The Advantages of Home Economics In The Elementary School

Thus in summing up the advantages of Home Economics in the Elementary Schools, where it plays so vital a part in the child\u27s training in fitting the child to meet the needs of society, we find Home Economic playing an important part in the school curriculum of to-day

The relative significance of carbonic acid and ammonia elimination in the acid intoxications of pregnancy

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Avoidable hospitalizations and access to primary care: comparisons among Italians, resident immigrants and undocumented immigrants in administrative hospital discharge records

Background Immigrants face multiple barriers in accessing healthcare; however, empirical assessment of access presents serious methodological issues, and evidence on undocumented immigrants is scant and based mainly on non-representative samples. We examine avoidable hospitalization (AH) as an indicator of poor access to primary care (PC) in Italy, where a universal healthcare system guarantees access but fails to assign general practitioners to undocumented immigrants. Methods Using anonymized national hospital discharge records in 2019, undocumented immigrants were identified through an administrative financing code. Potential effects of poor access to PC were measured by focusing on the incidence of AH, differentiated among chronic, acute and vaccine-preventable conditions, comparing Italian citizens, documented (foreign nationals with residence permits) and undocumented immigrants. We estimated odd ratios (ORs) through logistic regression models, controlling for individual and contextual confounders. Findings Compared with Italians, undocumented and documented immigrants adjusted odd ratios (OR) for the risk of AH were 1¢422 (95% CI 1¢322-1¢528) and 1¢243 (95% CI 1¢201-1¢287), respectively. Documented immigrants showed ORs not significantly greater than 1 for AH due to chronic diseases compared with Italians, while undocumented immigrants registered higher adjusted OR for all AH categories − chronic (OR 1¢187; 95% CI 1¢064-1¢325), acute (OR 1¢645; 95% CI 1¢500-1¢803) and vaccine-preventable (OR 2¢170; 95% CI 1¢285-3¢664). Interpretation Documented and undocumented immigrants face considerably higher risk of AH compared to Italians. Considering the burden of AHs, access to PC (including preventive and ambulatory care) should be provided to undocumented immigrants, and additional barriers to care for all immigrants should be further explored

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Transtorno do espectro autístico: desafio ministerial

O trabalho cuja justificativa é compreender a relevância do Ministério específico com pessoas do Transtorno do Espectro Autístico (TEA), visando não só o pastoreio das mesmas, assim como de seus familiares, foi delimitado ao contexto da Igreja Cristã. A metodologia utilizada para o trabalho foi à pesquisa bibliográfica, por meio de livros de autores que trataram sobre o assunto como Brenda Darke, Ame Fenton Lee, Marcelo Martins entre outros. O objetivo geral da pesquisa ocorreu em torno da necessidade da inclusão da pessoa com TEA na Igreja, assim como a integração e pastoreio de sua família respectivamente, verificando assim a possibilidade de um ministério específico para pessoas com TEA. Os objetivos específicos definiram o TEA, suas características, a posição da sociedade e da família diante do transtorno, a inclusão diante da deficiência nos pontos de vista da sociedade e da igreja e, a criação do Ministério específico para autistas além de apoio as famílias, aconselhamento pastoral e visitação. Desta forma, considera-se de suma importância a concepção deste Ministério no contexto da Igreja Cristã

Regional Variations in Medical Device Diffusion

Despite established efficacy for cardiac implantable electrical devices (CIEDs), large differences in CIED implant rates have been documented across and within countries. The aim of this paper is to investigate the influence of socio‐economic, epidemiological and supply side factors on CIED implant rates across 57 Regions in 5 EU countries and to assess the feasibility of using administrative data for this purpose. A total of 1 330 098 hospitalizations for CIED procedures extracted from hospital discharge databases in Austria, England, Germany, Italy and Slovenia from 2008 to 2012 was used in the analysis. Higher levels of tertiary education among the labour force and percent of aged population are positively associated with implant rates of CIED. Regional per capita GDP and number of implanting centres appear to have no significant effect. Institutional factors are shown to be important for the diffusion of CIED. Wide variation in CIED implant rates across and within five EU countries is undeniable. However, regional factors play a limited part in explaining these differences with few exceptions. Administrative databases are a valuable source of data for investigating the diffusion of medical technologies, while the choice of appropriate modelling strategy is crucial in identifying the drivers for variation across countries. © 2017 The Authors. Health Economics published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd

Solar cooking in the sahel

Solar cookers are a cheap, practical tool for sustainable development, which can be built and maintained without access to expensive tools or machinery. Solar cookers require direct sunshine for effective cooking, so clouds or heavy atmospheric dust loads can slow down or prevent their use. Surface meteorological (SYNOP) stations record the daily hours of direct sunshine and were used to generate climatology of days with greater than 6 h available for cooking. The SYNOP dataset is very sparse in many parts of Africa and therefore is complemented by the use of geostationary satellite data. Higher temporal resolution surface insolation records are derived from SEVIRI (Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager) on board the Meteosat Second Generation satellite series by EUMETSAT's Land Satellite Application Facility, but the approach uses fixed aerosol climatology. Direct surface solar irradiance was derived using the Beer-Lambert law using AODs retrieved from SEVIRI. Validation indicates that its capabilities are strongest over drier and less vegetated surfaces such as those found in the Sahara and Sahel. Biomass-burning aerosol may be significant over the Sahel in winter, and SEVIRI AODs may miss this unless it is masked as cloud, although here SYNOP values are still greater than those from SEVIRI

Short summary of research with young people for the development of impactful RSHE 2023

The Women and Equalities Committee inquiry (2016), found sexual harassment and sexual violence in schools to be widespread, facilitated by access to online pornography. UK research found most children have seen pornography by 16, with 75% reporting that pornography did not teach about positive relationships (Martellozzo et al., 2017). Ofsted conducted a rapid review of sexual abuse in schools (Ofsted, 2021), finding serious areas of concern surrounding sexual abuse in school has arisen in the context of child-on-child or peer-on-peer abuse (DFE, 2022; Ofsted, 2021). ‘Everyone’s Invited’ website forum for survivors of sexual abuse testifies to this. UK statutory guidance (DFE, 2019) introduced new mandates around Relationships, Sex and Health Education (RSHE), making this compulsory in secondary schools in England from late 2020. The new mandates regarding RSHE provision, highlight the need for more concerted action to ensure that RSHE is relevant to young people’s needs and is delivered effectively. Our current study aimed to inform future action in this area. Our research questions were as follows:1. What do young people want to learn about consent and pornography in schools? 2. How do young people want to learn about consent and pornography in schools? 3. What kind of RSHE resources and activities can empower young people to forge healthy relationships in their daily lives? Five schools and 62 year 9 students took part in this study, which used a focus group approach and delivered this through a post-it note questions activity, showing of a film 'DARE' made by young people for young people (by two members of the research team), and a quote activity, looking at quotes from previous research (conducted by one member of the research team), upon the impact of pornography upon young people. 12 hours of focus group data was collected. Thematic analysis was used to inform our main findings and themes, which were:Focus on relationships not just biology, deliver consent in more depth, integrate diverse sexuality and gender across content, do not ignore pornography and its impact in young people's lives, use innovative entry points such as film and testimonies to discuss topics, allow time to deliver RSHE and prioritise and ringfence this time, deliver learning across genders, the importance of confidence, openness, respect and adaptability of those delivering RSHE, create enabling environments, that may lead to critical conversations with young people about the things that matter in their lives and which are relatable to them

Limitations on the role of the hyporheic zone in chromium natural attenuation in a contaminated urban stream

The urban hyporheic zone may offer natural attenuation potential for contaminants. This potential is contaminant-specific and may be spatially and temporally variable. The aim of this study was the assessment of the natural attenuation potential of the hyporheic zone of an urban stream receiving hexavalent chromium (Cr)-rich effluents from the historical land disposal of chromite ore processing residue (COPR) in Glasgow, Scotland. The evidence based approach involved the use of a network of multilevel piezometers for best capturing potential anoxic field conditions and fine-scale spatial gradients in solute concentrations of surface water and porewater. In-situ porewater sampling was integrated with sediment sampling and reach-scale monitoring of stream water quality. The results show a sharp decrease of total dissolved (filtered <0.45 μm) Cr concentrations at the surface water – sediment boundary in all profiles, from Cr mean values of 1100 μg l−1 in surface water to 5 μg l−1 in porewater. Chromium speciation analysis indicates that no Cr(VI) was detectable in the neutral pH, moderately reducing porewater, while it was the dominant species in surface water. Evidence of historical COPR detrital grains contributed to the total Cr concentrations (size fraction <150 μm) up to 8800 mg kg−1 in the streambed sediment. The abundance in the porewater of Fe (mean value = 1700 μg l−1), mainly as Fe(II), a natural electron donor for Cr(VI) reduction to Cr(III), indicates a high natural attenuation potential of the hyporheic zone for downwelling dissolved Cr, through Cr(VI) reduction to Cr(III) and the formation of Cr(III) solids of low solubility. Authigenic Cr-rich rims on particles also documented active Cr precipitation from solution in the fine sediments. Large short-term changes of stream stage and stream water composition were not reflected in the hyporheic conservative (chloride) and reactive solute composition. This result indicates only limited surface water infiltration and suggests that small advective exchange might limit the effectiveness of the hyporheic zone for enhancing Cr surface water quality at the reach-scale. This is supported by further evidence from preliminary surface water quality synoptic sampling which shows only moderate to low downstream decrease in surface water Cr concentrations. The surface water investigation needs to be supported by combined water quality-flow monitoring and to be extended to a wider range of temporal and spatial scales to corroborate the reach-scale findings