Patterns of Internet Use by Persons With Spinal Cord Injuries and Relationship to Health-Related Quality of Life

Mari-Lynn Drainoni, PhD, Bethlyn Houlihan, MSW, MPH, Steve Williams, MD, Mark Vedrani, MPH, ABSTRACT. Drainoni M-L, Houlihan B, Williams S, VedraniM, Esch D, Lee-Hood E, Weiner C. Patterns of Internetuse by persons with spinal cord injuries and relationship tohealth-related quality of life. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2004;85:1872-9.Objectives: To examine patterns of computer and Internetuse among persons with spinal cord injuries (SCI) and to assessthe relationship between Internet use and health-rel ...

From contact investigation to tuberculosis screening of drug addicts and homeless persons in Rotterdam

Background: In early 2001 there were indications that tuberculosis (TB) was increasingly becoming aproblem among drug addicts and homeless persons in Rotterdam, after a periodical screening wasdiscontinued in 1997. A contact investigation around a homeless drug addicted man in Rotterdamwith infectious pulmonary TB is described. Contact investigation: A total of 507 drug addicts, homelesspersons, and staff of facilities for these risk groups were examined with tuberculin skin testing (TST) andche ...

Predictors of Screening Results for Depressive Symptoms Among Homeless Adults in Los Angeles With Latent Tuberculosis

1}1School of Nursing, University of California, Los Angeles, CA2David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA3School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, CAAccepted 31 December 2004Abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine predictors of screeningresults for depressive symptoms in a Los Angeles homeless population withlatent tuberculosis (TB). Four hundred and fifteen homeless adults participatingin a nurse case managed intervention were i ...

Identification of tuberculosis cases by port health screening in Essex 1997–2003

Sally Millership and Amelia Cummins AbstractBetween 1997 and 2003 an annual average of 1867 newentrants seen at the port of arrival were notified to thecommunicable disease teams who now form the EssexHealth Protection Unit. We examined the number of individualswho made contact with health services by linkingport health and tuberculosis databases with combinationsof surname, forename and date of birth the number of newentrants developing tuberculosis. We also searched paperrecords for all incide ...

Screening of Immigrants and Refugees for Pulmonary Tuberculosis in San Diego County, California

Study objectives: To evaluate the outcomes of a tuberculosis (TB) screening program for recentimmigrants to San Diego County, CA, and to compare the demographic and clinical characteristicsof pulmonary TB cases occurring in recently arrived foreign-born persons detected throughthis screening with those of similar cases found through routine surveillance.Design: Retrospective review of computer databases and medical records.Setting: Local public health department.Patients: Recent immigrants and r ...

biopolis, Patrick Geddes and the City of Life

380 صفحه پی دی اف 1 “Angling for Cities!” 6The Scientist of Life 9The Economics of Nature 13The Economics of Cities 16The Order of Cities 17The Revolt against Reason 19Toward a Larger Modernism 222 Patrick Geddes’s Theory of the City 26Victorian Britain and Historical Models 28The Notation of Life 31From Individual to Communal Psychology 40Geddes’s Theory of the City: A Platonic Reading 463 The City and Geography 54Town and Country 55The Valley Section 60Edinburgh and Its ...

THE DEATH AND LIFE OF GREAT AMERICAN CITIES

472 صفحه پی دی اف این کتاب یکی از مهمترین کتاب های تاریخ شهرسازی واولین نظریه جامع درباره کیفیت شهر و لزوم توجه به آن است جین جیکوبز نویسنده این کتاب درسال 1964 است. زبان کتاب انگلیسی ...

Designing the City of Reason, Foundations and Frameworks

351 صفحه پی دی اف Acknowledgements vii1 Introduction 1PART IFoundations 72 City of temples: supernatural foundations 93 City of mechanical clocks: rational foundations 364 City of machines: technological foundations 665 City of sights and sounds: natural foundations 886 City of people: social foundations 119PART IIFrameworks 1477 Keeping time 1498 Measuring space 1819 Assigning value 20810 Providing accounts 228 11 Connecting actions 25312 City of reason 280Notes 300Bibliography 325Index 336 ...

Ecology of Cities and Towns, A Comparative Approach

760 صفحه پی دی اف ContentsList of contributors xiiPreface xix1 Introduction: Scope of the book and need for developinga comparative approach to the ecological study of citiesand towns 1Mark J. McDonnell, Ju¨rgen H. Breuste and Amy K. HahsPart I Opportunities and challenges of conductingcomparative studies 72 Comparative urban ecology: challenges and possibilities 9Jari Niemela¨, D. Johan Kotze and Vesa Yli-Pelkonen3 Frameworks for urban ecosystem studies: gradients, patch dynamicsand the ...

Use of Glass in Buildings

کتاب در فرمت پی دی اف شامل152صفحه می باشد Introduction 12. Types of Glass, Properties and Uses 72.1 Normal (Annealed) Glass 82.2 Laminated Glass 112.3 Tempered or Toughened Glass 132.4. Heat Strengthened Glass 152.5. Heat Soaked Tempered Glass 162.6 Reflective Glass 172.7 Insulating Glass Unit (Double Glazing) 192.8 Mirror 213. Selecion of Specific Glass 253.1 General 263.2 Heat Gain 263.3 Sound Insulation 363.4 Safety & Security 403.5 Strength 493.6 Aesthetics 493.7 General Information 504. ...