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The health of adult women in Accra, Ghana: self-reporting and objective assessments 2008-2009
No full textObjectives: The study provides a full description of the state of women’s health in Accra, Ghana using self reported as well as objective health measures. Using data from the Women’s Health Survey of Accra, Wave 2 (WHSA-2), the authors a) examine the consistency of the objective measures of health status (anthropometry and blood pressures) with self-report measures, including the Short Form 36 indices for 8 separate domains of health; and b) describe the main socio-economic differentials in morbidity.Methods: Cross-sectional household survey with field measurements. 2814 women aged 18 and over were interviewed and measured in their homes in late 2008 and early 2009. The physical measurements included height, weight, waist and hip measurement and 3 or more measures of resting blood pressure.Results: Using the 8 domains of self-reported health captured by the Short Form 36 instrument, we find that physical health worsens more sharply with age than mental health. Social class differentials are narrow in the younger cohorts but widen amongst the elderly. The physical measurements reveal unhealthy levels of obesity and hypertension, worsening steadily with rising age. Age and the wealth of the household influence women’s health more than their individual characteristics such as education.Conclusions: Younger women appear to be in good health with steady declines in physical and mental health with age. The major threat to women’s health appears to be the rising levels of obesity and hypertension with mean BMIs for all women over age 45 in excess of 30, producing elevated blood pressures and associated high risks of heart attacks and stroke rising sharply amongst the elderly
Health of urban Ghanaian women as identified by the Women’s Health Study of Accra
No full textThe purpose of the Women’s Health Study of Accra was to provide an assessment of the prevalence of communicable and non-communicable illnesses.MethodThis was a prospective, community-based study that included an interview for medical illnesses, a comprehensive physical examination, and laboratory testing. A total of 1328 women were examined at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, University of Ghana.ResultsPrevalent conditions included poor vision (66.8%), malaria (48.7%), pain (42.8%), poor dentition (41.6%), hypertension (40.2%), obesity (34.7%), arthritis (27.1%), chronic back pain (19.4%), abnormal rectal (16.0%) and pelvic examinations (12.7%), HIV in women age 24–29 (8.3%), and hypercholesterolemia (22.7%). Increasing age, lack of formal education, and low-income adversely affected health conditions.ConclusionThe high prevalence of preventable illnesses in this expanding urban population indicates that the health care services are obligated to develop and provide screening, preventive strategies and treatment for both general health and gynecologic health conditions
Land and changing social relations in South Africa's former reserves : the case of Luphaphasi in Sakhisizwe Local Municipality, Eastern Cape.
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Liquid helium flows around an oscillating cylinder
No full textThe complementary flows of normal viscous liquid helium (He I) and of superfluid helium (He II) around an oscillating obstacle, of rectangular cross-section, have been studied experimentally by using the particle tracking velocimetry technique, with solid deuterium particles. The observed particle behaviour in He II is very similar to that seen in He I. It seems therefore that, without some kind of special forcing acting differently on each superfluid helium component, on length scales which the experiment can access, the oscillating quantum flow mimics the classical one
Más allá de la "duda" de Hamlet
No full textThe author presents the connection between Hamlet's doubt and the relationship
between presence and abscence in M. F. Sciacca's phylosophy. She studies the
philosophic aspects of doubt and dilemma, of alternative, and of the need to
choose between two opposing solutions. The paper presents the laceration of a
human being living his self as an irreconcilable tragedy. The author also analyses
the idea of human freedom and human finitude that Sciacca understands exist in
this world, yet, this finitude bears the presence of the infinite within itself.La autora pone de manifiesto la relación entre la duda de Hamlet y
la relación de la presencia y de la ausencia en la filosofía de M. F. Sciacca.
Analiza los aspectos filosóficos de la duda y del dilema, la alternativa, la necesidad
de elegir entre dos contrastantes soluciones. Se presenta la laceración de un
hombre que vive su ser como drama inconciliable. Se analiza luego la idea de
libertad en ser humano y en su finitud, que Sciacca concibe como existente en el
mundo, mas con una finitud que tiene dentro la presencia de lo infinito
Aptilotella borgmeieri Duda
No full textAptilotella borgmeieri Duda Aptilotella borgmeieri Duda, 1924: 74. The second author was unable to locate the type series of Aptilotella borgmeieri at MZSP. Since these specimens have apparently been lost, the following redescription of the male is adapted from Duda’s original German description in 1924. Gapasin (1972) and Smith (1994) both redescribed A. borgmeieri based on Duda (1924) and specimens that originated from “a long series in São Paulo [MZSP]” collected by F. Plaumann on an unknown date at 300–600 m in Nova Teutonia (abbreviated NT), Brazil. The structural characters recorded from this specimen by Smith (1994) are inconsistent with Duda’s description, including a reduced orbital bristle and double rows of interfrontal setae. Gapasin (1972) examined a single female from the NT series and illustrates a pair of bean-shaped spermathecae. No such spermathecal morphology is known in other Aptilotella. It is possible that Gapasin (1972) illustrated the deflated paired spermathecae, while the third spermatheca was either lost or overlooked. The NT series originated from Serra Geral, a mountain range separate from the Serra Da Mantiqueira Mountains in which the type locality of A. borgmeieri is situated. Because of uncertainty about the identity of the species described by Gapasin (1972) and Smith (1994), their notes are not reflected in the redescription below. Description. Body length 0.9 mm. Head ground color dark brown. Frons black, shining; with a pair of narrow, parallel grey stripes. Ocelli absent; ocellar bristle three quarters the length of frons. Interfrontal setae minute, in two or three pairs. Several pairs of orbital setulae present. Orbital and vertical bristles absent. Face and gena shining; lunule, clypeus, and gena black. Body black, shining. Scutum twice wider than long; sparsely microtrichose. Scutellum approximately twice wider than long. Pleuron black. Legs brown; tarsi light brown; mid tibia with two anterodorsal bristles. Wings absent. Abdomen with large syntergite approximately the length of the other tergites combined. Terminalia. Duda (1924) vaguely noted synsternite 6+7 and the epandrium, but did not describe any genitalic characters or dissect any specimens. Type material. Holotype ♂ (MZSP, not examined and probably lost). BRAZIL: Petrópolis, T. Borgmeier. Comments. Duda’s original description is nebulous, but seems to be consistent with Clade 2. Aptilotella borgmeieri most closely resembles A. viva, from which it differs by the shining black body, dark colouration of the frons and gena, long ocellar bristle, and a few pairs of interfrontal setae and orbital setulae. In A. borgmeieri, the enlargement of the syntergite is far more pronounced than in other Aptilotella species. This is somewhat also noticeable in A. viva. An equivalent enlarged syntergite occurs in a remarkably similar undescribed Howickia species in New Zealand. This similarity is clearly due to convergence, and is not reflected in genitalic characters. Aptilotella borgmeieri is the presently the only described species of Aptilotella from eastern South America.Published as part of Luk, Stephen P. L. & Marshall, Stephen A., 2014, A revision of the New World genus Aptilotella Duda (Sphaeroceridae: Limosininae), pp. 1-156 in Zootaxa 3761 (1) on pages 17-18, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3761.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/490905
Venice syndrome. Dysfunctions of contemporary tourism in historic cities
No full textMateriały z II Ogólnopolskiej Konferencji Naukowej, która odbyła się na Wydziale Geografii i Studiów Regionalnych Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego w 2013 roku.Artykuł przedstawia „syndrom wenecki” (SW) – schemat interpretacyjny, który identyfikuje i pozwala zrozumieć negatywne skutki rozwoju turystyki w miastach dziedzictwa. Na omówiony syndrom wenecki składają się cechy, prawidłowości i właściwości związane z funkcjonowaniem miasta historycznego na różnych płaszczyznach: społecznej, ekonomicznej (gospodarka i zarządzanie miastem), przestrzennej.The article presents an interpretative scheme that identifies and allows to understand the negative effects of tourism development in the historic cities. Their choice is based mainly on the example of Venice, but also other European cities – including (among other) Kraków using available publications and research results. The dysfunctions of the tourism development in a heritage city conventionally named by the author “Venice syndrome” consist of features, regularities and characteristics visible in the various levels of functioning of a historic city: social (residents, tourists), economic (economy and city management), spatial and others (e.g. ecological)
Geologic map of the Dog River and northern part of the Badger Lake 7.5ʹ quadrangles, Hood River County, Oregon
No full textReport -- Map -- Spreadsheets.Jason D. McClaughry, William E. Scott, Carlie J. M. Duda, and Richard M. Conrey.Title from PDF cover (viewed on January 8, 2021).This archived document is maintained by the State Library of Oregon as part of the Oregon Documents Depository Program. It is for informational purposes and may not be suitable for legal purposes.Includes bibliographical references.Mode of access: Internet from the Oregon Government Publications Collection.Text in English
Visualization of selected flows of superfluid helium using solid hydrogen tracer particles
No full textDaniel Duda Visualization of selected flows of superfluid helium using solid hydrogen tracer particles 5 Thesis title: Visualization of selected flows of superfluid helium using solid hydrogen tracer particles Author: Bc. Daniel Duda Department: Department of Low Temperature Physics, Supervisor: prof. RNDr. Ladislav Skrbek, DrSc, Department of Low Temperature Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University in Prague. Consultant: Dr. Marco La Mantia, PhD. Abstract: Quantum turbulence generated in thermal counterflow of He II is studied experimentally by visualization. The statistical properties of the motion of micron size solid deuterium particles are studied by using the particle tracking velocimetry technique at length scales comparable to the mean distance between quantized vorti- ces. The probability density function (PDF) of the longitudinal velocity displays two peaks that correspond to two velocity fields of the two-fluid description of He II. The PDF of the transversal velocity displays a classical-like Gaussian core with non- classical power-law tails, confirming the quantum nature of turbulence in counter- flowing He II. The distribution of the particle acceleration is found to be similar in shape to the classical one, in the range of investigated parameters. The observed de-..
Geologic map of the Burns Butte 7.5′ quadrangle, Harney County, Oregon
No full textReport -- Map -- Spreadsheets.Jason D. McClaughry, Carlie J. M. Duda, and Mark L. Ferns.Title from PDF cover (viewed on January 8, 2021).This archived document is maintained by the State Library of Oregon as part of the Oregon Documents Depository Program. It is for informational purposes and may not be suitable for legal purposes.Includes bibliographical references.Mode of access: Internet from the Oregon Government Publications Collection.Text in English
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