Lower order and higher order repetitive behaviors have been documented in the BTBR T+tf/J (BTBR) mouse strain, a mouse model that exhibits all three core behavioral domains that define autism. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of environmental enrichment for reducing repetitive behaviors in BTBR mice. Lower order behaviors were captured by assaying the time and sequenc...

BACKGROUND In studies from developed Western countries, lower socioeconomic status (SES) has been reported to be associated with kidney diseases. However, this hypothesis has not been examined in populations from newly industrialized Asian countries. We evaluated the association between SES and micro/macroalbuminuria in a population-based sample in Singapore. METHODS We examined 920 participa...

Objective: Our home can have a major impact on our physical and mental health; this is particularly true for older people who may spend more time at home. Older people in social (i.e., public) housing are particularly vulnerable. Housing options for older people in social housing include standard design dwellings or specially designed "sheltered housing." The most suitable housing model should ...

The growing awareness of housing problems Ten years ago it was possible, and even fashionable, for local officials and civic leaders in American cities to deny the existence of slums or other basic housing problems in their communities. Today the shortage of housing is known to every school child, and most cities possess both emergency and long-term machinery for housing betterment. The past de...

extended abstractintroductionhousing is more than a mere physical shelter and be included all public facilities and services necessary to live better human being and be sure to provide a relatively long tenure. in persian housing means place of peace and quiet. residential space in underlying a safe and healthy family environment. today, despite the development of technology and communication, ...

In recent years, the prices of city commercial housing are soaring, causing wide attention of public and fierce discussion about whether it is reasonable for the housing prices in China. This paper attempts to establish a method to measure housing price-rationalization. Firstly, the paper establishes rationalization evaluation system of housing price from commercial housing price formation, res...

The current low-income housing system in China is the security system giving priority to the low-rent housing and the economically affordable housing. The housing security system includes the systems and measures that the government uses the national and social power to provide the basic housing for those difficult housing groups by the transfer payment policy, and realize the equalization of t...

housing market in iran got out of recession in year 1384 and turn into abnormal growth. but following the housing price growth, which continued until 1386, it deals with the slowdown of the housing market and stable prices in the spring of 1387. afterward, decreasing trend in housing prices continued in the summer, in spite of increase in global housing prices. in this paper, it is investigated...

BACKGROUND Much research has shown an association between homelessness and unstable housing and HIV risk but most has relied on relatively narrow definitions of housing status that preclude a deeper understanding of this relationship. Fewer studies have examined access to housing subsidies and supportive housing programs among low-income populations with different personal characteristics. This...