American Indians experience higher rates of obesity than any other ethnic group living in the USA. This disparity begins to develop in early childhood, and the excess weight carried by American Indian children contributes to health conditions that can affect their quality of life by the time they enter preschool. These children consume less than recommended amounts of fruits and vegetables, a d...

science of politics. The debate on natural law, then, is largely about whether reason or will-or perhaps both-is the source of constitutional authority. The specific question before the Court in Calder was the constitutionality of a Connecticut statute which set aside a decree of the local probate court. Pursuant to that decree, Calder had been awarded a right to recover property under a will. ...

Submitted for the DPP06 Meeting of The American Physical Society Status of BOUT fluid turbulence code: improvements and verification M.V. UMANSKY, L.L. LODESTRO, X.Q. XU, LLNL — BOUT is an electromagnetic fluid turbulence code for tokamak edge plasma [1]. BOUT performs time integration of reduced Braginskii plasma fluid equations, using spatial discretization in realistic geometry and employing...

Survey results show that the American public comes to the health care reform debate with ambivalent feelings and a relatively low base of specific knowledge. But Americans also hold a set of core values that will shape their response to various proposals for national change. These include (1) a moral commitment to the uninsured; (2) a desire to achieve personal peace of mind; (3) a lack of self...