Introduction In 2004, Delaware County, Ohio, was the fast­ est growing county in Ohio and the eleventh fastest growing county in the nation. Even with a 71.4% increase in business establish­ ments, less than 40% of Delaware County res­ idents both live and work in the county. The population increased 30% from April 2000 to July 2004, when it reached 142,503. Delaware County, about 25 miles nort...

Received: June 5, 2009 Accepted for publication: August 27, 2009 From the Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Department of Emergency Cardinal Tien Hospital, Fu-Jen Catholic University School of Medicine Address reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Jung-Mou Yang Department of Emergency, Cardinal Tien Hospital 362 Chungcheng Road, Hsintien City, Taipei County 23 37, Taiwan (R.O.C...

Osteoporosis increases for postmenopausal women. The risks of complications, i e fractures, from osteoporosis is recognized. The affected women with fractures suffer and the costs of health care are considerable. Screening by bone mineral density (BMD) measurement in combination with estrogen prevention of osteoporosis may reduce fractures in elderly women. The question whether benefits will ex...

The Orange County Probation Department has launched an aggressive multi-agency initiative aimed at reforming juvenile detention guidelines by offering alternatives to traditional detention. The vehicle for reform is the innovative, evidence-based Risk Assessment Instrument (RAI) point system of the Juvenile Detention Alternative Initiative (JDAI), a project of the Annie E. Casey Foundation. The...

a GEST center, University of Maryland Baltimore county, Catonsville, MD 21228, United States b NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, United States c NCDC, NOAA Satellite and Information Service, Asheville, NC 28801, United States d Oak Ridge National Laboratory DAAC, Oak Ridge, TN 37830, United States e Department of Geography, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, Un...

Hong-Dar Lin*, Gary C Lin, Chung-Yu Chung, and Wan-Ting Lin Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Chaoyang University of Technology, 168 Jifong E. Rd., Wufong Township, Taichung County, 41349, Taiwan Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Technology, Bradley University, 1501 West Bradley Avenue, Peoria, IL 61625, USA College of Business, University of Missouri...

This study investigated adoption and use of electronic information resources by economists at Kenya National Treasury Planning in Nairobi County with a view to proposing interventions enhance e-resources awareness, usage adoption. The used descriptive survey design collect qualitative quantitative data from respondents using questionnaires interviews as primary collection instruments. Sample si...

BACKGROUND Based on death certificate data, the Texas Department of Health Bureau of Vital Statistics calculates age adjusted all-cause mortality rates for each Texas county yearly. In 1998 the calculated rates for two adjacent Texas counties was disparate. These counties contain one city (Amarillo) and are identical in size. This study examined the accuracy of recorded county of residence for ...

background: foreign immigrants form the part of the population of each country. among the foreign immigrant population in iran, the share of immigrants and nationals from afghanistan is very noticeable. one of the factors that affect this people's physical and mental health is social support. this study aimed to investigate the status of social support and its effective factors on afghan immigr...

Béla Pikó1, Ali Bassam1, Enikő Török2, Henriette Ócsai3 and Farkas Sükösd4 1Kálmán Pándy Hospital of the Local Government of Békés County, County, Center of Oncology, Gyula, 2Kálmán Pándy Hospital of the Local Government of Békés County, County Department of Radiology, Gyula, 3Kálmán Pándy Hospital of the Local Government of Békés County, Dermato-Oncology Outpatient Clinic, Gyula, 4University o...