive Rights, And The Reproduction Of Gender, Barbara Stark

Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

General Health Improves With Home-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation Program, Sarieh Poortaghi, Shirin B. Atri, Abdolrasoul Safayian, Ali Baghernia

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether continuing cardiac rehabilitation programs at home has positive effects on psychological and general health of the participants9 in comparison with the control group. METHODS: This randomized controlled trial was conducted in Tabriz Shahid Madani rehabilitation center, Tabriz, Iran between February 2009 and January 2010. Eighty patients referred to the rehabilitation center were randomly divided into case and control groups. Both groups received routine cardiac rehabilitation program in the rehabilitation center. In addition, the case group received education and practical training in various rehabilitation measures along with home visits of a community health nurse in follow-up period. …

Rickets And Dysmorphic Findings In A Child With Abetalipoproteinemia, Mahmood D. Al-Mendalawi, Mohammed Y. Hasosah

Saudi Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

End Stage Chronic Kidney Disease In Saudi Arabia. A Rapidly Changing Scene, Abdulla A. Al-Sayyari, Faissal A. Shaheen

Saudi Medical Journal

There have been a marked rise in the prevalence and incidence of end stage chronic kidney disease (CKD) in Saudi Arabia over the last 3 decades. This rise exceeds those reported from many countries. The enormous and rapid changes in lifestyle, high population growth, and fast increase in life expectancy, and massive urbanization that has occurred over the last 3 decades combined to make the current CKD status different to what it was. The 2 major factors that influence the CKD status are the very high rate of diabetic nephropathy and shift in age demographics.

Manipulation Of Flaxseed Inhibits Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha And Interleukin-6 Production In Ovarian-Induced Osteoporosis, Hala M. Abdelkarem, Seham A. Kasem

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the potential effects of whole flaxseed (FS), and/or flax oil (FO) incorporation into the diet on the level of pro-inflammatory cytokines in ovariectomized (OVX) rats model of osteoporosis. METHODS: This study was performed in the Food Science & Agriculture Collage, King Saud University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from October to December 2009. Forty-eight, 3-month-old female Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into 6 groups: Group 1 - sham + control diet; Group 2 - OVX rats + basal diet; Group 3 - OVX + 20% whole FS; Group 4 - OVX rats + 40% FS; Group 5 - …

Content Validation Of A Standardized Language Diagnosis By Certified Specialists In Gerontological Nutrition, Paula K. Ritter-Gooder, Nancy M. Lewis, Kent M. Eskridge

Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences: Faculty Publications

Validation of the nutrition standardized language assures the language is accurate for use in practice, policy, and research, but few validation studies have been reported. The purpose of this descriptive study was to validate content of all components of the nutrition diagnostic term involuntary weight loss using experts providing care for older adults in health care settings. A Nutrition Diagnosis Validation Instrument was developed that contained the definition, etiologies, and signs and symptoms of the diagnosis plus items added from literature review. Questions on clarity and completeness of the language were included. The Nutrition Diagnosis Validation Instrument used a Likert-type …

Opus, 2010-2011, Issue Ix, Suny Geneseo English Club

Opus

Poetry & Prose
5 Oh No, Colleen Wilson
6 Conscious, B.L.O.
7 Capillaries Kelly Hendricken
Untitled Emily Withers
8 Mirror Imagination: Yes, You, Joe Flynn
10 Monster, Amanda Himmelmann
11 Forests Walter E. Murphy
12 Time Lizzy Johnson
13 Epilogue to a First Kiss, Anonymous
14 Willow Tree, Kristen Balschunat
A Distant Truth, Kristen Balschunat
Tasty Fruit Ripens, B.L.O.
16 One-Minute Fairy Tale, Adele Costa
17 To, Sincerely, Hannah Schmidt
18 Havana, 1986, Emily Withers
19 December, 2010, Stephanie Kaylor
20 A Relationship of Paper, Megan Nolan
22 take, Mike Ed Fowler
23 Invasion at an Occasion, Anonymous
26 Excerpt …

Rural Community Members' Perspectives On Mental Health And Aging: An Ecological Approach To Interpreting And Applying Focus Group Results, Tina Kruger, Deborah Murray, Faika Zanjani

Journal of Extension

The Mental Healthiness and Aging Initiative was created to develop resources addressing the mental health needs of older adults, particularly those in rural areas. Community members participated in focus groups discussing mental health and aging. Themes that emerged included the desire to maintain independence, the importance of emotional health and intergenerational activities, the value of sharing one's life history, remaining active and engaged, being respected, and educating younger community members about aging. The results are discussed in terms of ecological applications. Extension agents should find this data useful for developing programs and materials to promote mental healthiness in their communities

Best Practices For Extension Curricula Review, Gayle Coleman, Carol Byrd-Bredbenner, Susan Baker, Elaine Bowen

Journal of Extension

Effective curricula are a cornerstone of successful Extension programming. The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Nutrition and Health Planning and Guidance Committee (NGPGC) developed a set of recommendations for a curriculum review system and created a curriculum review checklist. The checklist describes components of an effective curriculum as well as specific items reviewers should access related to content, readability, and utility.

Examining Shades Of Grey With Students: Social Justice Education In Action, Darren E. Lund

Journal of Praxis in Multicultural Education

The researcher undertook a critical examination of an innovative social justice education course being piloted at an urban high school in the prairie region of western Canada. The research involved observations, conversations, document analysis, and in-depth interviews with a small number of students and teachers, in order to analyze the daily experiences, challenges, and successes of a group of students and teachers who have undertaken to address issues of discrimination, social justice, and human rights in their school. This research links ongoing academic and school work by focusing attention on the experiences of a specific group of students and their …

Dietary Energy Density And Successful Weight Loss Maintenance, Hollie A. Raynor, Emily L. Walleghen, Jessica L. Bachman, Shannon M. Looney, Suzanne Phelan, Rena R. Wing

Kinesiology and Public Health

Research shows a positive relationship between dietary energy density (ED) and body mass index (BMI), but dietary ED of weight loss maintainers is unknown. This preliminary investigation was a secondary data analysis that compared self-reported dietary ED and food group servings consumed in overweight adults (OW: BMI=27–45 kg/m2), normal weight adults (NW: BMI=19–24.9 kg/m2), and weight loss maintainers (WLM: current BMI=19–24.9 kg/m2 [lost≥10% of maximum body weight and maintained loss for ≥5 years]) participating in 2 studies, with data collected from July 2006 to March 2007. Three 24-h phone dietary recalls from 287 participants (OW=97, NW=85, WLM=105) assessed self-reported dietary …

Practitioner Advice And Gestational Weight Gain, Suzanne Phelan, Maureen G. Phipps, Barbara Abrams, Francine Darroch, Andrew Schaffner, Rena R. Wing

Kinesiology and Public Health

Background: The purpose of this study was to investigate receipt of gestational weight gain advice in prenatal care and ideal and expected gestational weight gain outcomes for normal weight and overweight/obese women.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of normal weight (n=203) and overweight/obese (n=198) women in early (<16 >weeks) pregnancy.

Results: Less than half of participants (41.7%) reported receiving weight gain advice from a practitioner. In multivariate models, pregravid weight status was not significantly related to receiving advice. However, women with lower income (odds ratio [OR] 0.31, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.13-0.77, p=0.01), younger …

Cost Of The Connoisseur’S Cup: Power Dynamics In A Tea Factory’S Conversion To Organic Production, Karen Gardner

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

This paper analyzes the identity of the tea factory as relating to small-holder tea farmers in eastern Nepal as well as the effects of a tea factory’s conversion to organic production on the bargaining power of tea farmers. This research uses both primary and secondary sources, including but not limited to interviews with tea farmers in the Sundarpani area of the Ilam district of eastern Nepal as well as interviews with staff members of Gorkha Tea Estate in the same area. The research findings indicate that though tea factories in the eastern hill region of Nepal act as efficient, expert …

No Place For Children: Addressing Urban Blight And Its Impact On Children Through Child Protection Law, Domestic Relations Law, And "Adult-Only" Residential Zoning, James G. Dwyer

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Effect Of Animal Facility Construction On Basal Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal And Renin-Aldosterone Activity In The Rat, Hershel Raff, Eric D. Bruder, William E. Cullinan, Dana R. Ziegler, Eric P. Cohen

Biomedical Sciences Faculty Research and Publications

Nearby construction can cause subtle, but important activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in laboratory rats.

Although loud noise and intense vibration are known to alter the behavior and phenotype of laboratory animals, little is known about the effects of nearby construction. We studied the effect of a nearby construction project on the classic stress hormones ACTH, corticosterone, renin, and aldosterone in rats residing in a barrier animal facility before, for the first 3 months of a construction project, and at 1 month after all construction was completed. During some of the construction, noise and vibrations were not obvious to investigators …

Long-Term Calorie Restriction, But Not Endurance Exercise, Lowers Core Body Temperature In Humans, Andreea Soare, Roberto Cangemi, Daniela Omodei, John O. Holloszy, Luigi Fontana

Open Access Publications

Reduction of body temperature has been proposed to contribute to the increased lifespan in calorie restricted animals and mice overexpressing the uncoupling protein-2 in hypocretin neurons. However, nothing is known regarding the long-term effects of calorie restriction (CR) with adequate nutrition on body temperature in humans. In this study, 24-hour core body temperature was measured every minute by using ingested telemetric capsules in 24 men and women (mean age 53.7 ± 9.4 yrs) consuming a CR diet for an average of 6 years, 24 age- and sex-matched sedentary (WD) and 24 body fat-matched exercise-trained (EX) volunteers, who were eating Western …

Rise Of Exergaming, Badrinarayanan Ramakrishnan

Research Papers

AN ABSTRACT OF THE MASTERS PROJECT OF
BADRINARAYANAN RAMAKRISHNAN, for the MASTER OF SCIENCE degree
in MASS COMMUNICATION & MEDIA ARTS, presented on April 11, 2011 at
Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
TITLE: THE RISE OF EXER-GAMING
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Dr. John Hochheimer
This paper looks at childhood obesity in the United States of
America, its causes, and various intervention methods as well as videogames
that have been employed in the fight against obesity through the emergence of
physically engaging games. While childhood obesity is spreading fast, its effects
are devastating. Illnesses and other conditions previously seen only in adults are
now …

At Last? Ratification Of The Economic Covenant As A Congressional-Executive Agreement, Barbara Stark

Hofstra Law Faculty Scholarship

The Economic Covenant, along with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (“Civil Covenant”) and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, comprise the International Bill of Rights. This Article examines the legal, historical, and practical reasons for the Obama Administration's reluctance to “seek action” on the Covenant and explains why, despite these reasons, it should. Indeed, the United States has never needed the Economic Covenant more.

The Covenant is a straightforward exposition of Franklin D. Roosevelt's “freedom from want,” an international instrument setting out what he referred to as the “Second Bill of Rights.” It requires nation-states to recognize …

Goal Setting: A Strategy For Reducing Health Disparities, Tara D. Young, Gloria J. Barrett, Anna C. Martin, Diane L. Metz

Journal of Extension

The Healthy Rewards study tested the effectiveness of goal setting to encourage behavior change in Latino and African American adults in three northern California counties. Four groups of adults were alternately assigned to receive either 1) basic health promotion and nutrition education without goal setting (control) or 2) the same education with personal goal setting. Participants (n=31) attended four 2-hour weekly sessions over 1 month. While the community-based education was effective in promoting participant behavior change overall, the goal-setting groups reported even greater change than groups who did not engage in goal setting.

Enrollment Report, Spring 2011, Planning, Research, And Policy Analysis

Enrollment Reports (2004-2019)

Enrollment Report for Spring 2011for Illinois State University

Sostenibilidad Y Autogestión En Programas De Seguridad Alimentaria En Nicaragua, Katherine Finnegan

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

La Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Agricultura y la Alimentación (FAO) estimó que en 2010 había novecientos veintidós millones de personas subnutridas en el mundo.[1] Ya tenemos bastante viviendo subtnutridas mientras el porcentaje más pequeña está viviendo en exceso y con doscientos diecinueve mil personas añadidas a “la mesa de cena mundial”, es imperativo que buscamos la clave al acceso alimentario para todos.[2]

Yo decidí investigar la seguridad alimentaria en Nicaragua porque no creo en estas injusticias. Además no creo en la injusticia de alimentos, especialmente en un país como Nicaragua que tiene bastantes recursos. Yo …

Correcting 60 Years Of Development Failure: The Potential Of Scaling Up In Addressing Development Ineffectiveness, Jossif Ezekilov

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

For more than 60 years, development organizations have poured billions of dollars of aid money into developing countries with the hopes that their projects will increase economic growth, reduce poverty, and improve the health status of people in developing countries. Yet, the result has been one of general failure; despite 2 trillion dollars worth of aid money delivered by organizations, there is little progress to show for it. In some cases, development projects have even caused more harm to a developing country than good. The ineffective,” top down” approach of the last 60 years must be ceased and a new …

Food Is Life: The Impact Of A Changing Food Industry On The Role Of Women In The Home, Diana Lay

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

This paper looks at how growing food insecurity in Ghana, and Cape Coast in particular, is changing the role of women in the community. It examines government agricultural policy and its influence on urban communities, including Cape Coast. It seeks to understand the factors that women take into account when they prepare meals for their families and ways in which women are adapting to increasing prices of food and imported ingredients available in the markets. The research incorporated is based on the personal experiences of the author, interviews, and secondary sources. It looks at power dynamics within the community, as …