BACKGROUND Vocational rehabilitation programs are implemented to enhance the occupational functioning of long-stay patients with schizophrenia. Unemployment is associated with a higher risk of death. Schizophrenia patients who participate in vocational rehabilitation programs may have better health outcomes with participation in employment. AIM To evaluate the relationship between mortality a...

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OBJECTIVE To compare the health outcomes in sheltered and evacuated populations after a chemical incident in a plastics factory. DESIGN Cross sectional survey. SETTING Urban area in southwest England. PARTICIPANTS 1750 residents from the area exposed to the chemical smoke, of which 472 were evacuated and the remaining 1278 were advised to shelter indoors. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE Number of ...

In an attempt to determine the prevalence of various skin infections in the homeless population in Marseilles, France, we undertook a case control study. Cases were recruited among institutionalized homeless subjects during two snapshot investigations conducted in January 2002 and 2003 respectively. The control subjects were recruited from among those who presented at a clinic for pre-travel ad...

The present study examined pair formation, spatial pattern of home range and spatial variation in density, size and social status of blotched foxface Siganus unimaculatus (family Siganidae) on an Okinawan coral reef. Of 32 pairs sampled for sexing, 31 (96.9%) were heterosexual and showed size-assortative pairing. Developed ovaries were found in April and July, whereas oocytes were immature in A...

The small honeycomb barnacle Chamaesipho tasmanica Foster and Anderson often forms continuous sheets covering the substratum at mid-shore levels of sheltered rocky shores but also occurs in sparse distributions on exposed shores, and on higher levels of sheltered shores, in south-eastern Australia. Larger barnacles are generally found in more exposed and higher areas. Effects of each site on ul...

Photosynthetic microbial biofilms are an important functional component of rocky intertidal habitats worldwide. The abundance of organisms within these films varies both seasonally and according to vertical emersion gradients. However, the effects of horizontal gradients of wave exposure, which have a key influence on macrobiotic assemblages, have received little attention. Here, we examine the...

BACKGROUND The structure of long-term care (LTC) for old people has changed: care has been shifted from institutions to the community, and death is being postponed to increasingly old age. The aim of the study was to analyze how the use and costs of LTC in the last two years of life among old people changed between 2002 and 2013. METHODS Data were derived from national registers. The study po...