OBJECTIVE To examine whether nutrient and food intakes among South Asian adult immigrants differ by length of residence in the USA. DESIGN Cross-sectional analysis to examine differences in nutrient and food intakes by length of residence in the USA. Dietary data were collected using an interviewer-administered, culturally appropriate FFQ, while self-reported length of residence was assessed ...

In standard life-cycle models, borrowing enables young adults to smooth consumption, but for those who are indebted and face high borrowing costs, parental co-residence could serve as an alternative smoothing mechanism. This paper investigates if young adults use parental co-residence to smooth consumption by examining the relationship between debt characteristics which are typically associated...

Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) expand traditional ways of social interaction and thereby feed back on the society that created them. Users have to navigate their enhanced social context and in doing so legitimately strive to apply familiar concepts such as the notion of residence or the intuitive handling of roles. We introduce the concepts of Virtual Residence and Identity Ma...

OBJECTIVE This study considers whether rural status or living in a particular region of the United States has effects on mental and physical health. The analyses examine whether there are independent and interactive effects of rural status and region of residence on health, beyond individual level factors related to poverty. METHODS Ordinary least squares (OLS) regression models are used to e...

OBJECTIVE To investigate and analyze the discourse of students living in university residence halls regarding socialization processes and drug consumption. METHODS This was qualitative research among 20 undergraduate students living in university residence halls in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, in 2003. Residence halls were taken to be socialization spaces for young people that enable the pr...

a numerical model for simulating residence time distribution (rtd) of turbulent flows in helical static mixers is proposed and developed to improve the understanding of static mixers. the results of this model is presented in terms of different volumetric flow rate to illustrate the complicated flow patterns that drive the mixing process in helical static mixers. the computed results are also u...

This research compares the health status of low-income elderly persons in rural and urban areas. Using data from the Social Security Administration's 1973 national survey of low-income aged and disabled, the study demonstrates that the prevalence of many chronic disorders and impairments is significantly greater among the rural aged than for their cohorts in more urban areas. These differences ...