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Educational Inequalities of the Second GenerationIn France and in the United States: school careers and attainment

2009

09025; Document de travail. Rapport pour la Nuffield Foundation. 34 p.; This paper aims to compare the educational outcomes of the second generation in France and in the United States and therefore to shape the patterns of educational inequality in both countries. The comparison is focused on children from two groups: North Africans in France and Mexicans in the US (compared to French born families and White third generation). By using two longitudinal datasets, the National Educational Panel Survey (Panel 95) of the French Ministry of Education and the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health), we examine their educational aspiration, careers and attainment in secondary…

Expectation.AspirationExpectation[SHS.EDU]Humanities and Social Sciences/EducationTracking[SHS.EDU] Humanities and Social Sciences/EducationSecond generation[ SHS.EDU ] Humanities and Social Sciences/EducationFranceSecondary educationAttainmentUnited StatesNorth Africans
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Personal protective equipment and intensive care unit healthcare worker safety in the COVID-19 era (PPE-SAFE): An international survey

2020

Purpose To survey healthcare workers (HCW) on availability and use of personal protective equipment (PPE) caring for COVID-19 patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). Materials and method A web-based survey distributed worldwide in April 2020. Results We received 2711 responses from 1797 (67%) physicians, 744 (27%) nurses, and 170 (6%) Allied HCW. For routine care, most (1557, 58%) reportedly used FFP2/N95 masks, waterproof long sleeve gowns (1623; 67%), and face shields/visors (1574; 62%). Powered Air-Purifying Respirators were used routinely and for intubation only by 184 (7%) and 254 (13%) respondents, respectively. Surgical masks were used for routine care by 289 (15%) and 47 (2%) for…

Face shieldMalebusiness.product_categoryHot TemperatureInfectious Disease TransmissionAllied Health PersonnelNursesCritical Care and Intensive Care MedicineOccupational safety and healthlaw.inventionPatient-to-Professional0302 clinical medicinelawSurveys and QuestionnairesPersonal protective equipmentHealth careMedicine and Health SciencesViralRespiratorRespiratory Protective DevicesHealth care workersHealth services researchHeadacheMasksMiddle AgedIntensive care unitEuropeIntensive Care UnitsFemaleSafetyCoronavirus InfectionsEye Protective DevicesThirstAdultmedicine.medical_specialtyCOVID-19; Health care workers; Intensive care; Personal protective equipment; Safety; Adult; Africa; Allied Health Personnel; Asia; Betacoronavirus; COVID-19; Coronavirus Infections; Europe; Eye Protective Devices; Female; Gloves Protective; Headache; Hot Temperature; Humans; Infectious Disease Transmission Patient-to-Professional; Intensive Care Units; Male; Masks; Middle Aged; North America; Nurses; Oceania; Pandemics; Personal Protective Equipment; Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; Physicians; Pneumonia Viral; Respiratory Protective Devices; SARS-CoV-2; South America; Surgical Attire; Surveys and Questionnaires; Thirst; Health Personnel; Occupational HealthInfectious Disease Transmission Patient-to-ProfessionalAsiaHealth PersonnelPneumonia ViralGlovesOceaniaPersonnel Staffing and SchedulingArticle03 medical and health sciencesBetacoronavirusIntensive carePhysiciansmedicineHumansSurgical AttirePersonal protective equipmentPandemicsOccupational Healthbusiness.industrySARS-CoV-2COVID-19030208 emergency & critical care medicinePneumoniaSouth AmericaProtective030228 respiratory systemCOVID-19Personal protective equipmentSafety Health care workersIntensive careIntensive careEmergency medicineAfricaNorth AmericabusinessGloves ProtectiveJournal of Critical Care
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Regional and global contributions of air pollution to risk of death from COVID-19

2020

Abstract Aims The risk of mortality from the coronavirus disease that emerged in 2019 (COVID-19) is increased by comorbidity from cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases. Air pollution also causes excess mortality from these conditions. Analysis of the first severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-1) outcomes in 2003, and preliminary investigations of those for SARS-CoV-2 since 2019, provide evidence that the incidence and severity are related to ambient air pollution. We estimated the fraction of COVID-19 mortality that is attributable to the long-term exposure to ambient fine particulate air pollution. Methods and results We characterized global exposure to fine particulates…

Fine particulate matterAsiaTime FactorsPhysiologyAir pollutionAir pollution030204 cardiovascular system & hematology010501 environmental sciencesmedicine.disease_causeGlobal Health01 natural sciencesRisk Assessment03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineRisk FactorsEnvironmental healthPhysiology (medical)Risk of mortalitymedicineGlobal healthHumansEast AsiaAcademicSubjects/MED002000105 earth and related environmental sciencesAir PollutantsIncidence (epidemiology)COVID-19Environmental exposureOriginal ArticlesEnvironmental ExposureParticulatesModels TheoreticalmortalityEuropeEditor's ChoicecomorbidityNorth AmericaEnvironmental scienceParticulate MatterRisk assessmentCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineCardiovascular Research
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Hospitalisation and length of hospital stay following first-episode psychosis:Systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies

2019

AbstractBackgroundReducing hospitalisation and length of stay (LOS) in hospital following first episode psychosis (FEP) is important, yet reliable measures of these outcomes and their moderators are lacking. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to investigate the proportion of FEP cases who were hospitalised after their first contact with services and the LOS in a hospital during follow-up.MethodsStudies were identified from a systematic search across major electronic databases from inception to October 2017. Random effects meta-analyses and meta-regression analyses were conducted.Results81 longitudinal studies encompassing data for 23 280 FEP patients with an average follow-u…

First contactAdultMalePediatricsmedicine.medical_specialtyFirst episode psychosisAsiaTime FactorsAdolescentUntreated psychosisinpatient03 medical and health sciencesYoung Adult0302 clinical medicinelength of stayFirst episode psychosismedicinefollow-upHumansLongitudinal StudiesApplied Psychologybusiness.industryhospitalisationAustraliaLength of Staymedicine.disease030227 psychiatryEuropeHospitalizationschizophreniaPsychiatry and Mental healthPsychotic DisordersSchizophreniaMeta-analysisNorth AmericaSchizophreniaoutcomeFemalebusinessHospital stay030217 neurology & neurosurgerySystematic searchNew Zealand
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Artificial Reefs in the Gulf of Castellammare (North-West Sicily): A Case Study

2000

Most of the plans for fish stock replenishment recently undertaken in Sicily have focused on the Gulf of Castellammare. Reasons for choosing this biotope for a restocking plan include the size of the Gulf (300 km2), the importance and traditional role of its fisheries and the existence of information describing the local marine environment. The Gulf of Castellammare is the widest bay in Sicily and fishing has always played a major role in the local economy. Today income from fishing complements that from tourism.

FisheryBiotopeGeographyOceanographyNorth westFishingArtificial reefFish stockBayTourismArtificial reefs
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<p><strong>Lectotypification of six names of species of <em>Scabiosa</em> s.l. (Caprifoliaceae) endemic to North Africa and r…

2020

As part of an ongoing project for the investigation of the Algerian-Tunisian flora, six names of species of Caprifoliaceae subfam. Dipsacaceae, endemic to central and western North Africa, described in the 19th and 20th Centuries under the genus Scabiosa, are here lectotypified. They are: Scabiosa camelorum Cosson & Durieu, Scabiosa cartenniana Pons & Quézel, Scabiosa daucoides Desf., Scabiosa farinosa Cosson, Scabiosa parielii Maire, and Scabiosa robertii Barratte. Taxonomic notes, distributisson and new unpublished data about plant phenology of these taxa are given.

FloraTaxonbiologyGenusBotanyNorth africaScabiosaPlant Sciencebiology.organism_classificationPlant phenologyCaprifoliaceaeDipsacaceaeEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsPhytotaxa
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Results of the 12th “Iter Mediterraneum” in Tunisia, 24 March - 4 April, 2014

2015

Are here presented the Results of the 12th “Iter Mediterraneum” in Tunisia, 24 March - 4 April, 2014. They include: The organization and logistics of the 12th OPTIMA Iter in Tunisia by Domina & al.; a bioclimatic and vegetation overview of the studied areas by Smaoui; the Checklist of the vascular plants collected by Greuter & Domina; a first Checklist of the Bryophytes collected by Campisi & al; a first Checklist of the lichens collected by Guttová & al.

Floristic investigation; OPTIMA; Mediterranean Area; North AfricaSettore BIO/02 - Botanica SistematicaSettore BIO/03 - Botanica Ambientale E ApplicataOPTIMAMediterranean AreaNorth AfricaFloristic investigation
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The water-soluble fraction of marine aerosol particles measured on the Island of Helgoland, North Sea

1997

Fluid Flow and Transfer ProcessesAtmospheric ScienceCloud microphysicsEnvironmental EngineeringMechanical EngineeringWater soluble fractionSea sprayAtmospheric sciencesPollutionAerosolEnvironmental scienceSolubilitySea salt aerosolNorth seaJournal of Aerosol Science
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Rat hepatocytes in primary culture synthesize and secrete cellular fibronectin

1992

Fibronectins, involved in cell-matrix interactions and cell attachment, are glycoproteins which show a remarkable heterogeneity, due to alternative splicing. The type III-related domains, ED-A and ED-B, are present in cellular fibronectin in a variety of ratios whereas they are absent in circulating plasma fibronectin. Fibronectin synthesis by hepatocytes which are accepted as suppliers of plasma fibronectin was studied in primary cultures during a 6-day culture period. Using site-specific antibodies we demonstrate that rat hepatocytes are also able to synthesize and secrete fibronectin bearing the ED-A domain from Day 3 on after inoculation. By immunocytological characterization of the hep…

Fluorescent Antibody TechniqueDexamethasoneLamininmedicineAnimalsalpha-MacroglobulinsRNA MessengerRats WistarCells Culturedchemistry.chemical_classificationMessenger RNAbiologyCell BiologyBlotting NorthernFNDC5Molecular biologyFibronectinsFibronectinsRatsFibronectinmedicine.anatomical_structureLiverchemistryCell cultureHepatocytebiology.proteinGlycoproteinExperimental Cell Research
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The Palermo (Sicily) seismic cluster of September 2002, in the seismotectonic framework of the Tyrrhenian Sea-Sicily border area

2009

The northern coast of Sicily and its offshore area represent a hinge zone between a sector of the Tyrrhenian
 Basin, characterized by the strongest crustal thinning, and the sector of the Sicilian belt which has emerged. This
 hinge zone is part of a wider W-E trending right-lateral shear zone, which has been affecting the Maghrebian
 Chain units since the Pliocene. Seismological and structural data have been used to evaluate the seismotectonic
 behavior of the area investigated here. Seismological analysis was performed on a data set of about 2100 seismic
 events which occurred between January 1988 and October 2002 in the Southern Tyrrhenian Sea. This paper
 focuses…

Focal mechanismSeismotectonicslcsh:QC801-809CrustInduced seismicityNorthwestern Sicilylcsh:QC851-999seismotectoniclcsh:Geophysics. Cosmic physicsGeophysicsShear (geology)LithosphereSouthern Tyrrhenian Seaseismotectonicslcsh:Meteorology. ClimatologyShear zoneAftershockSeismologyGeologyAnnals of Geophysics
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