Delphyodon, eine neue Gattung der Apocynaceae aus Neu-Guinea

Von K. Schumann

Koloniales : eine Plauderei über Deutsch-Neu-Guinea

(von einem auf Java ansässigen Deutschen)

Deutsche Kolonialgesellschaften : Betrachtungen und Vorschläge nebst e. Anh. enthaltend die Statuten d. Deutschen Kolonial-Gesellschaft f. Südwest-Afrika, d. Neu Guinea Compagnie u. d. Deutsch-Ostafrikanischen Gesellschaft

von Viktor Ring

Neue Arten von Guinea, dem Kongo und dem Quango

von Richard Büttner

Die deutschen Niederlassungen an der Guinea-Küste

von Brix Förster

Neue Arten von Guinea, dem Kongo und dem Quango

von Richard Büttner

Streifzüge in Deutsch-Neu-Guinea und auf den Salomons-Inseln : eine botanische Forschungsreise

von Lily und Karl Rechinger

Neu-Guinea und der Bismarckarchipel : eine wirtschaftliche Studie

von Hans Blum

Analyses of maternal and child mortality rates of five West African countries: Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia, Senegal, Sierra Leone

After traveling to a small country in West Africa last summer, I became interested in learning more about the maternal, infant, and child death rates of that particular region of the continent. For the purposes of this paper I limited the number of countries that would be included in this research to five: Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia, Senegal, and Sierra Leone. There are three hypotheses that were considered when conducting the research for this paper. The first was that there is no difference in the under five mortality rates for Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia, Senegal, and Sierra Leone. The second hypothesis was that there is no difference in the female literacy rates for Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia, Senegal, and Sierra Leone. The final hypothesis was that there is no difference in the male literacy rates for Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia, Senegal, and Sierra Leone. The data used were collected from publicly available sources that include the CIA World Factbook, the WHO website, the UNICEF website, the Penn World Data table, and the World Bank website. The p-values that were calculated for all three hypotheses were found to be very significant, and all three of the null hypotheses were rejected. ^

SOCIO-ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DISTRIBUTION OF DRACUNCULUS MEDINENSIS (GUINEA WORM DISEASE) AND SUGGESTED METHODS FOR CONTROL, IBARAPA, NIGERIA, 1982 (AFRICA)

A population-based cross-sectional survey of socio-environmental factors associated with the prevalence of Dracunculus medinensis (guinea worm disease) was conducted in Idere, a rural agricultural community in Ibarapa, Oyo state, Nigeria, during 1982.^ The epidemiologic data were collected by household interview of all 501 households. The environmental data were collected by analysis of water samples collected from all domestic water sources and rainfall records.^ The specific objectives of this research were to: (a) Describe the prevalence of guinea worm disease in Idere during 1982 by age, sex, area of residence, drinking water source, religion and weekly amount of money spent by the household to collect potable drinking water. (b) Compare the characteristics of cases with non-cases of guinea worm in order to identify factors associated with high risk of infection. (c) Investigate domestic water sources for the distribution of Cyclops. (d) Determine the extent of potable water shortage with a view to identifying factors responsible for such shortage in the community. (e) Describe the effects of guinea worm on school attendance during 1980/1982 school years by class and location of school from piped water supply.^ The findings of this research indicate that during 1982, 31.8 percent of Idere's 6,527 residents experienced guinea worm infection, with higher prevalence of infection recorded in males in their most productive years and females in their teenage years. The role of sex and age to risk of higher infection rate was explained in the context of water related exposure and water intake due to dehydration from physical occupational actitives of subgroups.^ Potable water available to residents was considerably below the minimum recommended by WHO for tropical climates, with sixty-eight percent of water needs of the residents coming from unprotected surface water which harbour Cyclops, the obligatory intermediate host of Dracunculus medinensis. An association was found between periods of relative high density of Cyclops in domestic water and rainfall.^ Impact of guinea worm infection on educational activities was considerable and its implications were discussed, including the implications of the research findings in relation to control of guinea worm disease in Ibarapa. ^

Effects of Bedding on Pig Performance

More pigs are being produced in bedded systems such as hoop barns due to the increase in demand for niche pork. Most of the current swine nutrition information has been generated in confinement settings without bedding. As omnivores, pigs ingest some bedding. There are questions about the effects of the ingested bedding on growth and feed utilization by the modern market pig. More knowledge in this area will allow for more accurate feed formulation in bedded systems.

Eficacia de las vías periféricas intermitentes versus vías parenteral continuas en pacientes pediátricos de 2 a 4 años durante los meses mayo, junio y julio del 2013

El presente estudio tiene como propósito determinar la eficacia de las vías periféricas intermitentes versus vías parenterales continuas, en pacientes pediátricos de 2 a 4 años, del servicio de pediatría del Hospital Enfermeros Argentinos en la provincia de Mendoza. Para comprobar la eficacia se utilizó un diseño metodológico, el tipo de estudio es cuantitativo, observacional de corte transversal. Teniendo en cuenta todos los niños de 2 a 4 años que se encontraban internados con vías periféricas en el mes de mayo, junio y julio del 2013, de allí se extrajo la muestra de todos los pacientes internados con vías intermitentes y con vías parenterales continuas. Los datos se obtuvieron por medio de planillas que registraban los dos tipos de vías en estudio, la cual permitió obtener la información directamente proporcionada por los sujetos del estudio. A través de este instrumento de medición se pudo obtener resultados que indicaron la durabilidad de las vías periféricas intermitente y parenteral continuas con todas las posibles complicaciones que producen estos tipos de vías. Por último se detalla un análisis de los resultados, la interpretación de los mismos, se realizaran recomendaciones por los autores del estudio investigativo dirigido al equipo de salud del servicio de pediatría de Hospital Enfermeros Argentinos de General Alvear Mendoza, para modificar los factores influyentes que perjudican el bienestar del niño.