Genetics and the Races of Man. An Introduction to Modern Physical Anthropology. William C. Boyd

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The ancient inhabitants of Jebel Moya (Sudan). By Ramkrishna Mukherjee, C. Radhakrishna Rao and J. C. Trevor, pp.xi + 123. $7.50. With appendices by Frank Addison and the authors. Cambridge University Press. 1955

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Classification and human evolution. Edited by Sherwood L. Washburn. viii + 371 pp. Aldine Publishing Company, Chicago, 1963, $7.50

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Radiation, genes, and man. By Bruce Wallace and Th. Dobzhansky. xii + 205 pp. $3.50. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1959

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Parenting Education for Low-Income Job Seekers: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of the Parenting with Love and Logic Program

Although the principles and strategies outlined in Cline and Fay’s (1990) Parenting with Love and Logic have been the foundation for several parent and educator training curricula over the last 30 years, there has been a dearth of empirical research to evaluate these programs (Fay, 2012). Prior research has documented the impact of cumulative family risk factors on parenting skills and child outcomes (Repetti et al., 2002, 2012), but few studies have examined the impact of parenting education courses within unemployed, low-income families. This study investigates perceived parental efficacy across the four program domains of connection, autonomy, regulation, and parental stress management within a sample (n = 267) of unemployed parents from several counties across a western state. Analyses show consistent retrospective-pre to post improvement across all four domains. Additionally, reported gains did not vary significantly by gender, age, ethnicity, education level, prior divorce, or financial strain. Small group differences were found according to income level, the age of the participants’ oldest child, and dosage (amount of prior relationship education exposure as well as the number of class sessions attended). Qualitative results are included to illustrate further the thoughts and experiences of program participants

Parenting Education for Low-Income Job Seekers: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of the Parenting with Love and Logic Program

Although the principles and strategies outlined in Cline and Fay’s (1990) Parenting with Love and Logic have been the foundation for several parent and educator training curricula over the last 30 years, there has been a dearth of empirical research to evaluate these programs (Fay, 2012). Prior research has documented the impact of cumulative family risk factors on parenting skills and child outcomes (Repetti et al., 2002, 2012), but few studies have examined the impact of parenting education courses within unemployed, low-income families. This study investigates perceived parental efficacy across the four program domains of connection, autonomy, regulation, and parental stress management within a sample (n = 267) of unemployed parents from several counties across a western state. Analyses show consistent retrospective-pre to post improvement across all four domains. Additionally, reported gains did not vary significantly by gender, age, ethnicity, education level, prior divorce, or financial strain. Small group differences were found according to income level, the age of the participants’ oldest child, and dosage (amount of prior relationship education exposure as well as the number of class sessions attended). Qualitative results are included to illustrate further the thoughts and experiences of program participants

Inactivation by solar photo-Fenton in pet bottles of wild enteric bacteria of natural well water: Absence of re-growth after one week of subsequent storage

Iron photo-assisted inactivation of wild enteric bacteria (total coliforms/E. coil and Salmonella spp.) was carried out in water from the Sahelian wells having different pH (W1:4.9 and W2: 6.3) and a natural iron content of 0.07 mg/L We evaluate the efficiency of the disinfection on different systems containing both or only one Fenton reagent (H2O2/Fe-2.): (i) H2O2/Fe2+/hv, (ii) Fe2+/hv, (iii) H2O2/hv, and (iv) only light irradiation (hv) at lab and field scale. Generally, 0.6 mg/L of Fe2+ and/or 8.5 mg/L of H2O2 were used in the Fenton reagent. The systems H2O2/Fe2+/hv and H2O2/hv led to total inactivation of Salmonella and E. coil. The natural iron content (0.07 mg/L) was enough to drive an efficient photo-Fenton process leading to total bacterial inactivation. Our results show that: (i) the iron salt present in Sahelian water is enough to perform a photo-Fenton disinfection of drinking water when adding H2O2, (ii) addition of external iron salts at near neutral pH has no additional effect on the bacterial photo-Fenton inactivation process. After one week of storage, no enteric bacteria re-growth was observed in treated waters. Mechanistic suggestions are presented to explain the observed results. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved

Awareness of vaccination status and its predictors among working people in Switzerland

BACKGROUND: Adult vaccination status may be difficult to obtain, often requiring providers to rely on individual patient recall. To determine vaccination status awareness and the sociodemographic predictors of awareness for tetanus, hepatitis A and B, tick born encephalitis (TBE) and influenza vaccination. METHODS: Multivariate analyses were used to evaluate a questionnaire survey of 10 321 employees (4070 women and 6251 men aged 15–72 years) of two companies in Switzerland. RESULTS: Among 10 321 respondents, 75.5% reported knowing their tetanus vaccination status, 64.1% hepatitis A, 61.1% hepatitis B, 64.3% TBE and 71.9% influenza. Between 1 in 4 and 1 in 3 employees were not aware of their vaccination status. Differences in awareness for the five vaccinations considered correlated with gender and language. These differences persisted in multivariate analyses. CONCLUSION: Women employees, German-speaking employees and employees who paid more attention to their diet were more often aware of their vaccination status. A more reliable and readily accessible data source for vaccination status is needed in order to capitalize on opportunities to update vaccinations among Swiss employees

Convergence in the physical appearance of spouses

This study attempted to determine whether people who live with each other for a long period of time grow physically similar in their facial features. Photographs of couples when they were first married and 25 years later were judged for physical similarity and for the likelihood that they were married. The results showed that there is indeed an increase in apparent similarity after 25 years of cohabitation. Moreover, increase in resemblance was associated with greater reported marital happiness. Among the explanations of this phenomenon that were examined, one based on a theory of emotional efference emerged as promising. This theory proposes that emotional processes produce vascular changes that are, in part, regulated by facial musculature. The facial muscles are said to act as ligatures on veins and arteries, and they thereby are able to divert blood from, or direct blood to, the brain. An implication of the vascular theory of emotional efference is that habitual use of facial musculature may permanently affect the physical features of the face. The implication holds further that two people who live with each other for a longer period of time, by virtue of repeated empathic mimicry, would grow physically similar in their facial features. Kin resemblance, therefore, may not be simply a matter of common genes but also a matter of prolonged social contact.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/45361/1/11031_2004_Article_BF00992848.pd