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“We're Not Speaking Any More”: A Cross-Cultural Study of Intergenerational Cut-Offs
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 2003-06)
This study of individuals in the U.S. and Tamil Nadu, India, examines the reasons given for voluntary limitations on contact between adult children and their parents (“cut-offs”). We examine the possibly that these breeches ...
Transnational Ties and Mental Health of Caribbean Immigrants
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, Inc., 2004-10)
Immigration scholars have demonstrated the increasing importance of transnational activities among contemporary immigrants. While much of the previous research has emphasized social and economic outcomes, very little ...
Cognitive impairment in heart failure: towards a consensus on screening
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2014-03)
The spread and persistence of infectious diseases in structured populations
(Elsevier, 1988)
A basic assumption of many epidemic models is that populations are composed of a homogeneous group of randomly mixing individuals. This is not a realistic assumption. Most actual populations are divided into a number of ...
The stochastic SI model with recruitment and deaths I. comparison with the closed SIS model
(Elsevier, 1993)
We compare the stochastic and deterministic version of an SI model with recuitment, background deaths, and deaths due to the disease. For the stochastic version, analysis of the mean number of susceptibles, m, and infecteds, ...
Activity of Daily Living Trajectories Surrounding Acute Hospitalization of Long‐Stay Nursing Home Residents
(Wiley Periodicals, Inc., 2013-11)
Do Market-Level Hospital and Physician Resources Affect Small Area Variation in Hospital Use?
(Sage Publications, 1999)
This study evaluates the effect of market-level physician and hospital resources on hospital use. It is anticipated that higher hospital discharges are associated with (1) greater hospital and physician resources, (2) more ...
Emergent Behaviors in a Deterministic Model of the Human Uterus
(2009-11-10)
A cellular automaton designed to mimic the geometry, and physiologic function of the human uterus in labor produces patterns of activity which provide insight into how the human uterus functions in the birth process.
Predictors of Chain Acquisition among Independent Dialysis Facilities
(Blackwell Publishing Inc, 2010-04)
To determine the predictors of chain acquisition among independent dialysis providers.Retrospective facility-level data combined from CMS Cost Reports, Medical Evidence Forms, Annual Facility Surveys, and claims for ...