Children's Library system, its projection in the Costa Rican Education

To focus the projection that libraries have had children in Costa Rican education, it is necessary to note that Costa Rica is one of the countries of Latin America, which has developed valuable experience of having specialized libraries in the care of preschool and school children , becoming an important resource in supporting educational and cultural level. This, then places it as a model country in this field in Latin America, on the initiative and from the heart of the capital, starting in 1971 with the opening of the Children's Library Carmen Lyra. System currently operates six libraries of this type, installed in different districts of the Central Canton of San Jose.

The nutritional status of pre-school children, Kainji Lake communities, Nigeria: a follow-up survey

This survey was carried out to provide the Kainji Lake Fisheries Promotion Project (KLFPP), whose overall goal is the improvement of the standard of living of fishing communities around Kainji Lake, Nigeria, managing the fisheries on a sustainable basis, with follow-up data for long-term monitoring and evaluation of the overall project goal. A similar survey, conducted in 1996, provided the baseline against which data from the current survey was evaluated. In a cross-sectional survey, anthropometric data was collected from 576 children aged 3-60 months in 282 fisherfolk households around the southern sector of Kainji Lake, Nigeria. In addition, data was collected on the nutritional status and fertility of the mothers, vaccination coverage of children and child survival indicators. For control purposes, 374 children and 181 mothers from non-fishing households around Kainji Lake were likewise covered by the survey. A standardised questionnaire was used to collect relevant data, while anthropometric measurements were made using appropriate equipment. Data compilation and analysis was carried out with a specially designed Microsoft Access application, using NCHS reference data for the analysis of anthropometric measurements. Statistical significance testing was done using EPI-INFO" software. The results of the follow-up survey indicate a slight increase in the percentage of stunted pre-school children in fishing households around Kainji Lake, from 40% in 1996 to 41% in 1999. This increase is however not statistically significant (p= 0.704). Over the same period, the percentage of stunted children in non-fishing households increased from 37% to 39% (p= 0.540), which is also not statistically significant. Likewise, there were no statistically significant differences between the 1996 and 1999 results for the prevalence of either wasted or underweight children in fishing households. The same applies to children from non-fishing households. In addition, vaccination coverage remains very low while infant and child mortality rates continue to be extremely high with about 1 in 5 children dying before their fifth birthday. There has been no perceptible and lasting improvement in the standard of living of fishing households over the course of the second project phase as indicated by the persistently high prevalence of stunting. The situation is the same for the control group, indicating that for the region as a whole, a number of factors beyond the immediate influence of the project continue to negatively impact on the standard of living. The results also show that the project activities have not had any negative long-term effect on the nutritional status of the beneficiaries. (PDF contains 44 pages)

Biennial report of the Legislative Council for the fiscal years ... submitted to the members of the ... General Assembly of the State of Illinois.

Some issues have also a distinctive title: 1966/1968, 1970/1972, Policy research for the Illinois Legislature; 1976/1978, Research and printing services for the Illinois General Assembly.

Final report of the OSPI legislative program for the 77th General Assembly, Spring session, March-June 1972.

Mode of access: Internet.

A plea for the supremacy of Christ as the king and head of his own church in two sermons, preached in the Presbyterian Church, (Old School) Madison, Wis., March 18, 1860 /

These sermons are a response to the exclusion of slaveowners from communion. The author states why he opposes this practice and interprets New Testament passages on slavery.

The Old School Presbyterian church on slavery.

Mode of access: Internet.

Ministerial directory of the Presbyterian church, U. S., 1861-1941.

Bibliography: p. 825-826.

The old log house, a history and defense of the Cumberland Presbyterian church,

Mode of access: Internet.

Missions of the United Presbyterian Church : described in a series of stories.

Originally issued separately, nos. 1-4 in 1894.

Pictures by the old masters in the library of Christ Church, Oxford; a brief catalogue with historical and critical notes on the pictures in the collection,

With 64 illustrations.

Memorial of James Madison Macdonald : a discourse delivered in the First Presbyterian Church of Princeton, N.J., on Sabbath evening, May 14, 1876 /

Cover title: Memorial of James M. Macdonald, D.D.

Miscellaneous thoughts on several subjects of Divinity : so much controverted in the world with a brief historical sketch of the rise of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and of its progress to the present day.

Mode of access: Internet.

A history of the Rye Presbyterian Church; a documentary story ofPresbyterianism in Rye, New York, from the date of its settlement in l660 until the present time.

Includes bibliography.

A semi-centenary discourse, delivered in the First African Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, on the fourth Sabbath of May, 1857: with a history of the church from its first organization: including a brief notice of Rev. John Gloucester, its first pastor.

Mode of access: Internet.

The history of the Old South Church in Boston, in four sermons, delivered May 9, & 16, 1830, being the first and second Sabbaths after the completion of a century from the first occupancy of the present meeting house.

Mode of access: Internet.