Food Prices, Social Unrest and the Facebook Generation

Demand and Price Analysis, Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety,

A case of three year child with uncorrected tetralogy of Fallot for drainage of fronto-parietal abscess

The Tetralogy Fallot was one of the commonest Right to Left shunting disease in the children. TOF is most common in association with brain abscess (13-70%). This case is of a 3 year old child who had tetralogy of Fallot (uncorrected) and was to be taken for drainage of Fronto-Parietal sub dural abscess via Burr hole. The abscess was drained and patient was shifted with inotropes and ventilator support. In next 24 hours patient improved and supports were gradually withdrawn

Examining the initial usability, acceptability and feasibility of a digital mental health intervention for college students in India

Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/156228/2/ijop12640_am.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/156228/1/ijop12640.pd

Self-reported food insecurity in Africa during the food price crisis

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Self-Reported Food Insecurity in Africa During the Food Price Crisis

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Myoepithelial carcinoma of the tongue- spindle cell morphology with high mitosis: A case report and review of literature

Myoepithelial carcinomas represent <1% of salivary gland tumors. Tongue is a rare site of occurrence. We present a case of a 30 year old female with myoepithelial carcinoma seen over dorsum of tongue with predominantly spindle cell morphology with clear cytoplasm and mitotic count of 6–7/10 hpf. We need to differentiate it from a spindle cell squamous cell carcinoma which can be seen at this location, i.e., tongue. In our case, there was no connection of the tumor with overlying squamous epithelium

Self-Reported Food Insecurity in Africa During the Food Price Crisis

This article analyzes data on self-reported food insecurity of more than 50,000 individuals in 18 Sub- Saharan African countries over the period 2005 to 2008, when global food prices increased dramatically. The average level of self-reported food insecurity was high but remarkably stable, at about 54%. However, this average hides large heterogeneity, both within countries and across countries. In eight of the sample countries, self-reported food security improved, while it worsened in the ten other countries. Our results suggest that heterogeneous effects in self-reported food security are consistent with economic predictions, as they are correlated with net food consumption (both at the household and country level) and economic growth. Specifically, self-reported food security improved on average in rural households, while it worsened in urban households. Improvements in food security were positively correlated with net food exports and GDP per capita growth. We estimate that over the period 2005-2008 between 5 and 12 million people in the 18 SSA countries became more food secure. While the self-reported indicator used in this paper requires further study and one should carefully interpret the results, our findings suggest the need for a critical evaluation of the currently used data in the public debate on the food price crisis, which makes mention of hundreds of millions of additional food insecure

Self-Reported Food Insecurity in Africa During the Food Price Crisis

This article analyzes data on self-reported food insecurity of more than 50,000 individuals in 18 Sub-Saharan African countries over the period 2005 to 2008, when global food prices increased dramatically. The average level of self-reported food insecurity was high but remarkably stable, at about 54%.However, this average hides large heterogeneity, both within countries and across countries. In eight of the sample countries, self-reported food security improved, while it worsened in the ten countries. Our results suggest that heterogeneous effects in self-reported food security are consistent with economic predictions, as they are correlated with net food consumption (both at the household and country level) and economic growth. Specifically, self-reported food security improved on average in rural households. Improvements in food security were positively correlated with net food exports and GDP per capita growth. We estimate that over the period 2005-2008 between 5 and 12 milion people in the 18 SSA countries became more food secure. While the self-reported indicator used in this paper requires further study and one should carefully interpret the results, our findings suggest the need for a critical evaluation of the currently used data in the public debate on the food price crisis, which makes mention of hundreds of millions of additional food insecure.Food policy, food insecurity measurement, Sub-Saharan Africa, food crisis