text: Southeastern United States: The geographic area of the southeastern region of the United States in general or when the specific state or states are not included. The states usually included in this region are Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, West Virginia, and Virginia.Southwestern United States: The geographic area of the southwestern region of the United States. The states usually included in this region are Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, and Utah.Population Surveillance: Ongoing scrutiny of a population (general population, study population, target population, etc.), generally using methods distinguished by their practicability, uniformity, and frequently their rapidity, rather than by complete accuracy.Midwestern United States: The geographic area of the midwestern region of the United States in general or when the specific state or states are not indicated. The states usually included in this region are Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin.Northwestern United States: The geographic area of the northwestern region of the United States. The states usually included in this region are Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming.Incidence: The number of new cases of a given disease during a given period in a specified population. It also is used for the rate at which new events occur in a defined population. It is differentiated from PREVALENCE, which refers to all cases, new or old, in the population at a given time.Hispanic Americans: Persons living in the United States of Mexican (MEXICAN AMERICANS), Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or other Spanish culture or origin. The concept does not include Brazilian Americans or Portuguese Americans.Prevalence: The total number of cases of a given disease in a specified population at a designated time. It is differentiated from INCIDENCE, which refers to the number of new cases in the population at a given time.European Continental Ancestry Group: Individuals whose ancestral origins are in the continent of Europe.Risk Factors: An aspect of personal behavior or lifestyle, environmental exposure, or inborn or inherited characteristic, which, on the basis of epidemiologic evidence, is known to be associated with a health-related condition considered important to prevent.Ethnic Groups: A group of people with a common cultural heritage that sets them apart from others in a variety of social relationships.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.): An agency of the UNITED STATES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE that conducts and supports programs for the prevention and control of disease and provides consultation and assistance to health departments and other countries.Continental Population Groups: Groups of individuals whose putative ancestry is from native continental populations based on similarities in physical appearance.United States Food and Drug Administration: An agency of the PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE concerned with the overall planning, promoting, and administering of programs pertaining to maintaining standards of quality of foods, drugs, therapeutic devices, etc.Canada: The largest country in North America, comprising 10 provinces and three territories. Its capital is Ottawa.Emigration and Immigration: The process of leaving one's country to establish residence in a foreign country.African Americans: Persons living in the United States having origins in any of the black groups of Africa.Disease Outbreaks: Sudden increase in the incidence of a disease. The concept includes EPIDEMICS and PANDEMICS.Age Distribution: The frequency of different ages or age groups in a given population. The distribution may refer to either how many or what proportion of the group. The population is usually patients with a specific disease but the concept is not restricted to humans and is not restricted to medicine.Age Factors: Age as a constituent element or influence contributing to the production of a result. It may be applicable to the cause or the effect of a circumstance. It is used with human or animal concepts but should be differentiated from AGING, a physiological process, and TIME FACTORS which refers only to the passage of time.Infant, Newborn: An infant during the first month after birth.Health Surveys: A systematic collection of factual data pertaining to health and disease in a human population within a given geographic area.Data Collection: Systematic gathering of data for a particular purpose from various sources, including questionnaires, interviews, observation, existing records, and electronic devices. The process is usually preliminary to statistical analysis of the data.Socioeconomic Factors: Social and economic factors that characterize the individual or group within the social structure.United States Virgin Islands: A group of islands in the Lesser Antilles in the West Indies, the three main islands being St. Croix, St. Thomas, and St. John. The capital is Charlotte Amalie. Before 1917 the U.S. Virgin Islands were held by the Danish and called the Danish West Indies but the name was changed when the United States acquired them by purchase.African Continental Ancestry Group: Individuals whose ancestral origins are in the continent of Africa.MexicoHistory, 20th Century: Time period from 1901 through 2000 of the common era.United States Department of Agriculture: A cabinet department in the Executive Branch of the United States Government concerned with improving and maintaining farm income and developing and expanding markets for agricultural products. Through inspection and grading services it safeguards and insures standards of quality in food supply and production.New England: The geographic area of New England in general and when the specific state or states are not indicated. States usually included in this region are Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island.Travel: Aspects of health and disease related to travel.Sex Factors: Maleness or femaleness as a constituent element or influence contributing to the production of a result. It may be applicable to the cause or effect of a circumstance. It is used with human or animal concepts but should be differentiated from SEX CHARACTERISTICS, anatomical or physiological manifestations of sex, and from SEX DISTRIBUTION, the number of males and females in given circumstances.National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.): A center in the PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE which is primarily concerned with the collection, analysis, and dissemination of health statistics on vital events and health activities to reflect the health status of people, health needs, and health resources.Sex Distribution: The number of males and females in a given population. The distribution may refer to how many men or women or what proportion of either in the group. The population is usually patients with a specific disease but the concept is not restricted to humans and is not restricted to medicine.Nutrition Surveys: A systematic collection of factual data pertaining to the nutritional status of a human population within a given geographic area. Data from these surveys are used in preparing NUTRITION ASSESSMENTS.Puerto Rico: An island in the Greater Antilles in the West Indies. Its capital is San Juan. It is a self-governing commonwealth in union with the United States. It was discovered by Columbus in 1493 but no colonization was attempted until 1508. It belonged to Spain until ceded to the United States in 1898. It became a commonwealth with autonomy in internal affairs in 1952. Columbus named the island San Juan for St. John's Day, the Monday he arrived, and the bay Puerto Rico, rich harbor. The island became Puerto Rico officially in 1932. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p987 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p436)Cross-Cultural Comparison: Comparison of various psychological, sociological, or cultural factors in order to assess the similarities or diversities occurring in two or more different cultures or societies.United States Dept. of Health and Human Services: A cabinet department in the Executive Branch of the United States Government concerned with administering those agencies and offices having programs pertaining to health and human services.Health Care Surveys: Statistical measures of utilization and other aspects of the provision of health care services including hospitalization and ambulatory care.Cross-Sectional Studies: Studies in which the presence or absence of disease or other health-related variables are determined in each member of the study population or in a representative sample at one particular time. This contrasts with LONGITUDINAL STUDIES which are followed over a period of time.Asian Americans: Persons living in the United States having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent.Public Health: Branch of medicine concerned with the prevention and control of disease and disability, and the promotion of physical and mental health of the population on the international, national, state, or municipal level.Time Factors: Elements of limited time intervals, contributing to particular results or situations.Mortality: All deaths reported in a given population.Vital Statistics: Used for general articles concerning statistics of births, deaths, marriages, etc.SEER Program: A cancer registry mandated under the National Cancer Act of 1971 to operate and maintain a population-based cancer reporting system, reporting periodically estimates of cancer incidence and mortality in the United States. The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program is a continuing project of the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health. Among its goals, in addition to assembling and reporting cancer statistics, are the monitoring of annual cancer incident trends and the promoting of studies designed to identify factors amenable to cancer control interventions. (From National Cancer Institute, NIH Publication No. 91-3074, October 1990)Retrospective Studies: Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons.Seasons: Divisions of the year according to some regularly recurrent phenomena usually astronomical or climatic. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed)Health Services Accessibility: The degree to which individuals are inhibited or facilitated in their ability to gain entry to and to receive care and services from the health care system. Factors influencing this ability include geographic, architectural, transportational, and financial considerations, among others.Emigrants and Immigrants: People who leave their place of residence in one country and settle in a different country.Cohort Studies: Studies in which subsets of a defined population are identified. These groups may or may not be exposed to factors hypothesized to influence the probability of the occurrence of a particular disease or other outcome. Cohorts are defined populations which, as a whole, are followed in an attempt to determine distinguishing subgroup characteristics.Health Status Disparities: Variation in rates of disease occurrence and disabilities between population groups defined by socioeconomic characteristics such as age, ethnicity, economic resources, or gender and populations identified geographically or similar measures.Mid-Atlantic Region: A geographical area of the United States comprising the District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania.Logistic Models: Statistical models which describe the relationship between a qualitative dependent variable (that is, one which can take only certain discrete values, such as the presence or absence of a disease) and an independent variable. A common application is in epidemiology for estimating an individual's risk (probability of a disease) as a function of a given risk factor.Questionnaires: Predetermined sets of questions used to collect data - clinical data, social status, occupational group, etc. The term is often applied to a self-completed survey instrument.American Medical Association: Professional society representing the field of medicine.Hospitalization: The confinement of a patient in a hospital.Pregnancy: The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH.Geography: The science dealing with the earth and its life, especially the description of land, sea, and air and the distribution of plant and animal life, including humanity and human industries with reference to the mutual relations of these elements. (From Webster, 3d ed)Acculturation: Process of cultural change in which one group or members of a group assimilate various cultural patterns from another.Foodborne Diseases: Acute illnesses, usually affecting the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, brought on by consuming contaminated food or beverages. Most of these diseases are infectious, caused by a variety of bacteria, viruses, or parasites that can be foodborne. Sometimes the diseases are caused by harmful toxins from the microbes or other chemicals present in the food. Especially in the latter case, the condition is often called food poisoning.Mexican Americans: Persons living in the United States of Mexican descent.Wounds and Injuries: Damage inflicted on the body as the direct or indirect result of an external force, with or without disruption of structural continuity.Mass Screening: Organized periodic procedures performed on large groups of people for the purpose of detecting disease.Demography: Statistical interpretation and description of a population with reference to distribution, composition, or structure.EuropeBehavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System: Telephone surveys are conducted to monitor prevalence of the major behavioral risks among adults associated with premature MORBIDITY and MORTALITY. The data collected is in regard to actual behaviors, rather than on attitudes or knowledge. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) established the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) in 1984.Risk Assessment: The qualitative or quantitative estimation of the likelihood of adverse effects that may result from exposure to specified health hazards or from the absence of beneficial influences. (Last, Dictionary of Epidemiology, 1988)Medicare: Federal program, created by Public Law 89-97, Title XVIII-Health Insurance for the Aged, a 1965 amendment to the Social Security Act, that provides health insurance benefits to persons over the age of 65 and others eligible for Social Security benefits. It consists of two separate but coordinated programs: hospital insurance (MEDICARE PART A) and supplementary medical insurance (MEDICARE PART B). (Hospital Administration Terminology, AHA, 2d ed and A Discursive Dictionary of Health Care, US House of Representatives, 1976)Health Care Costs: The actual costs of providing services related to the delivery of health care, including the costs of procedures, therapies, and medications. It is differentiated from HEALTH EXPENDITURES, which refers to the amount of money paid for the services, and from fees, which refers to the amount charged, regardless of cost.TexasInternationality: The quality or state of relating to or affecting two or more nations. (After Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary, 10th ed)Smoking: Inhaling and exhaling the smoke of burning TOBACCO.Healthcare Disparities: Differences in access to or availability of medical facilities and services.Licensure: The legal authority or formal permission from authorities to carry on certain activities which by law or regulation require such permission. It may be applied to licensure of institutions as well as individuals.Insurance, Health: Insurance providing coverage of medical, surgical, or hospital care in general or for which there is no specific heading.Registries: The systems and processes involved in the establishment, support, management, and operation of registers, e.g., disease registers.Databases, Factual: Extensive collections, reputedly complete, of facts and data garnered from material of a specialized subject area and made available for analysis and application. The collection can be automated by various contemporary methods for retrieval. The concept should be differentiated from DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC which is restricted to collections of bibliographic references.HIV Infections: Includes the spectrum of human immunodeficiency virus infections that range from asymptomatic seropositivity, thru AIDS-related complex (ARC), to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).Minority Groups: A subgroup having special characteristics within a larger group, often bound together by special ties which distinguish it from the larger group.Influenza, Human: An acute viral infection in humans involving the respiratory tract. It is marked by inflammation of the NASAL MUCOSA; the PHARYNX; and conjunctiva, and by headache and severe, often generalized, myalgia.WisconsinIncome: Revenues or receipts accruing from business enterprise, labor, or invested capital.Health Expenditures: The amounts spent by individuals, groups, nations, or private or public organizations for total health care and/or its various components. These amounts may or may not be equivalent to the actual costs (HEALTH CARE COSTS) and may or may not be shared among the patient, insurers, and/or employers.Vaccination: Administration of vaccines to stimulate the host's immune response. This includes any preparation intended for active immunological prophylaxis.New MexicoFloridaPhylogeny: The relationships of groups of organisms as reflected by their genetic makeup.Multivariate Analysis: A set of techniques used when variation in several variables has to be studied simultaneously. In statistics, multivariate analysis is interpreted as any analytic method that allows simultaneous study of two or more dependent variables.History, 21st Century: Time period from 2001 through 2100 of the common era.Health Policy: Decisions, usually developed by government policymakers, for determining present and future objectives pertaining to the health care system.ArizonaCause of Death: Factors which produce cessation of all vital bodily functions. They can be analyzed from an epidemiologic viewpoint.GeorgiaLife Expectancy: Based on known statistical data, the number of years which any person of a given age may reasonably expected to live.Residence Characteristics: Elements of residence that characterize a population. They are applicable in determining need for and utilization of health services.National Health Insurance, United StatesCommerce: The interchange of goods or commodities, especially on a large scale, between different countries or between populations within the same country. It includes trade (the buying, selling, or exchanging of commodities, whether wholesale or retail) and business (the purchase and sale of goods to make a profit). (From Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed, p411, p2005 & p283)Public Policy: A course or method of action selected, usually by a government, from among alternatives to guide and determine present and future decisions.North AmericaUnited States Occupational Safety and Health Administration: An office in the Department of Labor responsible for developing and establishing occupational safety and health standards.Treatment Outcome: Evaluation undertaken to assess the results or consequences of management and procedures used in combating disease in order to determine the efficacy, effectiveness, safety, and practicability of these interventions in individual cases or series.Substance-Related Disorders: Disorders related to substance abuse.United States Public Health Service: A constituent organization of the DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES concerned with protecting and improving the health of the nation.Military Personnel: Persons including soldiers involved with the armed forces.Birth Rate: The number of births in a given population per year or other unit of time.Neoplasms: New abnormal growth of tissue. Malignant neoplasms show a greater degree of anaplasia and have the properties of invasion and metastasis, compared to benign neoplasms.New YorkEnvironmental Exposure: The exposure to potentially harmful chemical, physical, or biological agents in the environment or to environmental factors that may include ionizing radiation, pathogenic organisms, or toxic chemicals.State Government: The level of governmental organization and function below that of the national or country-wide government.Healthy People Programs: Healthy People Programs are a set of health objectives to be used by governments, communities, professional organizations, and others to help develop programs to improve health. It builds on initiatives pursued over the past two decades beginning with the 1979 Surgeon General's Report, Healthy People, Healthy People 2000: National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives, and Healthy People 2010. These established national health objectives and served as the basis for the development of state and community plans. These are administered by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP). Similar programs are conducted by other national governments.Foreign Medical Graduates: Physicians who hold degrees from medical schools in countries other than the ones in which they practice.Educational Status: Educational attainment or level of education of individuals.Insurance Coverage: Generally refers to the amount of protection available and the kind of loss which would be paid for under an insurance contract with an insurer. (Slee & Slee, Health Care Terms, 2d ed)Physicians: Individuals licensed to practice medicine.Indians, North American: Individual members of North American ethnic groups with ancient historic ancestral origins in Asia.Physician's Practice Patterns: Patterns of practice related to diagnosis and treatment as especially influenced by cost of the service requested and provided.Homicide: The killing of one person by another.Poverty: A situation in which the level of living of an individual, family, or group is below the standard of the community. It is often related to a specific income level.Odds Ratio: The ratio of two odds. The exposure-odds ratio for case control data is the ratio of the odds in favor of exposure among cases to the odds in favor of exposure among noncases. The disease-odds ratio for a cohort or cross section is the ratio of the odds in favor of disease among the exposed to the odds in favor of disease among the unexposed. The prevalence-odds ratio refers to an odds ratio derived cross-sectionally from studies of prevalent cases.Delivery of Health Care: The concept concerned with all aspects of providing and distributing health services to a patient population.WashingtonForecasting: The prediction or projection of the nature of future problems or existing conditions based upon the extrapolation or interpretation of existing scientific data or by the application of scientific methodology.Regression Analysis: Procedures for finding the mathematical function which best describes the relationship between a dependent variable and one or more independent variables. In linear regression (see LINEAR MODELS) the relationship is constrained to be a straight line and LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS is used to determine the best fit. In logistic regression (see LOGISTIC MODELS) the dependent variable is qualitative rather than continuously variable and LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS are used to find the best relationship. In multiple regression, the dependent variable is considered to depend on more than a single independent variable.United States Environmental Protection Agency: An agency in the Executive Branch of the Federal Government. It was created as an independent regulatory agency responsible for the implementation of federal laws designed to protect the environment. Its mission is to protect human health and the ENVIRONMENT.AlaskaRefugees: Persons fleeing to a place of safety, especially those who flee to a foreign country or power to escape danger or persecution in their own country or habitual residence because of race, religion, or political belief. (Webster, 3d ed)Cost of Illness: The personal cost of acute or chronic disease. The cost to the patient may be an economic, social, or psychological cost or personal loss to self, family, or immediate community. The cost of illness may be reflected in absenteeism, productivity, response to treatment, peace of mind, or QUALITY OF LIFE. It differs from HEALTH CARE COSTS, meaning the societal cost of providing services related to the delivery of health care, rather than personal impact on individuals.Communicable Diseases, Emerging: Infectious diseases that are novel in their outbreak ranges (geographic and host) or transmission mode.Death Certificates: Official records of individual deaths including the cause of death certified by a physician, and any other required identifying information.Serotyping: Process of determining and distinguishing species of bacteria or viruses based on antigens they share.Accidents, Traffic: Accidents on streets, roads, and highways involving drivers, passengers, pedestrians, or vehicles. Traffic accidents refer to AUTOMOBILES (passenger cars, buses, and trucks), BICYCLING, and MOTORCYCLES but not OFF-ROAD MOTOR VEHICLES; RAILROADS nor snowmobiles.History, 19th Century: Time period from 1801 through 1900 of the common era.Cost-Benefit Analysis: A method of comparing the cost of a program with its expected benefits in dollars (or other currency). The benefit-to-cost ratio is a measure of total return expected per unit of money spent. This analysis generally excludes consideration of factors that are not measured ultimately in economic terms. Cost effectiveness compares alternative ways to achieve a specific set of results.Risk: The probability that an event will occur. It encompasses a variety of measures of the probability of a generally unfavorable outcome.Anti-Bacterial Agents: Substances that reduce the growth or reproduction of BACTERIA.ColoradoHealth Behavior: Behaviors expressed by individuals to protect, maintain or promote their health status. For example, proper diet, and appropriate exercise are activities perceived to influence health status. Life style is closely associated with health behavior and factors influencing life style are socioeconomic, educational, and cultural.Politics: Activities concerned with governmental policies, functions, etc.Health Status: The level of health of the individual, group, or population as subjectively assessed by the individual or by more objective measures.Firearms: Small-arms weapons, including handguns, pistols, revolvers, rifles, shotguns, etc.Genotype: The genetic constitution of the individual, comprising the ALLELES present at each GENETIC LOCUS.Australia: The smallest continent and an independent country, comprising six states and two territories. Its capital is Canberra.Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice: Knowledge, attitudes, and associated behaviors which pertain to health-related topics such as PATHOLOGIC PROCESSES or diseases, their prevention, and treatment. This term refers to non-health workers and health workers (HEALTH PERSONNEL).Longitudinal Studies: Studies in which variables relating to an individual or group of individuals are assessed over a period of time.Drug Approval: Process that is gone through in order for a drug to receive approval by a government regulatory agency. This includes any required pre-clinical or clinical testing, review, submission, and evaluation of the applications and test results, and post-marketing surveillance of the drug.Waiting Lists: Prospective patient listings for appointments or treatments.PhilippinesWest Nile Fever: A mosquito-borne viral illness caused by the WEST NILE VIRUS, a FLAVIVIRUS and endemic to regions of Africa, Asia, and Europe. Common clinical features include HEADACHE; FEVER; maculopapular rash; gastrointestinal symptoms; and lymphadenopathy. MENINGITIS; ENCEPHALITIS; and MYELITIS may also occur. The disease may occasionally be fatal or leave survivors with residual neurologic deficits. (From Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1996, Ch26, p13; Lancet 1998 Sep 5;352(9130):767-71)Government Agencies: Administrative units of government responsible for policy making and management of governmental activities.Legislation, Food: Laws and regulations concerned with industrial processing and marketing of foods.Developed Countries: Countries that have reached a level of economic achievement through an increase of production, per capita income and consumption, and utilization of natural and human resources.Censuses: Enumerations of populations usually recording identities of all persons in every place of residence with age or date of birth, sex, occupation, national origin, language, marital status, income, relation to head of household, information on the dwelling place, education, literacy, health-related data (e.g., permanent disability), etc. The census or "numbering of the people" is mentioned several times in the Old Testament. Among the Romans, censuses were intimately connected with the enumeration of troops before and after battle and probably a military necessity. (From Last, A Dictionary of Epidemiology, 3d ed; Garrison, An Introduction to the History of Medicine, 4th ed, p66, p119)Confidence Intervals: A range of values for a variable of interest, e.g., a rate, constructed so that this range has a specified probability of including the true value of the variable.Obesity: A status with BODY WEIGHT that is grossly above the acceptable or desirable weight, usually due to accumulation of excess FATS in the body. The standards may vary with age, sex, genetic or cultural background. In the BODY MASS INDEX, a BMI greater than 30.0 kg/m2 is considered obese, and a BMI greater than 40.0 kg/m2 is considered morbidly obese (MORBID OBESITY).World Health: The concept pertaining to the health status of inhabitants of the world.Military Medicine: The practice of medicine as applied to special circumstances associated with military operations.Disease Reservoirs: Animate or inanimate sources which normally harbor disease-causing organisms and thus serve as potential sources of disease outbreaks. Reservoirs are distinguished from vectors (DISEASE VECTORS) and carriers, which are agents of disease transmission rather than continuing sources of potential disease outbreaks.Costs and Cost Analysis: Absolute, comparative, or differential costs pertaining to services, institutions, resources, etc., or the analysis and study of these costs.Urban Population: The inhabitants of a city or town, including metropolitan areas and suburban areas.Sequence Analysis, DNA: A multistage process that includes cloning, physical mapping, subcloning, determination of the DNA SEQUENCE, and information analysis.Accidents, Occupational: Unforeseen occurrences, especially injuries in the course of work-related activities.Ambulatory Care: Health care services provided to patients on an ambulatory basis, rather than by admission to a hospital or other health care facility. The services may be a part of a hospital, augmenting its inpatient services, or may be provided at a free-standing facility.Drug and Narcotic Control: Control of drug and narcotic use by international agreement, or by institutional systems for handling prescribed drugs. This includes regulations concerned with the manufacturing, dispensing, approval (DRUG APPROVAL), and marketing of drugs.JapanHospitals: Institutions with an organized medical staff which provide medical care to patients.Molecular Epidemiology: The application of molecular biology to the answering of epidemiological questions. The examination of patterns of changes in DNA to implicate particular carcinogens and the use of molecular markers to predict which individuals are at highest risk for a disease are common examples.International Cooperation: The interaction of persons or groups of persons representing various nations in the pursuit of a common goal or interest.Prospective Studies: Observation of a population for a sufficient number of persons over a sufficient number of years to generate incidence or mortality rates subsequent to the selection of the study group.Health Manpower: The availability of HEALTH PERSONNEL. It includes the demand and recruitment of both professional and allied health personnel, their present and future supply and distribution, and their assignment and utilization.New York CityNew JerseyCluster Analysis: A set of statistical methods used to group variables or observations into strongly inter-related subgroups. In epidemiology, it may be used to analyze a closely grouped series of events or cases of disease or other health-related phenomenon with well-defined distribution patterns in relation to time or place or both.Foreign Professional Personnel: Persons who have acquired academic or specialized training in countries other than that in which they are working. The concept excludes physicians for which FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATES is the likely heading.Consumer Product SafetyDiet: Regular course of eating and drinking adopted by a person or animal.Disease Notification: Notification or reporting by a physician or other health care provider of the occurrence of specified contagious diseases such as tuberculosis and HIV infections to designated public health agencies. The United States system of reporting notifiable diseases evolved from the Quarantine Act of 1878, which authorized the US Public Health Service to collect morbidity data on cholera, smallpox, and yellow fever; each state in the US has its own list of notifiable diseases and depends largely on reporting by the individual health care provider. (From Segen, Dictionary of Modern Medicine, 1992)ConnecticutLegislation as Topic: The enactment of laws and ordinances and their regulation by official organs of a nation, state, or other legislative organization. It refers also to health-related laws and regulations in general or for which there is no specific heading.Tissue and Organ Procurement: The administrative procedures involved with acquiring TISSUES or organs for TRANSPLANTATION through various programs, systems, or organizations. These procedures include obtaining consent from TISSUE DONORS and arranging for transportation of donated tissues and organs, after TISSUE HARVESTING, to HOSPITALS for processing and transplantation.Agriculture: The science, art or practice of cultivating soil, producing crops, and raising livestock.Pharmacopoeias as Topic: Authoritative treatises on drugs and preparations, their description, formulation, analytic composition, physical constants, main chemical properties used in identification, standards for strength, purity, and dosage, chemical tests for determining identity and purity, etc. They are usually published under governmental jurisdiction (e.g., USP, the United States Pharmacopoeia; BP, British Pharmacopoeia; P. Helv., the Swiss Pharmacopoeia). They differ from FORMULARIES in that they are far more complete: formularies tend to be mere listings of formulas and prescriptions.Interviews as Topic: Conversations with an individual or individuals held in order to obtain information about their background and other personal biographical data, their attitudes and opinions, etc. It includes school admission or job interviews.Comorbidity: The presence of co-existing or additional diseases with reference to an initial diagnosis or with reference to the index condition that is the subject of study. Comorbidity may affect the ability of affected individuals to function and also their survival; it may be used as a prognostic indicator for length of hospital stay, cost factors, and outcome or survival.Epidemiological Monitoring: Collection, analysis, and interpretation of data about the frequency, distribution, and consequences of disease or health conditions, for use in the planning, implementing, and evaluating public health programs.Risk-Taking: Undertaking a task involving a challenge for achievement or a desirable goal in which there is a lack of certainty or a fear of failure. It may also include the exhibiting of certain behaviors whose outcomes may present a risk to the individual or to those associated with him or her.Chronic Disease: Diseases which have one or more of the following characteristics: they are permanent, leave residual disability, are caused by nonreversible pathological alteration, require special training of the patient for rehabilitation, or may be expected to require a long period of supervision, observation, or care. (Dictionary of Health Services Management, 2d ed)MontanaCentral AmericaGovernment Regulation: Exercise of governmental authority to control conduct.Guidelines as Topic: A systematic statement of policy rules or principles. Guidelines may be developed by government agencies at any level, institutions, professional societies, governing boards, or by convening expert panels. The text may be cursive or in outline form but is generally a comprehensive guide to problems and approaches in any field of activity. For guidelines in the field of health care and clinical medicine, PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC is available.Managed Care Programs: Health insurance plans intended to reduce unnecessary health care costs through a variety of mechanisms, including: economic incentives for physicians and patients to select less costly forms of care; programs for reviewing the medical necessity of specific services; increased beneficiary cost sharing; controls on inpatient admissions and lengths of stay; the establishment of cost-sharing incentives for outpatient surgery; selective contracting with health care providers; and the intensive management of high-cost health care cases. The programs may be provided in a variety of settings, such as HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS and PREFERRED PROVIDER ORGANIZATIONS.Genetic Variation: Genotypic differences observed among individuals in a population.Sexual Behavior: Sexual activities of humans.Hospital Bed Capacity: The number of beds which a hospital has been designed and constructed to contain. It may also refer to the number of beds set up and staffed for use.Infant Mortality: Postnatal deaths from BIRTH to 365 days after birth in a given population. Postneonatal mortality represents deaths between 28 days and 365 days after birth (as defined by National Center for Health Statistics). Neonatal mortality represents deaths from birth to 27 days after birth.Health Care Reform: Innovation and improvement of the health care system by reappraisal, amendment of services, and removal of faults and abuses in providing and distributing health services to patients. It includes a re-alignment of health services and health insurance to maximum demographic elements (the unemployed, indigent, uninsured, elderly, inner cities, rural areas) with reference to coverage, hospitalization, pricing and cost containment, insurers' and employers' costs, pre-existing medical conditions, prescribed drugs, equipment, and services.West Nile virus: A species of FLAVIVIRUS, one of the Japanese encephalitis virus group (ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, JAPANESE). It can infect birds and mammals. In humans, it is seen most frequently in Africa, Asia, and Europe presenting as a silent infection or undifferentiated fever (WEST NILE FEVER). The virus appeared in North America for the first time in 1999. It is transmitted mainly by CULEX spp mosquitoes which feed primarily on birds, but it can also be carried by the Asian Tiger mosquito, AEDES albopictus, which feeds mainly on mammals.IllinoisHealth Services Needs and Demand: Health services required by a population or community as well as the health services that the population or community is able and willing to pay for.Follow-Up Studies: Studies in which individuals or populations are followed to assess the outcome of exposures, procedures, or effects of a characteristic, e.g., occurrence of disease.


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Amsterdam Connection’s newest single CREEPIN‘ ft. guitarist Paul Brown is still creeping up the charts.. The single is at #68 in this week’s TOP100!
Today the dutch news site BredaVandaag.nl posted an interview with Naomi & Tim from ‘Amsterdam Connection‘ about their latest debuts in the American Smooth Jazz TOP50 album chart.
This week Amsterdam Connection’s newest single CREEPIN’ ft.Paul Brown debuted in the Smooth Jazz TOP100 at #80. Listen to the single here.
We feel very excited about the great news that our ‘Isn’t She Lovely‘ album debuted at #29 in the SmoothJazz Top 50 Album Chart this past week!
The album also raised to #15 (from #49) in the Smooth Jazz Top 50 Indie Chart! And on top of that The Smooth Jazz Network, that streams music to radio stations around the world and iHeart Radio, has added our new single CREEPIN’ feat. Paul Brown on guitar, to their radio playlists. We’re thrilled! Thank you all for supporting our music!
Amsterdam Connection has officially released her 2nd single for radio. Check out their rendition of CREEPIN’ ft. Paul Brown on guitar. Go to the video and share, like or love 🙂
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Isn’t She Lovely – A Tribute to Stevie Wonder by Amsterdam Connection @ ‘De Bosuil’ in Weert (NL).
Amsterdam Connection will play a Pre-CD Release show one night before the official launch of their new album “Isn’t She Lovely”.
The show features Grammy Award winning PAUL BROWN (g), ROBERTO VALLY (b), Bart Brandjes (voc), Jan-Peter Bast (keys), Marcel Serierse (d), Naomi Adriaansz (sax) & Tim Welvaars (jazz harmonica). For tickets click HERE:
Location: De Bosuil, Vrakkerveld 2c, Weert (NL)
Watch the video of our single “Isn’t She Lovely” now on YouTube (click below).
** Single and album to be released on 17 February 2017
** Produced by Paul Brown – Directed by Alex Brown
** Pre-orders via www.gofundme.com/amsterdamconnection
Enjoy watching (till the end :)) Please, LIKE and SHARE as much as you wish.
Our new album “Isn’t She Lovely” is now READY FOR PRE-ORDER !
It features bass legend Nathan East, smooth jazz guitarist Paul Brown, jazz fusion guitarist Marc Antoine and Jessy J on flute.
You can pre-order the Digital Download and/or CD “ISN’T SHE LOVELY” exclusively via GoFundMe. Click here
Official album release in de U.S. will be 17 February 2017.
In The Netherlands our CD Release Party is on 19 February 2017 @ North Sea Jazz Club in Amsterdam.
On 19 February 2017 Amsterdam Connection will officially release their brand new album “Isn’t She Lovely” – ‘A Tribute to Stevie Wonder’, in the North Sea Jazz Club in Amsterdam. An exclusive party full of smooth jazz vibes featuring the wonderful smooth jazz guitarist and 2x Grammy Award winning producer PAUL BROWN and the amazing, world influenced bass player ROBERTO VALLY.
JOIN the party!
* As our VIP (100 euro per ticket or 75 euro up to 4 tickets and more). What we offer:
– a comfortable seat at a table with a perfect stage view
– an autographed copy of the new CD
– the mention of your name in the “special thanks” liner notes
– the digital download.
* Or buy your ticket via North Sea Jazz Club.
– 25 euro for a seat (no table)
– 15 euro for standing.
For info: firstname.lastname@example.org
Exclusive CD pre-order via GoFundMe : click here.
“Team Harmony” is excited to announce they will record their 2nd album end of this year with the multi Grammy Award winning jazz producer, engineer and guitarist PAUL BROWN (USA). Brown has over 40 #1 hits on the Radio & Records’ smooth jazz chart and is considered to be the genre’s top producer, working with well established smooth jazz artists like George Benson, Luther Vandross, Jeffery Osborne and Kirk Whahlum.
Team Harmony: “This time we want to make an album that covers soulful smooth jazz songs. We’ll record the full album at Paul Brown’s studio in Los Angeles with a fantastic band and some very special guests.
We’re honored and excited to step into this new adventure! We’ll start a crowdfund campaign very soon to make this all happen so keep posted here!”


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The highly-rated defender was the subject of several big money bids from Chelsea in the transfer window - as reported by the Daily Mail - and put in a transfer request, all of which were rejected by Everton.
The Blues remained firm in their stance that they would not sell one of their prized assets regardless of the price, with Jose Mourinho’s side’s insistence creating bad blood between the two teams.
And Monk has praised the Toffees for how they dealt with the situation as a whole.
"Roberto was very clear on the situation and credit to Everton that they've followed through on it," Monk said to Sky Sports.
"I personally admire that because it's very difficult for clubs like Everton and ourselves - clubs outside that top six - when teams come in for your players. It is a so-called step up and a different pay packet I would imagine, but that's testament to the club.”
Everton have the players to be a top ten side
The Swans boss also believes that Martinez’s side should be in the top 10 this season, after struggling last year.
Robert Martinez’s side failed to adapt to the added workload brought on by their Europa League campaign, in which they flourished, finishing the campaign in a disappointing 11th place.
That came after the Spaniard’s first season at Goodison Park was a huge success, and Monk says they have got the players to scale those heights again.
"The players they've got at the club they should be a top-10 side as that's been their history,” he added.
"They finished outside the top 10 last season and that would have been seen as below-par at Everton, but they don't have Europe this season and I'm sure they feel they will be able to concentrate on the league.”

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It is rewarding and fun to have a pet dog. However, if your dog prefers to stay outdoors even at night time, it is advisable to provide it with a dog house where it can lounge and sleep. The primary concern for a dog that lives outdoors is how you can protect it from the natural elements like the weather. Providing your dog its own house outdoor is not enough to protect it during the hot summers and cold rainy days and winters. The thing to do is to look for an insulated dog house to protect your pet.
In searching for the best insulated dog house for your pet, there are several important factors that you must consider. These factors can help you gauge the pricing and if the cost fits each piece that you’ll see.
It is important that your pet’s insulated dog house is safe. There should not be any toxic material or chemical-based paint used in the exterior and interior. Insulated dog houses with added UV protection can be quite beneficial especially today. This helps protect the dog house and its resident.
A dog house should be able to protect your pet from the weather while also preventing the dog house materials from degrading. It is also an ideal characteristic since you are aiming for weather protection to keep your pet safe and sound no matter the weather.
Insulated dog houses should be well-insulated and ventilated so it can provide adequate air circulation and to maintain moderate temperature. The dog house’s floor should be raised a few inches off the ground to allow air flow and to keep the floor clean.
Choose the housing material that has built-in insulation pads so you can prevent your pet from chewing and to avoid early wear of the material. It is typical for the insulation pads to be built in between the walls, flooring and roofing materials.
Easy assembly and installation of the dog house should be a breeze. Many manufacturers make it a point to include diagrams and tools if necessary. However, there are dog house kits that do not need tools; so it’s best to look for this type of insulated dog house.
Easy clean-up is another important factor. For easy clean-up of the dog house’s interior and exterior, look for modern dog house with removable roofing.
Cedar wood and tough plastic are the best choices if you are looking for a sturdy dog house. During extreme weather conditions, these materials can also provide added insulation.
The love for your pet doesn’t end in just providing it with proper nutrition and veterinary care. It also extends to the well-being of your pet when you provide it with a little creature comfort even when it is outdoors.

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Normally I don't write reviews on TripAdvisor, but I was inclined to do so because of the help that we received during our trip to Istanbul.
The staff were very friendly, and incredibly helpful. My wife and I were vacationing with her family, and in a bit of a rush on our departure day (to Greece) I left my keys in the bedstand. Mehmet, the general manager, was so helpful in getting my keys to me (eventually shipping them to my home in the U.S.) and managed to do so in a very expedited way.
The continental breakfast was very good, and I highly recommend breakfast on the rooftop terrace! Some of my favorite pictures of the trip came from that rooftop. The rooftop view of the Blue Mosque and the nearby bay were amazing (the Blue Mosque is strikingly close in location)!
The hotel was quaint and small, much more of a traditional and friendly atmosphere than a bigger chain hotel. Highly recommended! You don't have to strain too hard to listen for the call to prayer :)More
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FAKOPP is a Hungarian manufacturer created in 2005: it offers a wide range of testing equipment for forestry and the wood sector through 3 main ranges:
- Tree trunk testing and measuring equipment
- Root testing and measuring equipment
- Wood evaluation equipment
Typical clients: arboriculturists, tree and green space expertise and monitoring firms, consultants, forestry estate managers, sawmills, universities and agronomic research centers.


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Positive Vibes believes in early and more holistic, long-term responses to the epidemic that are rooted in the community. Working with both adults and children living with and directly affected by HIV, Positive Vibes enables PLHIV to advocate for an improvement in the quality of their lives and thereby, ultimately, to reduce the spread of HIV.
Positive Vibes is a Namibian registered trust that has been operating nationally since 2008 and in the SADC region since 2012. The organization currently employs 25 staff and has a functioning network of some 100 consultants operating at the community level or at the regional level.
Positive Vibes has two offices. The main office is located in Windhoek, Namibia. This office is responsible for the SADC operations but also runs some national programmes as well support functions for the operation. The northern office, that is located in Ongwediwa in North Central Namibia, specializes in PHDP for PLHIV and ALHIV in the northern regions, including Zambezi as well as Kavango East and West.
Positive Vibes’ main area of expertise is capacity development. Fifteen different participatory methods, aligned to the organization’s Freireian philosophy, are used to build capacity in CBOs, NGOs and networks. From 2009 to the present, some 70,000 people have been reached with our approaches.
Positive Vibes is a member of the International HIV/AIDS Alliance, based in Brighton, UK. As a linking organization (LO) PV forms an integral part of this CSO alliance, which spans some 40 countries across the globe.
Regionally, Positive Vibes is a member of the DiDiRi group (Diversity, Dignity and Rights) alliance along with ARASA, HIVOS and COC.
In Namibia Positive Vibes are members of the Mutual Action in Development (MAD) Alliance in Namibia, which includes Lifeline/Childline, Society for Family Health, Catholic AIDS Action, Nawalife Trust, Ombetja Yehinga, PharmAccess Namibia and NAPPA among its members. Further strategic partnerships exist with Africa Groups of Sweden, OSISA and UNAIDS.
Positive Vibes receives funding from: GFATM, USAID, the European Union, Africa Groups of Sweden, OSISA, HIVOS, Embassy of Finland, Breadline-Africa, IHAA, and the Embassy of the Netherlands in Pretoria.

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Sitharaman said Rs 1.4 lakh crore is the "rough bottom line" now for GST collections.
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The Council, chaired by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and comprising state counterparts, also cleared a host of compliance procedures for GST-registered businesses
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The high-stake battle for 16 seats — 6 in Maharashtra, 4 each in Karnataka and Rajasthan and 2 in Haryana — turned out to be a nail-biting affair with the Congress and BJP trading charges, even approaching the Election Commission.
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John Locke was an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "Father of Liberalism". Considered one of the first of the British empiricists, following the tradition of Sir Francis Bacon, Locke is equally important to social contract theory. His work greatly affected the development of epistemology and political philosophy. His writings influenced Voltaire and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and many Scottish Enlightenment thinkers, as well as the American Revolutionaries. His contributions to classical republicanism and liberal theory are reflected in the United States Declaration of Independence. Internationally, Locke’s political-legal principles continue to have a profound influence on the theory and practice of limited representative government and the protection of basic rights and freedoms under the rule of law.Source: Wikipedia
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A LEADING school governor in South Yorkshire is to support others in ‘challenging circumstances’ to improve education.
Alan Richards is the first chairmam of governors to be appointed to the role of National Leader of Governance - which aims to improve school performance by strengthening governance.
His new work will be focused in and around South Yorkshire.
Alan, the chairman of governors at Wickersley School and Sports College in Rotherham, said: “Working as a chairman of governors at an outstanding school has been a real privilege for me and is very rewarding.
“I am delighted to have the opportunity to support others in the role in South Yorkshire and to help them to maximise the positive impact their governing body can have in the lives of students.”
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So for those who know Miller's philosophy, it's no surprise that the newly announced CEO of NOV's planned spinoff of its $3.9 billion distribution business was indeed an internal promotion.
"I think a CEO's primary job is succession planning and providing opportunity for the people in his company," Miller said in a recent interview with HBJ.
Robert Workman, who has been president of NOV's distribution services since January 2001, will be CEO of the newly named DistributionNow, which will be publicly traded once the spinoff is complete in April.
Also in April, Miller will step down from his CEO duties to serve as executive chairman of DistributionNow, and Clay Williams will take over as CEO of NOV — another internal promotion. Williams is currently NOV's president.
"For me, it’s a win-win," Miller said about his decision to retire. "I get to give (the distribution business) help being a publicly traded company, and I have a fellow who’s taking over for me that’s going to do an outstanding job."
Miller took over as CEO of NOV in 2001, when it had a market cap of $3 billion, and has grown the company to a market cap of $36 billion with more than 60,000 employees operating in 63 countries. In addition, he led the oilfield manufacturing and services company to invest in new technologies, and today it is estimated that NOV's products are in 90 percent of the world's rigs.
Also during his tenure, Miller has overseen more than 250 acquisitions by NOV — some of which laid the groundwork for the distribution business spinoff.
In May 2012, NOV said it would buy the Wilson International Inc. distribution business from Schlumberger Ltd. (NYSE: SLB) for $800 million, which doubled NOV’s distribution footprint.
The Wilson deal prompted NOV to build a three-story building and large warehouse in northwest Houston on North Eldridge, which is where DistributionNow will be headquartered, Miller said.
However, the distribution spinoff faces challenges ahead.
"It’s one thing to be part of a pretty solid $22 billion revenue company, (but) to leave that and be out there on your own, I think there’s a little bit of nervousness about it," Miller said. "It’s a lot like a child leaving home."
Read more from HBJ's exclusive dual interview with Miller and Williams in the Nov. 29 weekly edition, available to print and digital subscribers. Click here to subscribe.
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A remarkable find in Egypt tours was made in 1881 by a team of archaeologists excavating in the Valley of the Kings. They discovered the "Missing Link" mummy's tomb, an ancient Egyptian mummy.
At the time, this find caused a great deal of debate, with some specialists believing that the mummy was proof of a previously unidentified gender from humans who had lived in Egypt. Some argued that it was a fraud. This dispute had a double-edged effect: on the one hand, it piqued tourists' interests and encouraged the booking of several Egypt trip packages to learn more about the incident.
The Missing Link, a rare specimen of an ancient Egyptian with albinism that aroused discussion and drew a large number of tourists to explore Luxor attractions, was not proof of an unknown gender.
The body of a deceased person who had been preserved through a special embalming technique was referred to as a "mummy" in ancient Egypt. The study of mummies offers perceptions into Egyptian society and culture as well as the lives of particular Egyptians, which you will hear from our guides on luxury tours of Egypt.
Mummification was a protracted, difficult process with several phases. The corpse was first taken out of the tomb and cleaned. The internal organs were then taken out and put in canopic jars; now, visitors to Cairo day tours can view them in the Egyptian Museum, one of Africa's largest museums. Natron, a salty substance, was stuffed into the body cavity to help keep the body dry and prevent decomposition.
The body was prepared to be wrapped in linen strips after a few weeks. The body was then placed back into the tomb along with numerous supplies, including food, clothes, and jewellery, that would be required for the afterlife. They prepared to construct very opulent tombs, such as the Giza pyramids, the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, and many other well-known Egypt tourist attractions, because they anticipated that there will be another transcending existence.
Mummies have been the focus of scientific investigation over time in an effort to understand more about ancient Egyptian culture and civilization, which you will discover on our cultural tours of Egypt. The anatomy and diseases of humans have both been studied using mummies. DNA research has recently been utilised to uncover new information about the genetic make-up of ancient Egyptians and their connections to other cultures worldwide.
A new debate regarding the racial makeup of the ancient Egyptians has been started by the discovery of the mummy known as "the Younger Woman" in Egypt. Now laying at the Egyptian Museum is the mummy. On a visit of the Egyptian Museum, you may view her.
The mummy is allegedly Caucasian, according to some specialists, while others assert that she is African. The mummy's DNA has not yet been examined, which has further fueled the dispute.
This discussion is crucial for comprehending both the history of the ancient Egyptians and the racial origins of the human race. The Caucasian ancestry of the ancient Egyptians would indicate that Europe or Asia was where the human race first emerged. They would, however, imply that Africa is the origin of mankind if they were African. You'll have a lot of discussions and questions in your head while on one of the several Egypt sightseeing trips.
The controversy about the mummy's race is likely to continue until her DNA is finally tested. In the meanwhile, we can only speculate about who she actually is.
There is a lot of debate over the race of the ancient Egyptians. Some researchers believe that the Egyptians descended from black Africans, but others believe that they were more closely related to the Mediterranean peoples. Although there isn't a clear-cut answer at the moment, it's important to understand the many theories in order to understand Egyptian history and culture. Learn about Egyptian history from our professional tour guides by joining one of our affordable Egypt excursions.
One of the main arguments in favour of the Egyptians' black African heritage is physical anthropology. Ancient Egyptian skulls contain significant similarities to other African skulls, according to examinations.
Language evidence serves as another supporter of an African origin. The Afro-Asiatic languages, which are spoken in Africa and Asia, and the ancient Egyptian language are quite related to one another. Several academics have come to the conclusion that the Egyptians were originally black African people who subsequently migrated to Asia as a result of this.
There are, however, just as many grounds against the Egyptians having an African ancestry. One of these is archaeology-based. The great majority of ancient Egyptian antiquities seen in Egypt day tours lack any indication of African influence. This shows that if the Egyptians were black African people initially, they must have swiftly assimilated Egyptian culture after arriving in Egypt.
Genetics is a different denial of African ancestry. Egyptians of the present day are more closely connected to other Mediterranean populations than they are to black Africans, according to studies. Request one of our Egypt small group tours to learn more about the country and to visit the sights on the day trips to Luxor, Cairo, and Aswan.
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Egypt has many historical sites that you can visit and enjoy. Each tour is different and unique. If you go on a Nile cruise, you can visit Abu Simbel, Aswan, and Luxor in the South and enjoy the temples, tombs, and the treasures of the Nile. In the North, enjoy the Pyramids of Giza, The Egyptian Museum, Sakkara. Mosques, churches in Cairo, and many landmarks located in the city of Alexandria. On the East, Enjoy a beach tour for diving, snorkeling, and swimming in the Red sea. Every city has its charm, history, and flavor where you can do many tours and activities.
Your Egypt Tours is one of the leading and pioneer travel agencies in the Egyptian tourism industry. We offer very special care and personal touch to our clients making them feel at home with their family. Great and high-quality service to ensure that your trip with us is one of a lifetime. In addition, the commonly known reasons such as our customers’ feedback and testimonials, competitive prices - excellent customer service, punctuality and. Most important of all, our customers safety and enjoying every minute in your trip are our priorities. With us, you are in a safe hand.
It usually varies according to the type of tourist trip in Egypt, but the average cost for spending one week in Egypt is 1600 USD including visiting alot of tombs and temples and sailing on a 4 or 5 stars Nile cruise.
Don't drink the tap water - it is highly chlorinated. However, with enough time in Egypt, you could potentially grow accustomed to the water. This doesn't mean that the tap water is polluted, it simply means that you are not used to it, and you might get stomach problems. This happened to most people when they visit a country for the first time. They were simply not used to water there. It's a similar situation here. It is advisable to drink Bottled water during your entire holiday. That is why it is strongly advisable that you don't drink the tap water, and use it only for washing and brushing your teeth.
Enjoy Egypt Tours From September until March. It is the perfect time when the weather is good and mild. From September until mid-November, when it is very nice and the temperatures are pleasant for all activities - around 25 C to 15 C. mid-Nov until the end of February is wintertime when temperatures during the day are around 12 or 15 C, and at night can drop to about 7 or 8 C. In March and April, the weather is still so nice and travelers can enjoy the Easter vacation. From May to September is the summer season. Spending summertime in a desert climate does not appeal to most travelers. Average daytime temperatures hover in the high 80s and low to mid-90s, although they can jump up into three digits in the South as in Luxor and Aswan. Summer is really hot here, prices go down and it is a good chance for travelers with a tight budget.
It is usually hot and sunny. winter falls between November and January, and the peak of the summer months is between June and August. Winters are generally mild, although temperatures can fall below 50 degrees Fahrenheit (10 degrees Celsius) at night. In the Western Desert. Cairo and areas of the Nile Delta may experience a few rainy days during winter. Summers can be unbearably hot, especially in the desert and other areas of the country's interior. In Cairo, average summer temperatures regularly exceed 86 degrees Fahrenheit (30 degrees Celsius), while the record high for Luxor and Aswan, popular tourist destinations on the banks of the River Nile, is 110 degrees Fahrenheit (45 degrees Celsius).
Safety and security are our first and foremost concerns! Egypt is a very safe country with a low crime rate. Now with the coronavirus outbreak, accommodations and sightseeing nationwide have finalized sterilization and disinfection in light of the Egyptian government's efforts to implement precautionary measures against the COVID-19. In addition, our company has followed the same procedures to make all our staff, guides, and drivers are well-trained with the current events to prevent and stop the spread of this outbreak. Traveling the world is a joyful experience and we want to do our part to keep the anticipation stress-free.
There are many things to do in Egypt during your visit depending on your interests and character. Cairo, Alexandria, Luxor, and Aswan Nile cruise must be your first priority if you are a history and culture lover. You must visit the pyramids of Giza, enjoy a Nile cruise between Luxor and Aswan and enjoy visiting the most important tourist attractions in Luxor and Aswan. You can visit the city of Hurghada, Marsa Alam, or Sharm el-Sheikh Red Sea for relaxation and enjoy many activities there such as diving, snorkeling, sunbathing, or swimming. You may like to go on a safari trip in the western desert if you are an adventurer. Many other activities are available in every single Egyptian city
The high season for tourism is all year with winter and spring being peak season for cultural travels with lots of sightseeing. Weather in Egypt is perfect for many kinds of tourism, and if coming in June, July, and August, head for the seaside resorts. Those months are very warm with temperatures that can reach around 45C. and the humidity is about 70 to 80%, but it is bearable with the sea and large swimming pools nearby. So the period of the high summer season is also a bit busy as hotels fill up with tourists from all over the world looking for a bargain, lots of sunshine, diving, snorkeling, etc. It is also a primary vacation time in Europe. If you come in the deep summer season you can still enjoy it because you can always sightsee early in the morning and go again at night when the sunsets. You will definitely need good sunscreen and a lot of liquids to drink with a nice hat on your head. Summer is a good time for people looking for good rates in accommodation and other services.
Egypt is a Muslim country and the dress code is towards the conservative side, especially for women. That being said, we are used to seeing travelers from all over the world. My suggestion would be to wear light clothes and not to wear short shorts, short skirts and alike to avoid the occasional unwanted stare. But it's really up to you. When you visit religious places (synagogues, churches, and mosques) you do need to cover your shoulders and wear over the knee dresses, if you are planning to wear one of course. If you plan to attend the Nile dinner cruise, there is no need for formal wear unless you want to make that night a special night! Also, you will be sharing this experience with other travelers so you can dress however you feel most comfortable.
You can get your visa when you arrive at Cairo Airport. It is an easy process for USA, UK, Canadian, Australian and European citizens. The visa is simply a stamp (like a mail or postage stamp) that you buy from the visa office, at the port of entry just before the immigration booth. The visa will cost you $25 US Dollars and after buying it; you just stick it on any empty page on your passport. Once you have bought your visa you then stand in line to get your passport stamped by the immigration officer. You can also apply for E-Visa via the official electronic visa portal: www.visa2egypt.gov.eg
Your Egypt Tours travel agency recommends two weeks so that you can enjoy the temples and tombs of Luxor and Aswan, explore the sights of Cairo, and relax in the Red Sea islands and nature reserves.
There are many Nile cruises. Not to name one but your choice depends on many things to put in mind such as the number of nights you want to spend on the cruiser, your budget, and the standard of the Nile cruise. We recommend you choose a 5-star luxury Nile cruise, and if you are looking for a private Nile River cruise you can choose Dahabiya cruises, it is only for the small-group tour, about 15 people. Most cruises have. There is another way of cruising the Nile, which is the Felucca boat. It is traditional and charming but it is cheap as long as it will be ok to sleep on the deck exposed to mosquitos and most of these boats do not have a toilet
Egypt travel are pre-arranged tours that include accommodations, transportation, guided tours, and sometimes meals and activities.
The best time to visit Egypt is generally from October to April where it is suitable for outdoor activities and sightseeing.
Travel has helped us to understand the meaning of life and it has helped us become better people. Each time we travel, we see the world with new eyes.
Absolutely mind blowing. A definite must see. We flew from Aswan after I contact them, as I did not want to sit in car for hours with my 10-year-old daughter. Just so much history and ancient love. You cannot miss this one thing if you are in Cairo. The rocks are just HUGE, so special.
I recently traveled with my wife, daughter, son in law and two grandsons (ages 4 and 2). We had a private tour experience. From the moment we landed at the airport on our arrival to the day we left we were treated with the utmost care and attention
Our trip to was wonderful. The accommodations and travel was seamlessly arranged by customer service rep, Mona, and we visited so many of the famous Egyptian antiquities. I would not have done the trip without the very knowledgeable guides, Ashraf and Mamdouh


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LEMON TREE AMARANTE, GOA
Located on Candolim Beach in North Goa, the resort is just 250 meters from the beach. The resort has been designed to evoke the poetry, history and romance of 15th century Portugal. It creates an ambience which is visually stunning - with medieval oil paintings, artifacts, tile work, heraldry and stained glass set amidst a lush green environment and calm water bodies.
The resort offers 65 beautiful rooms and suites. All ground floor rooms provide access to a common garden. The six heritage rooms and suite, housed in a century old Portuguese mansion, have been restored to their original glory and appointed with all modern amenities. Lemon Tree Amarante Beach Resort, Candolim, Goa, is 60 minutes away (36 kms) from Goa International Airport under Standard Traffic conditions.
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Herzogenaurach is interesting for tourists and business travelers alike - also thanks to the big international, but also the dynamic medium-size enterprises of the town.
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Melbourne's Slum Sociable are Edward Quinn (production, guitars, keys) and Miller Upchurch (vocals, percussion). The duo, currently touring their debut EP TQ nationally, are joined live by drummer Ryan Beasley and bassist Dylan Savage. Rolling Stone spoke with Quinn two weeks into the tour.
You and Miller are old friends, but when did you start working together as Slum Sociable?
Edward Quinn: A long time ago we were introduced by an old drummer in our band, when that died off I actually had to make a project for uni, I decided to get into producing and I thought he [Miller] was the best singer I knew so I got him on those tracks.
It was never going to be released but we had someone pass away and we thought we'd honour his memory — he was the first person to hear these tracks, he was the first person we felt comfortable enough sending them to — we thought we'd release this body of work in his honour.
That got picked up by a few labels I suppose, we were talking to them and then I guess we started going from there.
What's with the name?
[Laughs] It's a line from the Scorsese movie Gangs of New York, at that time I was obsessed with Daniel Day Lewis — still am, I guess — he was going to the butcher at some stage and it's kind of like an alliteration but it's not really...it kind of sounded sticky. I just like those two words together, hopefully it doesn't come back to bite us with "slum" being in it.
Who writes the lyrics?
Miller writes all the lyrics. I don't really mess with him on that topic, they're extremely personal to him, I wouldn't consider requesting a lyric change, not that he'd take it badly, he's not that guy, but it's just his forte.
Who would you say your main influences are?
Radiohead is definitely my favourite band, I have a [Modified Bear] tattoo that a lot of people mistake for a Deadmau5 tattoo. David Bowie, that "Blackstar" track is just so impressive, I can't believe he can still be putting stuff out like that after so many albums. Unknown Mortal Orchestra is one we both really love, LA Priest, we love as well, and of course there's Tame Impala, and everything that stems from Thom Yorke. Madlib, everything he does too, especially that Madvillain album with DOOM, we're big hip-hop fans as well. And anything that Julian Casablancas does is up my alley. And Jamiroquai as well.
So the press release for TQ describes your music as "lofo"...not lo-fi?
I honestly think "lofo" was maybe a spelling mistake and when we saw it we were like, let's just run with it, it kind of encapsulates our music. A lot of our music, especially with sampling, with doodling on the piano or whatever and chopping it up, a lot of that is accidental, and then we kind of run with it. So maybe the spelling mistake, which was an accident, and running with that, maybe that kind of symbolises how we make music I suppose.
You've managed to score some pretty great gigs before your EP was even released, and you sold out the Northcote Social Club recently.
Yeah, that show at the NSC was so unexpected. We had to knock people back, there wasn't enough room in that venue. That was definitely a highlight, but I guess the idea of going to New York — six months ago that would have been unheard of.
Our first gig was at this place called Pianos, we kind of rocked in there, not really knowing what to do, we had a ten-minute changeover, we had no hopes, I guess, of being able to pull off this show but it was one of those moments where everything just kind of worked. There were the right people in the room and it was an incredible feeling being able to play to a packed-out venue in New York — no matter how small it was -- and to get a really positive reaction.
Slum Sociable's 'TQ' tour continues this Friday, December 4t in Adelaide, ahead of Sydney, Perth and Fremantle dates. Check the band's website for details.
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Executives of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Northern Region have expressed excitement over the naming of District Chief Executives by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
It is recalled that soon after the announcement of the list on Wednesday April 26, a handful of aggrieved supporters of the New Patriotic Party went on rampage because their preferred candidates were not chosen by the president’s committee headed by Mr Peter Mc Manu.
For instance, the Women’s Organiser of the party in Savelugu Constituency, Hajia Kande has threatened to resign if the DCE nominee for the Savelugu district, Hajia Ayishetu Seidu, is maintained.
He told Chief Jerry Forson, host of Ghana Yensom, on Accra100.5FM on Thursday April 27: “We don’t know her in the district. She doesn’t even vote in this constituency and so we don’t want her.
“She never showed her face during the campaign and so we don’t know where she is coming from. We don’t want her. She could be a member of the NPP in another area but we want people from our constituency who really toiled for the party to come back to power.”
“We are appealing to the president to change the nominee. She doesn’t know the district, she is not known, and so if she becomes the DCE it will anger the grassroots of the party in the district and the constituency. I will resign as the constituency Women’s Organiser for Savelugu if the President maintains her as DCE because the executives of the party can’t work with her, she is not known.”
But also speaking in an interview on the same programme, Mr Salifu said: “The list that the president has brought to be considered [came] from the constituency. We asked the constituency executives to shortlist a number of people to the regions, then the region would also submit same or some names from the list that was brought to us from the constituency to the vetting committee chaired by Peter Mac Manu.
“It is not true that the president has appointed people that the constituents don’t know, because they generated those names.
“Most of the names that have been chosen were parliamentary candidates for the NPP in the just-ended parliamentary elections. But we all know after election primaries one or two people will have their personal issues to settle and I believe that that is what has been transferred into this exercise. But as the regional secretary of the NPP, I know all those that the president has appointed. They have been with us in the field, they have contributed financially…to the NPP and they are members of the NPP, so we are most grateful to the president for giving us a solid team that we can work with in the Northern Region to prosecute his agenda for change.”
He added: “Several people were vying to be elected as DCEs and you know during the lobbying…people have issues with each other and that is why they are working against each other. But let me say majority of the constituents in these areas we are talking about are really happy about the president’s nominations because they know the support and the contributions of these individuals towards the victory of the NPP in the Northern Region.
“Some people think that when you mount political platforms, that is the only way you can be recognised as a true party person or when the president comes and you are available that is when you are seen as a party person. But as regional secretary, I have come to realise that those who even contribute financially towards the party’s activities are much more important because if people don’t contribute resources to us, how do you move to the 31 constituencies in the North to organise and prosecute the party’s campaign? So I am saying on authority that the president has nominated the right people for the region and everybody must accept them. We should support them to go through the confirmation process so that they kick-start the agenda for change in our region.”
He further called the bluff of the women organiser who has threatened to resign following the announcement.
He said: “She should resign! This is a woman whose husband was a contestant for the position of DCE in the Savelugu district and so why wouldn’t she be peeved? Her husband was one of the applicants to become DCEs in Savelugu, and so why wouldn’t she be angry? The last person who should make such threatening and useless comments should be coming from a party executive and I am highly disappointed that a Women’s Organiser of a constituency or a district will be sending such bad signal.
“We are party officers, we voted Nana Addo to become the flag bearer of the NPP, we campaigned alongside with him to be elected as president of Ghana and so we should be the last people to engineer any process against the voice and authority of the president and I am saying the Women’s Organiser for Savelugu, her husband, also contested to be elected as DCE. So, if your husband was elected and people were protesting would you be happy?”

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Good morning everyone and happy Friday!
Today I'm sharing a colorful birthday card featuring images from Vera Lane Studio...
This cute bird and her accessories are colored with Copics, fussy cut and the sentiment is from Paper Smooches. To create the background I used- Carved Pumpkin & Mustard Seed Distress Oxide sprays, a Carabella Studio circle stamp and a few splatters of white paint. The stitched rectangle was cut with a Penny Black die, I used a Avery Elle die for the clouds and a MFT die for the scallop border.
Thanks so much for stopping by and enjoy your weekend!
Challenges I would like to enter:A Gem of a Challenge- Anything Goes
Addicted to Stamps and More- Any Occasion
Alphabet- B is for BirdCreatalicious- Anything Goes + option: Things with Wings
Paper Shelter- Birthday
The Creative Crafters- Always Anything Goes
Try It On Tuesday- Inspired By a Song: 'Little Bird' by Annie Lennox


SCOTTSVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A.O. Smith Corp. said it will close its factory in this southern Kentucky town and move operations to Mexico, eventually putting more than 200 people out of work.
The plant, which makes motors and parts for heating and air conditioning units, was acquired by A.O. Smith in 1998. It originally was a General Electric plant, which opened in 1974.
A.O. Smith made the announcement after releasing its earnings Tuesday. The company said it will transfer the production to Mexico at the end of next year because of a weaker-than-expected housing market.
Mark A. Petrarca, a senior vice president for the company, said the announcement was made early so employees can start planning. He said severance packages would be offered.
''This was an extremely difficult decision to make given the long history of the Scottsville plant and the dedication of our employees,'' said Christopher L. Mapes, president of the company's electrical products division. ''However, the need to aggressively manage costs and address the challenging overcapacity issues we face necessitated this decision.''
Scottsville Mayor Robert Cline said the plant closing would have a significant impact.
''We have several families where the husband and wife both work at that same plant,'' he said.
Allen County Judge-Executive Bobby Young said the plant once had up to 1,200 employees, but steadily cut back production over the years to its current work force of 225.
The company also said it will close its commercial compressor motor operation in Mebane, N.C.
The transfer of work at those facilities will begin later this year and be completed by the end of 2008.


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The FCC announced today that the "Federal-State Joint Conference on Advanced Services will hold a meeting on broadband policy Thursday, November 6, 2008 at the Wireless Communications Association International's 14th Annual Symposium and Business Expo at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, California." I couldn't be more excited to have the FCC broadband policy meeting at our event; and I couldn't imagine a more appropriate place for a broadband meeting than Silicon Valley, the home of modern computing.
The Joint-Conference is part of the FCC's ongoing efforts to ensure that advanced services are deployed as rapidly as possible to all Americans, a goal that WCAI shares. As the only broadband platform that is capable of providing access everywhere, all the time, wireless broadband is playing a significant role in providing competition and delivering broadband to rural and underserved areas. WCAI's Symposium serves as a forum for promoting the growth of wireless broadband, and the Joint-Conference serves as a forum for an ongoing dialogue between the FCC, state regulators, and local and regional entities regarding the deployment of advanced telecommunications capabilities. I welcome the Joint-Conference to our event in San Jose, and I look forward to meeting all of the members.


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Venezuelan security forces and protesters clash in the town of Tachiras ahead of President Nicolas Maduro's July 30 vote for a new Constituent Assembly. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
ROUGH CUT - NATURAL (NO REPORTER NARRATION) Venezuelan security forces and protesters clashed on Tuesday (July 18) in the town of Tachiras ahead of President Nicolas Maduro's July 30 vote for a new Constituent Assembly. Maduro's leftist government vowed to proceed with the vote, which would give the new body the power to rewrite Venezuela's constitution and supersede other institutions. Polls show a majority of Venezuelans oppose the Constituent Assembly, which critics say would be elected in a sham poll. Maduro insists it is the only way to bring peace after months of anti-government unrest that has killed 100 people and further hurt a crippled economy. Maduro's opponents say they drew 7.5 million people onto the streets at the weekend to vote in a symbolic referendum where 98 percent disagreed with the assembly.


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Russian “beach” tourist returns to Georgia is reluctant, although the number of direct flights has increased since the opening of the link – and currently stands at up to 30 flights per week. This was announced for ATOR by tour operators, who also named the cost of a beach holiday and named the best resorts in this country.
In total, according to them, about 30 flights a week are operated from Russia to Georgia in July. Of these, Georgian Airways operates 11 flights between the capitals of Georgia and Russia, Azimuth also flies between Moscow and Tbilisi up to 14 flights a week, and Red Wings departs from Sochi to Tbilisi, which also sent flights from Moscow to Kutaisi (frequency 3 times a week ). But tickets are still not cheap – 64-66 thousand rubles. for back and forth. With such tariffs, the demand for tours to Georgia is far from being massive, according to tour operators. While tourists are considering and waiting for feedback from the “pioneers”.
Among the seaside resorts, according to tour operators, the best is Batumi. The city is ready to offer tourists a large pebble city beach. True, it should be borne in mind that hotels in the resort do not have their own closed beaches, just as there are practically no all-inclusive hotels, mostly 3 * hotels with breakfast.
Also, at a distance of 14-50 km from Batumi, there are small resort villages – Kvariati, Kobuleti, Ureki, where you can find sandy beaches, although most are still pebbly. But for example, in Ureki there is an original beach with dark magnetic sand. Young people advertise the resort of Kobuleti due to the large number of entertainments on the sea.
As for prices, it all depends on whether a tour with a flight is chosen or not, as well as on the quality of the booked hotel. Average prices for August are:
- Coral Travel: tour without air flight with check-in at a 2 * hotel for 7 nights – from 29.5 thousand rubles. for two, in a 3 * hotel – from 40,800 rubles. for two, in a 4 * hotel – from 51.2 thousand rubles. for two, in a 5 * hotel – from 133 thousand rubles. for two.
- Intourist: a tour with an air flight for 8 nights (Kobuleti resort, guest house, no meals) – from 116 thousand rubles. for two.
- Space Travel: a tour to a 3 * hotel (breakfast, 7 nights) – from $ 1,600 for two.
- ALEAN: tour to the Era Palace hotel (Batumi, 7 nights) – from 65,895 rubles. for two + air tickets.
- PAC Group: tour without airfare for 7 nights in a 2 * hotel (breakfasts) – from 41 thousand rubles. for two, in a 3 * hotel (breakfasts) – from 41,700 rubles. for two, in a 4 * hotel (without meals) – from 52 thousand rubles. for two, in a 5 * hotel (breakfasts) – from 73 thousand rubles. for two.
- ICS Travel Group: tour without airfare for 7 nights in a 5 * hotel (breakfasts) – from $ 800 for two.
- Russian Express: tour without airfare for 7 nights at the Castelo Mare 5 * hotel – 185,000 rubles. for two
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