1989 2007 Good Mean Sd Median 90th/10th No.obs Mean Sd Median 90th/10th No.obs Baby furniture and equipment 90 135 48 10 214 96 189 53 10 151 Bedroom furniture 319 567 151 22 222 408 567 198 33 242 Bicycles 128 140 85 15 213 116 176 54 26 169 Camping equipment 62 80 34 10 113 52 51 33 9 110 Carpeting 878 1030 602 18 138 839 979 502 19 69 Cars 7929 7030 6497 33 534 8521 6433 7473 10 344 China an...

BACKGROUND Increasing livestock density and animal manure spreading, along with climate factors such as heavy rainfall, may increase the risk of acute gastrointestinal illness (AGI). In this study we evaluated the association between farming activities, precipitation and AGI. METHODS A cross-sectional telephone survey of randomly selected residents (n = 7006) of 54 rural municipalities in Que...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES High body mass index appears protective in hemodialysis patients, but uncertainty prevails regarding which components of body composition, fat or lean body mass, are primarily associated with survival. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, & MEASUREMENTS Data between April 2006 and December 2012 were extracted from the Fresenius Medical Care Europe subset of the internation...

BACKGROUND Gait characteristics estimated from daily-life trunk accelerations reflect gait quality and are associated with fall incidence in older adults. While associations are based on median values of these gait characteristics, their extreme values may reflect either high-risk situations or steady-state gait and may thus be more informative in relation to fall risk. OBJECTIVE The objectiv...

BACKGROUND Analyses were conducted for the effect of selected elements of lifestyle determining the attitude of adolescent boys to health, care over good physical condition and own appearance against self-consciousness and the real nutritional status of their bodies. OBJECTIVES, MATERIAL AND METHODS: Investigations were conducted at Collective School No. 1 in Wrocław and covered 369 boys (103 a...

Many emerging economies, including the BRICS are having difficulty meeting Sustainable Development Goals’ (SDGs) objectives. Consequently, this research discusses creation of an SDG framework for which can be utilized as a model other blocs. To achieve purpose, probes into effect biomass energy usage on ecological footprint in economies between 1992 and 2018, considering roles gross capital for...

Objective: Fetal growth is a complex process influenced by environmental and genetic factors. Environmental factors such as glucose, lipids amino acids play role in of the fetus. Glucose, insulin lipid levels cord blood can change birth weight according to gestational age newborn. The aim study examine relationship between newborns with small (SGA), normal (AGA) large (LGA) age. Materials Metho...

Exposure to deprived socioeconomic conditions during the peri-conception and early childhood periods can have a negative long-term impact on individuals' health and that of their progeny. We aimed to examine whether relatives' birth period affected index-child (grand-child) birthweight status in the Lifeways Cross-Generation Cohort in the Republic of Ireland. Participants were 943 mothers and o...

One of the most important uncertainties in a changing climate conditions are changes extremes. While precipitation extremes particularly at low latitudes, thermal major interest mid-latitudes. This study analyses cold (CS) and warm (WS) spells winter climatology eastern part Baltic Sea region from 1951 till 2020. Data E-OBS database were used research. A CS/WS this is an event when extreme low/...