Much literature examines the relationship between the spatial availability of alcohol and alcohol-related harm. This study aims to address an important gap in this evidence by using detailed outlet data to examine recent temporal trends in the sociodemographic distribution of spatial availability for different types of alcohol outlet in England. Descriptive analysis of measures of alcohol outle...

Background. We investigated differences in family social class associations between food outlet exposure and fruit and vegetable intake. Methods. We supplemented data from the 2006 Health Behavior in School Aged Children Study (n = 6, 096) with geocoded food outlet information surrounding schools (n = 80). We used multilevel logistic regression to examine associations between infrequent fruit a...

In order to pr oduce the Consumer Price Index, the Bureau of Labor Statistics c ollects its sample frame using a v ery narrow definition of the target sam ple unit – a retai l establishment or ‘outlet ’. Specifically, an outlet is de fined by the unique combination of operating name, mode (e.g. internet, brick-and-mortar), and if brick-and-mortar, the exact physical address of the st ore. While...

AIMS Alcohol-related harm places a significant strain on victims, perpetrators and society. The present research reports on how licensed alcohol outlet business hours may influence the reported incidence of interpersonal violence and the associated burden of disease. METHODS We examined the relationship between alcohol outlet business hours and violent crime in 2009 in New York State (excludi...

Previous research at Heriot-Watt University has led to a better understanding of the performance characteristics of siphonic rainwater systems, with particular reference to the priming of such systems. This has resulted in the development of a numerical model capable of accurately simulating the priming phase of single outlet siphonic rainwater systems. However, the majority of installed system...

The severe vibration of a screw compressor outlet piping system caused the fatigue failure of some thermowells and the unscheduled shut down of the system. The main reasons of the abnormal vibration in the outlet piping system were investigated by developing an acoustic model to simulate the gas pulsation and establishing two finite element models to conduct the mechanical vibration analyses. T...

OBJECTIVE Alcohol is more likely than any other drug to be involved in substance-related violence. In 2000 violence-related and self-directed injuries accounted for an estimated $37 billion and $33 billion in productivity losses and medical treatment, respectively. A review of emergency department data revealed violence and clinically identified trauma-related injuries have the strongest correl...

Data about the taxonomic composition and spatial distribution of bottom invertebrates Kronotsky Gulf were obtained on results grab survey carried in September 2002. Analysis samples revealed 72 species Polychaeta, 21 molluscs (Bivalvia), 17 crustaceans (mostly Amphipoda), 2 echinodermata (Echinoidea Ophiuroidea). The average biomass depth range 25–200 m was 242±116 g/m where density 306±51 orga...

This report describes the assessment of three specific safety-related specifications in the consideration of an alternate oxygenator; first the grip strength relationship between various oxygenator connectors and SMARxT tubing, second, the grip strength of various biopassive tubings and an isolated SMARxT connector, and finally, the accuracy of the arterial outlet temperature measurement. Grip ...