Global strategies to prevent chronic diseases

No Abstract.South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition Vol. 18(2) 2005: 101-10

A Secular Life

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Jewish Childhood: Growing up in New Zealand

Jewish Childhood: Growing up in New Zealan

Surface structure in simple liquid metals. An orbital free first principles study

Molecular dynamics simulations of the liquid-vapour interfaces in simple sp-bonded liquid metals have been performed using first principles methods. Results are presented for liquid Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Mg, Ba, Al, Tl, and Si at thermodynamic conditions near their respective triple points, for samples of 2000 particles in a slab geometry. The longitudinal ionic density profiles exhibit a pronounced stratification extending several atomic diameters into the bulk, which is a feature already experimentally observed in liquid K, Ga, In, Sn and Hg. The wavelength of the ionic oscillations shows a good scaling with the radii of the associated Wigner-Seitz spheres. The structural rearrangements at the interface are analyzed in terms of the transverse pair correlation function, the coordination number and the bond-angle distribution between nearest neighbors. The valence electronic density profile also shows (weaker) oscillations whose phase, with respect to those of the ionic profile, changes from opposite phase in the alkalis to almost in-phase for Si.Comment: 16 pages, 18 figures, 5 tables. Submitted to Phys. Rev.

Revival of Anglicanism during the restoration period with special reference to the diocese of Durham

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Fostering the exchange of real-life data across different countries to answer primary care research questions: a protocol for an UNLOCK study from the IPCRG

[Excerpt] This protocol describes a study that will explore the lessons of UNLOCK (Uncovering and Noting Long-term COPD and asthma to enhance Knowledge) over the past 5 years of sharing real-life primary care data from different countries to answer research questions on the diagnosis and management of chronic respiratory diseases. UNLOCK is an international collaboration between primary care researchers and practitioners to coordinate and share data sets of relevant diagnostic and follow-up variables for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma management in primary care. It was set up by members of the International Primary Care Respiratory Group (IPCRG) in response to the identified research need for research in primary care, which recruits patients representative of primary care populations, evaluates interventions realistically delivered within primary care and draws conclusions that will be meaningful to professionals working within primary care.1,2 [...]The IPCRG provided funding for this research project as an UNLOCK Group study for which the funding was obtained through an unrestricted grant by Novartis AG, Basel, Switzerland. Novartis has no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish or preparation of the manuscript.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Estimating the burden of rheumatoid arthritis in Africa:A systematic analysis

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has an estimated worldwide prevalence of 1%. It is one of the leading causes of chronic morbidity in the developed world, but little is known about the disease burden in Africa. RA is often seen as a minor health problem and has been neglected in research and resource allocation throughout Africa despite potentially fatal systemic manifestations. This review aims to identify all relevant epidemiological literature pertaining to the occurrence of RA in Africa and calculate the prevalence and burden of disease