The health hazards of unemployment and poor education: the socioeconomic determinants of health duration in the European Union

The effect of socioeconomic status on the likelihood that an individual enters a period of poor health is examined using an Accelerated Failure Time methodology. This study employs data from the European Community Household Panel for the years 1994-2002 across 13 European countries, using the Physical and Mental Health Problems, Illnesses and Disabilities measure of physical health. Some socioeconomic status indicators do impact on the length of time an individual remains in good health – these being unemployment, which has a negative effect, and education, which has a positive effect – but others, such as income, have far less of an impact. Age and gender effects are also found.European Commission, Fifth Framework Programme “Quality of Life and Management of Living Resources” (contract number: QLRT-2001-02292)

Vanishing topology of codimension 1 multi-germs over R\Bbb R and C\Bbb C

We construct all $\cal A$e-codimension 1 multi-germs of analytic (or smooth) maps (kn, T) [rightward arrow] (kp, 0), with n [gt-or-equal, slanted] p − 1, (n, p) nice dimensions, k = $\mathbb C$ or $\mathbb R$, by augmentation and concatenation operations, starting from mono-germs (|T| = 1) and one 0-dimensional bi-germ. As an application, we prove general statements for multi-germs of corank [less-than-or-eq, slant] 1: every one has a real form with real perturbation carrying the vanishing homology of the complexification, every one is quasihomogeneous, and when n = p − 1 every one has image Milnor number equal to 1 (this last is already known when n [gt-or-equal, slanted] p)

Is unemployment and low income harmful to health? : Evidence from Britain

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The authors thank Ian McAvinchey for helpful comments. FUNDING This work was financially supported by the European Commission under the Fifth Framework Programme “Quality of Life and Management of Living Resources” [grant number QLRT-2001-02292].Peer reviewedPostprin

Organizing a Poultry Showmanship Contest

Poultry showmanship is an opportunity for young people to demonstrate their ability to present and display their bird and communicate their knowledge of poultry husbandry to others

Information for the Poultry Showmanship Judge

Remember that you are judging showmanship, which is an opportunity for young people to demonstrate their abilities as poultry stewards. The bird serves as a prop; while the young person does the performing. The exhibitor’s attitude, appearance, speaking ability, care and management skills and willingness to follow instructions are all considered in your evaluation

The immense potential of xenotransplantation in surgery

AbstractThere is a limited availability of deceased human organs and cells for the purposes of clinical transplantation. Genetically-engineered pigs may provide an alternative source. Although several immune barriers need to be overcome, considerable progress has been made in experimental models in recent years, largely through the increasing availability of pigs with new genetic modifications.Pig heterotopic heart graft survival in nonhuman primates has extended for 8 months, with orthotopic grafts supporting life for almost 2 months. Life-supporting kidney transplants have functioned for almost 3 months. The current barriers are related to coagulation dysfunction between pig and primate that results in thrombotic microangiopathy and/or a consumptive coagulopathy, which may in part be related to molecular incompatibilities in the coagulation systems of pigs and primates. Current efforts are concentrated on genetically-modifying the organ- or islet-source pigs by the introduction of ‘anticoagulant’ or ‘anti-thrombotic’ genes to provide protection from the recipient coagulation cascade and platelet activation.Progress with pig islet xenotransplantation has been particularly encouraging with complete control of glycemia in diabetic monkeys extending in one case for >12 months. Other areas where experimental data suggest the possibility of early clinical trials are corneal xenotransplantation and pig neuronal cell xenotransplantation, for example, in patients with Parkinson’s disease.With the speed of advances in genetic engineering increasing steadily, it is almost certain that the remaining problems will be overcome within the foreseeable future, and clinical allotransplantation will eventually become of historical interest only

Writing the Ties that Bind: Service-Learning in the Writing Classroom

Recognizing, as John Dewey observed, that democracy begins in conversation, the Service-Learning Writing Project views the writing classroom as a place where rhetorical processes and democratic practices naturally converge. Informed by complementary disciplinary conversations in public culture studies and composition research, the project\u27s interdisciplinary curriculum and pedagogical methods seek to shape habits of heart and mind that advance the development of critical discourse skills, the refinement of civic sensibility, and the promotion of students\u27 ethical responsibility for the public good

Basic Selection, Nutrition and Care of Show Poultry

This fact sheet provides tips on selecting chickens for shows, and how to feed and care for show poultry