Systematic review of current trends of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and association between health insurance coverage and CVD mortality among women aged 60--65 in Texas in 2000--2011

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is highly preventable, yet it is a leading cause of death among women in Texas. The primary goals of this research were to examine past and current trends of CVD, as well as identify whether there is an association between the insurance coverage and mortality from CVD among women aged 60–65 in Texas between 2000 and 2011. ^ The systematic review of the research is based on the guidelines and recommendations set by the Centre for Reviews and Dissemination for conducting reviews in health care. Over 47 citations of peer-reviewed articles from Ovid MEDLINE and PubMed databases and five websites were identified, of which 7 studies met inclusion criteria for the first systematic review to examine the trends of CVD in Texas. Ten citations of peer-reviewed articles from Ovid MEDLINE and PubMed databases and five web sites were reviewed for the second systematic review (to study the association between insurance coverage and cardiovascular health among Texas women 60–64 years of age), of which 3 studies met inclusion criteria and were included in the research. The results of the study highlighted key gaps in the existing literature and important areas for the further research, as well as determined directions for future public health CVD prevention programs in Texas. ^ Based on the conducted research, the major determinants of premature mortality among women attributed to cardiovascular disease are based on individual level characteristics, more specifically sex, age, race/ethnicity, and education. The results indicate that African American and non-Hispanic white women are more likely to have higher CVD mortality rates than Hispanic women due to higher prevalence of cardiac risk factors. The data also shows higher levels of mortality from CVD in the southeastern United States, with Texas ranking as the third state with the highest prevalence of CVD among women. According to the Texas Department of State Health Services, there are approximately 56,000 deaths caused by CVD annually in Texas, which represents about one death every ten minutes. Coronary artery disease and stroke were the causes of 31.2 percent of all female deaths in Texas in 2009, meaning that approximately 68 women die from any form of cardiac disease in Texas each day. ^ The data of the reviewed studies indicate that women' lack of health insurance was significantly associated with a higher prevalence of cardiovascular disease. The uninsured women were more likely to be unaware of their risk factors and more likely to have undiagnosed diabetes—a co-morbidity factor of CVD. One of the studies also reports strong correlation between state rates of uninsured and lower rates of preventive care. Given these strong correlations, those who were chronically uninsured were at a higher risk of mortality than the insured, due to prolonged periods of time without basic access to preventive and medical care. ^ Suggested recommendations to decrease CVD mortality rates in Texas are consistent with the existing literature and include state policy development that addresses elimination of health disparities, consideration of potential benefits of universal health coverage by the legislative policymakers, and maintenance of solid partnerships between public health agencies and hospitals to educate on, diagnose, and treat CVD among the female population in Texas. ^

El mundo del trabajo vitivinícola en Mendoza (Argentina) durante la modernización capitalista, 1880-1914

Este artículo traza un breve panorama del proceso de desarrollo de la vitivinicultura capitalista en Mendoza y luego, utilizando diversas fuentes primarias y secundarias, determina la composición del mercado de trabajo vitivinícola y su evolución cuantitativa y cualitativa. La introducción de equipamiento técnico de avanzada obligó a la capacitación de la mano de obra con mejoras en los ingresos de los asalariados. Este mercado se complejizó con el tiempo y aparecieron múltiples jerarquías, desde el peón al enólogo o director técnico de las bodegas, pasando por los contratistas de viñas o los capataces. Muchos trabajadores ascendieron socialmente y se convirtieron en empresarios, en itinerarios que respondieron a diversas estrategias rastreables en las fuentes. Finalmente, las condiciones laborales que tuvieron los trabajadores muestran la precariedad en la que se desenvolvían y la indefensión en la que estaban inmersos por la ausencia de colectivos gremiales que asumieran la representación del trabajo frente al capital.

El mundo del trabajo vitivinícola en Mendoza (Argentina) durante la modernización capitalista, 1880-1914

Este artículo traza un breve panorama del proceso de desarrollo de la vitivinicultura capitalista en Mendoza y luego, utilizando diversas fuentes primarias y secundarias, determina la composición del mercado de trabajo vitivinícola y su evolución cuantitativa y cualitativa. La introducción de equipamiento técnico de avanzada obligó a la capacitación de la mano de obra con mejoras en los ingresos de los asalariados. Este mercado se complejizó con el tiempo y aparecieron múltiples jerarquías, desde el peón al enólogo o director técnico de las bodegas, pasando por los contratistas de viñas o los capataces. Muchos trabajadores ascendieron socialmente y se convirtieron en empresarios, en itinerarios que respondieron a diversas estrategias rastreables en las fuentes. Finalmente, las condiciones laborales que tuvieron los trabajadores muestran la precariedad en la que se desenvolvían y la indefensión en la que estaban inmersos por la ausencia de colectivos gremiales que asumieran la representación del trabajo frente al capital.

El mundo del trabajo vitivinícola en Mendoza (Argentina) durante la modernización capitalista, 1880-1914

Este artículo traza un breve panorama del proceso de desarrollo de la vitivinicultura capitalista en Mendoza y luego, utilizando diversas fuentes primarias y secundarias, determina la composición del mercado de trabajo vitivinícola y su evolución cuantitativa y cualitativa. La introducción de equipamiento técnico de avanzada obligó a la capacitación de la mano de obra con mejoras en los ingresos de los asalariados. Este mercado se complejizó con el tiempo y aparecieron múltiples jerarquías, desde el peón al enólogo o director técnico de las bodegas, pasando por los contratistas de viñas o los capataces. Muchos trabajadores ascendieron socialmente y se convirtieron en empresarios, en itinerarios que respondieron a diversas estrategias rastreables en las fuentes. Finalmente, las condiciones laborales que tuvieron los trabajadores muestran la precariedad en la que se desenvolvían y la indefensión en la que estaban inmersos por la ausencia de colectivos gremiales que asumieran la representación del trabajo frente al capital.

Estudio de limitaciones en sistemas WDM

Los avances tecnológicos de los últimos años han modificado el panorama de las comunicaciones ópticas. Los amplificadores EDFA (Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifier) han alterado dos aspectos fundamentales de los sistemas WDM (Wavelength Division Multiplexing): el aumento considerable de las distancias de regeneración y además, la tecnología WDM es un medio más económico de incrementar la capacidad de los sistemas que la tecnología TDM (Time Division Multiplexing). Sin embargo, la implementación de sistemas WDM con grandes tramos sin regeneración de señal óptica trae consigo la aparición de nuevos problemas, entre los que se encuentran las no-linealidades en fibra óptica. Estas no-linealidades en fibras de sílice se pueden clasificar en dos categorías: dispersión estimulada (de Raman y de Brillouin) y efectos debidos al índice no lineal de refracción (automodulación y modulación cruzada de fase y mezcla de cuatro ondas). Este Proyecto Fin de Carrera pretende ser un estudio teórico que refleje el actual Estado del Arte de los principales efectos no-lineales que se producen en los sistemas WDM: dispersión estimulada de Raman (SRS, Stimulated Raman Scattering), dispersión estimulada de Brillouin (SBS,Stimulated Brilfouin Scattering), automodulación de fase (SPM, Self-Phase Modulation), modulación cruzada de fase (XPM, Cross-Phase Modulation) y mezcla de cuatro ondas (FWM, Four-Wave Mixing).

Multi-agent location system in wireless networks

In this paper we propose a flexible Multi-Agent Architecture together with a methodology for indoor location which allows us to locate any mobile station (MS) such as a Laptop, Smartphone, Tablet or a robotic system in an indoor environment using wireless technology. Our technology is complementary to the GPS location finder as it allows us to locate a mobile system in a specific room on a specific floor using the Wi-Fi networks. The idea is that any MS will have an agent known at a Fuzzy Location Software Agent (FLSA) with a minimum capacity processing at its disposal which collects the power received at different Access Points distributed around the floor and establish its location on a plan of the floor of the building. In order to do so it will have to communicate with the Fuzzy Location Manager Software Agent (FLMSA). The FLMSAs are local agents that form part of the management infrastructure of the Wi-Fi network of the Organization. The FLMSA implements a location estimation methodology divided into three phases (measurement, calibration and estimation) for locating mobile stations (MS). Our solution is a fingerprint-based positioning system that overcomes the problem of the relative effect of doors and walls on signal strength and is independent of the network device manufacturer. In the measurement phase, our system collects received signal strength indicator (RSSI) measurements from multiple access points. In the calibration phase, our system uses these measurements in a normalization process to create a radio map, a database of RSS patterns. Unlike traditional radio map-based methods, our methodology normalizes RSS measurements collected at different locations on a floor. In the third phase, we use Fuzzy Controllers to locate an MS on the plan of the floor of a building. Experimental results demonstrate the accuracy of the proposed method. From these results it is clear that the system is highly likely to be able to locate an MS in a room or adjacent room.

La crítica poética como instrumento del proyecto de arquitectura

Vivimos en un tiempo de referencias múltiples, de inquietudes en todos los ámbitos -también en el de la arquitectura-, en el que se trata de superar el peso de la historia; donde los apegos sobran y lo que interesa son las posibilidades que nos depara el presente activo. El papel de la crítica de la arquitectura se cuestiona a diario. Los nuevos media son contenedores en actualización continua y el texto ha sido sustituido inevitablemente por la imagen y la acción. En este contexto, la tesis cuestiona por que el nuevo sentido de la crítica sea el de operador que acompaña al proceso del proyecto arquitectónico. Desde el proyecto, sobre el proyecto, para el proyecto, en el proyecto, hacia el proyecto, con el proyecto. Acometiendo la acción crítica desde la complejidad de lo arquitectónico, sobre la diversidad, para la pluralidad, en lo colectivo, hacia la simultaneidad en la síntesis. Para ello, la tesis se apoya en la noción de poética –como complejidad y síntesis interna- y en cinco sistemas arquitectónicos cuya interacción no puede ignorarse –campo, programa, materia, geometría y morfología- para renovar y actualizar la usabilidad de un método crítico –el método Mirregan-Todorov- que ha obtenido reconocidos resultados; pero cuya pesada estructura limita en gran medida su campo de acción y operativa. En este sentido, no se trata ni de una tesis meramente analítica, ni de determinar unos paradigmas arquitectónicos para este siglo. Esta investigación reformula el papel de la crítica de la arquitectura hoy, y parte del orden –como autoorganización- abierto de la crítica poética para proponer una línea de trabajo sobre la interacción de sistemas arquitectónicos de una manera sinérgica y a disposición del proceso de proyecto. Disposición que lleva, como proposición final, a plantear esta actitud como instrumento docente y pedagógico de la asignatura de proyectos arquitectónicos, ya que posibilita la obtención de una serie de cartografías abiertas reflejo de los múltiples agentes y factores de influencia del presente que propician una visión compleja, pero abordable, del proyecto como totalidad. ABSTRACT We live in a time of multiple references, of concerns in all areas -also in architecture-, which tries to overcome the burden of history. A time where the attachments remain and what matters are the possibilities active present lies. The role of criticism of architecture is questioned daily. New media are continuously updated containers, and the text has been inevitably replaced by the image and the action. In this context, the thesis questions that the new sense of criticism is to be the operator that accompanies the architectural design process. From the project, on the project, for the project, in the project, to the project, with the project. An operator which undertakes the critical work from the architectural complexity, on the diversity, plurality, in the collective, to the simultaneous synthesis. To do this, the thesis is based on the notion of poetic -as complexity and internal synthesis- and in five architectural systems whose interaction cannot be ignored -field, program, material, geometry and morphology- to renovate and upgrade the usability of a critical method –the Mirregan-Todorov method- which has obtained recognized results, but whose heavy structure limits greatly its scope and operational. In this sense, it is not a purely analytical thesis. It neither tries to identify any architectural paradigms for this century. This research reformulates the role of criticism of architecture today. It runs from the open orderliness –as self-organization- of the poetic criticism to propose a line of work on the interaction of architectural systems in a synergistic manner and available to the project process. Since this attitude enables the production of a series of open mapping which reflect multiple current factors and agents of influence, this arrangement leads, as a final proposition, to raise the poetic criticism as a teaching and educational instrument of the subject of architectural design, where those maps lead to a complex, but approachable, vision of the project as a whole.

Idyllic pictures drawn by Barnes, Miss Ellen Edwards, Paul Gray, Houghton, R.P. Leitch, Pinwell, Sandys, Small, G. Thomas, etc. etc.

"The illustrations in this volume have already appeared in the pages of 'The Quiver,' and are now printed from the original wood blocks; but many of the poems are here published for the first time."

Manuscrit venu de St. Hélène, d'une manière inconnue.

Purports to be an autobiography of Napoleon; attributed to Lullin de Chateauvieux. cf. Brit. mus. Cat. and Paris. Bib. nat. Cat. gen.

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The history of Russia, from the earliest period to the Crimean war.

"Reprinted from the stereotype plates."

New edition of the Babylonian Talmud. Original text edited, corrected, formulated, and translated into English

Vols. 1-2 revised and corrected by I.M. Wise; v. 9, revised by Godfrey Taubenhaus.

The hundred of Launditch and deanery of Brisley : in the county of Norfolk : evidences and topographical notes from public records, heralds' visitations, wills, court rolls, old charters, parish registers, town books, and other private sources : digested and arranged as materials for parochial, manorial, and family history /

--pt. 1. Tenants in chief. Mesne tenants and sub-tenants.--pt. 2. Parochial and ecclesiastical history.--pt. 3. Corrections and continuations of and additions to Blomefield's history ... to the present time.

Best management practices for pork production.

Best Management Practices or BMPs refer to operating techniques and good housekeeping principals for reducing and preventing environmental problems. The overall philosophy behind BMPs is to conduct everyday activities in a more environmentally sound manner. By using BMPs, a facility can help protect the environment, save money, and improve community well-being all at the same time.

Preliminary official statement dated February 4, 1993 : State of Illinois : $100,000,000 Build Illinois bonds (Sales tax revenue bonds) : Series R.

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