The present study analyzes the results of 2001 survey of 81 CFOs of bt-500 companies and her most valuable PSUs in India to find out the determinants of the dividend policy decisions of the corporate India. It uses factor analytic framework on the CFOs' responses to capture the determinants of the dividend policy of corporate India. Most of the firms have target dividend payout ratio and divide...

BACKGROUND Livelihoods strategies and food security experiences can positively and negatively affect infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices. This study contributes to this literature by exploring how variation in household economics among rural farmers in Tanzania relates to IYCF patterns over the first 8 months of an infant's life. METHODS These data were produced from a longitudina...

OBJECTIVE Examine the acceptability of sodium-reduced research diets. DESIGN Randomized crossover trial of three sodium levels for 30 days each among participants randomly assigned to one of two dietary patterns. PARTICIPANTS/SETTING Three hundred fifty-four adults with prehypertension or stage 1 hypertension who were participants in the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH-Sodium)...

BACKGROUND Constructs based on Social Cognitive Theory have shown utility in understanding dietary behavior; however, little research has examined these relations in youth and parents concurrently. Unique demands of dietary management among families of youth with type 1 diabetes (T1D) suggest the importance of investigation in this population. The purpose of this study was to develop and evalua...

Abstract Childhood malnutrition is a major public health concern. We evaluated components and outcome measures for potential interventions promoting healthy diet, physical activity (PA), good hygiene among children in Lagos, Nigeria. This mixed-methods study, informed by the Medical Research Council Framework development of complex interventions, took place semi-urban area. Participants school ...

this notion by saying client (i, r) has a minimally acceptable adaptivity parameter ai,r, which can be interpreted as a client’s individual QoS requirement. To emphasize this distinction between provider and client definitions of minimally acceptable stream resolutions, consider the example of a content provider offering a certain media stream with adaptivity a and maximum subscription level s....

OBJECTIVE(S) Using nationally representative surveys conducted in Kenya, this study examined optimal health promoting childcare practices in 2003, 2008-9 and 2014. This was undertaken in the context of continuous child health promotion activities conducted by government and non-government organizations throughout Kenya. It was the aim of such activities to increase the prevalence of health prom...

OBJECTIVES Laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) is an expensive, high-prevalence disease with a high rate of medical treatment failure. In the past, it was mistakenly believed that pepsin was inactive above pH 4; however, human pepsin has been reported to be active up to pH 6.5. In addition, it has been shown by Western blot analysis that laryngeal biopsy samples from patients with symptomatic LPR ha...

Childhood malnutrition remains common in India. We visited families in 40 urban informal settlement areas in Mumbai to document stunting, wasting, and overweight in children under five, and to examine infant and young child feeding (IYCF) in children under 2 years. We administered questions on eight core WHO IYCF indicators and on sugary and savory snack foods, and measured weight and height of...