Culturally transmitted behavior can be structured in its performance both geographically and temporally, in terms of where and when implements are made and used on the landscape (what Ingold calls "the taskscape"). Yet cultural transmission theory has not yet explored the consequences of behaviors transmitted differently due to their enactment at different taskscape locations, what Tostevin cal...

Research Summary: This study analyzed data on 7,306 offenders placed in 1 of 53 community-based residential programs as part of their parole, postrelease control, or probation. Offenders who successfully completed residential programming were compared with a group of offenders (n = 5801) under parole/post-release control who were not placed in residential programming. Analyses of program effect...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the role that low income plays in the development of asthma in children and adolescents. METHODS A case-control study using a questionnaire. RESULTS A total of 687 participants were studied at a tertiary hospital via the Brazilian Unified Health System. Ages ranged from 5 to 15 years, and 54.7% of the participants were male. Nearly half of the individuals (49.1%) lived ...

Autonomy has significance for everyone, including those in long-term residential care. This article looks at the concept of autonomy particularly in relation to the population of older persons living in residential care settings. It examines the values underpinning the exercise of personal autonomy and notes how an individual's autonomy may be enhanced or restricted. The implications for geront...

â  tribes settlement focuses is as a development approach for tribes society. in this paper have been considered the main problems of tribes focuses. three focuses of biggest tribes involving bakhtiary and ghashghai were selected. the methodology of this paper is complex containing field study and analytical methods. according to the results, the main problems of tribes settlement are: support ...

This paper advances debates in camp geographies and forced migration studies by centring the methodological import of emotions affect research on refugee camps. Camps are often spatial expressions compassion, fear, care, suspicion, but also incubate hope, solidarity, feelings belonging among encamped communities. Researchers never insulated from these complex affects. While qualitative, ethnogr...

Disease management is becoming increasingly important in workplace health promotion given the aging workforce, rising chronic disease prevalence, and needs to maintain a productive and competitive American workforce. Despite the widespread availability of the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP), and its known health-related benefits, program adoption remains low in workplace setting...

Legal coercion is frequently used to leverage substance abuse treatment upon persons who would otherwise not seek it voluntarily. Various methodological and conceptual problems of the existing research have prevented a clear understanding of its effectiveness. The influence of legal coercion on retention in substance abuse treatment was examined using a national survey of programs in the public...

Abstract Social capital represents an increasingly used term in social sciences, but its application rural development is not widespread. In this study, we assess the of villages where have organized village research camps over past decade. The utilizes a specific methodology, synthesizes carried out camps. Methods included statistical data analysis, questionnaire survey, interviewing, and part...

Heavy traffic is a major source of noise pollution in the urban centers. Higher noise levels are observed in the residential area near highway passing through Jalgaon city. The exposure of population to the higher noise levels affects on the hearing capability. In the present study hearing impairment was observed in the population exposed to higher noise levels.