Assign each rural county to an urban county. Let i index urban counties, and let j each of the rural counties assigned to a particular urban county; let j = 0 for the urban county. DeÞne an urban county and its assigned rural counties as a group, and let Ji be the number of rural counties in group i. Let Nij be the number of nurses in county j of group i, and let Pij be the population of county...

COMMITTEE MEMBERS: Donna Austin, Director, Family Mediation Program, Lane County Paul Edison-Lahm, Multnomah County Family Court Facilitator Dr. Adam Furcher, PhD, Psychologist and Mediator, Portland Janice Garceau, LCSW, Director, Family Court Services, Multnomah County Kelly Lemarr, Attorney/Branch Manager, St. Andrew Legal Clinic, Washington County Jane Parisi-Mosher, MA, LMFT, Therapist, Me...

ALLEN VAN DEYNZE, Biotechnology Specialist, Seed Biotechnology Center, University of California, Davis; DANIEL H. PUTNAM, University of California Cooperative Extension Alfalfa Specialist, University of California, Davis; STEVE ORLOFF, University of California Cooperative Extension Farm Advisor and County Director, Siskiyou County; TOM LANINI, Cooperative Extension Weed Specialist, University o...

In order to determine morphological characteristics of Fusarium species associated with root and stem of maize in Kermanshah province, duringtwo growing seasons of 2006-2008, 110 samples, mostly from diseased plants were collected from different geographic regions of the province. The collecting localities were Gilan Gharb, Sarpol Zohab, Qasr Shirin, Sonqor, Kangavar, Bisotun, Ravansar, Kermans...

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...

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...

background: domestic wastewater is a most important source of infectious factors in the environment. the aim of this study was to determine the raw wastewater parasitic contamination of cites of kermanshah province. methods: this study was a descriptive cross–sectional one which was carried out in 5 months, sampling was accomplished once a five days from inlet raw wastewater to treatment plants...