Teacher health is described as the physical and mental well-being of teachers (Harlin et al., 1976). Harlin et al. (1976) describe ten categories of health concern that may create barriers to good teaching. The categories are: ( ) a emotional or psychosomatic, (b) communicable diseases, (c) systemic, (d) vision and hearing problems, (e) dental disorders, (f) surgery, (g) injuries, (h) orthopedi...

Ecology of Food and Nutrition is an internatibnal journal of the nutritional sciences. I t particularly emphasizes foods and their utilintion in satisfying the nutritional needs of mankind, but extends also to nonfood contributions: to obesity and leanness, malnutrition, vitamin requirements, and mineral needs. The scope is broad, and the content wide, so that culture prohibitions, traditional ...

Gastrointestinal (GI) problems are a common concern of athletes during intense exercise. Ultimately, these symptoms can impair performance and possibly prevent athletes from winning or even finishing a race. The main causes of GI problems during exercise are mechanical, ischemic and nutritional factors. Among the nutritional factors, a high intake of carbohydrate and hyperosmolar solutions incr...

__________________________________________________________________________________________ Purpose: To present of an appropriate diet consists in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. Materials and methods: A search was made in the Pubmed and Scopus databases for reports on nutrition and chemotherapy in cancer patients. There were used the following key words: nutrition, cancer, chemotherapy...

BACKGROUND Older people suffering from dementia are at increased risk of malnutrition due to various nutritional problems, and the question arises which interventions are effective in maintaining adequate nutritional intake and nutritional status in the course of the disease. It is of further interest whether supplementation of energy and/or specific nutrients is able to prevent further cogniti...

Objectives: To identify nursing home residents with malnutrition or at risk of malnutrition by using different markers, determine if the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA®) is able to identify all residents at risk according to single risk markers and explore the relation between risk markers and functional impairment. Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: Six German nursing homes. Participant...

Let T be a unit equilateral triangle, and T1, . . . , Tn be n equilateral triangles that cover T and satisfy the following two conditions: (i) Ti has side length ti (0 < ti < 1); (ii) Ti is placed with each side parallel to a side of T . We prove a conjecture of Zhang and Fan asserting that any covering that meets the above two conditions (i) and (ii) satisfies ∑n i=1 ti ≥ 2. We also show that ...

Evidence-based treatments and preventive interventions in the child and family area have not met with widespread adoption by practitioners. Despite the high prevalence of child behavioral and emotional problems, many parents and families in need are not receiving or participating in services, and when they do, the most efficacious interventions are not what is usually provided. Simultaneously a...

introduction domestic and industrial swallowing of caustic substances can cause acute and chronic injuries. in the acute phase of care, focus is on the immediate control of tissue damage and perforation, and in the chronic phase, the focus is on the treatment of pharyngeal narrowing and impaired swallowing. conclusions treatment of esophageal burn lesions is by immediate and delayed removing of...

Article history: Received 15 April 2014 Received in revised form 29 September 2014 Accepted 28 October 2014 Available online 4 November 2014