The author traces the development of low-incoming housing zones in the city of Nairobi (Kenya), which were initially shaped by the exclusive urban policies of the British Colonial Government, and further influenced by minimum standards codes established after Independence. Using a random sample of 1,480 heads of households, the author examines zones of entry into the city, with a view to identi...

A pragmatic roboticist with over 15 years of hands-on experience in leading and executing robotics projects. Leverages a wide ranging research expertise in major areas of robotics including manipulation, planning, visual servoing, and machine learning. Published in prestigious journals and conferences in robotics and engineering. A trained Scrum Master with expertise in agile leadership and dev...

BACKGROUND The developing countries are experiencing epidemiological transition and hypertension has emerged as a major threat to health in these countries. Understanding people's perceptions is important for any prevention and control activities and lay explanatory models (EMs) provide an opportunity to gain insights into the people's perceptions. This qualitative study is taken up with an obj...

To characterize breast feeding patterns among rural Moslem women in Israel, a cohort of 429 women were interviewed 3 and 6 months after delivery. The study participants were randomly recruited from four exclusively Moslem villages in Israel's northern and central districts and represented 10% of new mothers in the study area. Although 96% initiated breast feeding, only 57% continued beyond 6 ...

Charles Phillips was born in Liege at the beginning of the XIXth century. In that city, he studied medicine and, later, lectured, during a few years, initially, at the School of Medicine, and, later, at the School of Veterinary Medicine. Having trained in several European centres, he settled in Paris where he soon became a well-known urologist. Remarkably intelligent and inventive, he was also ...

OBJECTIVE To examine the prevalence of disordered eating attitudes and behaviors among three religious subgroups of Arab schoolgirls in Israel (Moslems, Druze, and Christians). METHOD The sample consisted of 1,131 Arab schoolgirls in Israel, including 922 (81.5%) Moslem, 125 (11.1%) Christian, and 84 (7.4%) Druze adolescents, in the 7-12th grades. The sample was drawn from urban and rural res...