scholarly journals Mortality of Centenarians in the United States

2020 ◽  
pp. 57-66
Author(s):  
Bert Kestenbaum
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Mathematical Model ◽  
Main Part ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Other ◽  
Quality Data ◽  
Critical Examination ◽  
Death Rates ◽  
Historical Series

AbstractIn the United States, we have not yet reached the point where unedited numerators and denominators for death rates or probabilities are of satisfactory quality for measuring the mortality of centenarians. Ignoring this reality can lead to an estimation of extreme-age mortality which is unacceptable, as is the case for the NCHS’ Data Brief no. 233. Even the better-quality data from the Medicare health insurance program are beset by problems of (1) unreported or unrecorded deaths and (2) date of birth misstatement. On the other hand, there are steps that can be taken to improve the quality of the underlying data, so that the threshold age at which a mathematical model replaces actual data and closes out the life table is pushed further out.The paper begins with a description of the unacceptable results published in Data Brief no. 233 and a critical examination of their sources. The main part of the paper presents some steps to improve the quality of the Medicare enrollment counts. By rearranging the historical series on Medicare enrollment by cohort, it is possible to eliminate unreported and unrecorded deaths. A simple model is then introduced to deal with date of birth misstatement.

Vitamin E and CNS Hemorrhage

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1984 ◽  
Vol 74 (6) ◽  
pp. 1113-1114
Author(s):  
DALE L. PHELPS
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Vitamin E ◽  
Premature Infant ◽  
Premature Infants ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Other ◽  
Sharp Edge ◽  
Critical Examination ◽  
Extreme Caution

Preventing handicaps in premature infants is a pressing goal, and vitamin E has been offering some hope for the prevention of one of the most emotionally distressing sequelae, blindness. The report of Speer et al1 confirms the observation of Chiswick et al2 that vitamin E may also reduce severe CNS hemorrhage, one of the other major handicapping conditions faced by the premature infant. Naturally, we welcome this information, but in our eagerness to find a cure, we must not blunt the sharp edge of critical examination of the data. Extreme caution must be still be exercised for the following reasons: (1) some questions have been raised about the data to be examined; (2) a third study suggests the opposite result3; and (3) there are significant differences in the vitamin E formulations that were used and those available for use in the United States.

Quality of Glucosamine Products: Is it a Potential Reason for Inconsistent Clinical Outcomes in Osteoarthritis?

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chhavi Asthana ◽  
Gregory M Peterson ◽  
Madhur D Shastri ◽  
Rahul P Patel
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Clinical Studies ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Other ◽  
Quality Analysis ◽  
Therapeutic Effects ◽  
Clinical Effects ◽  
United States Pharmacopoeia ◽  
Potential Reason

Abstract Background Clinical studies have reported inconsistent outcomes of glucosamine therapy in osteoarthritis patients. One possible reason could be the use of glucosamine products of varying quality. Objective Hence, this study aimed to assess the quality of glucosamine products marketed in Australia and India. This is the first study to investigate both the content and dissolution profiles of glucosamine products. Method The content and dissolution analysis of Australian (n = 25 brands) and Indian (n = 21 brands) glucosamine products was performed according to the criteria specified in the United States Pharmacopoeia (USP). Results The quality analysis revealed that 16% and 18% of Australian brands, as well as 24% and 19% of Indian brands, did not fulfil the USP content and dissolution criteria, respectively. In approximately half of these cases, the glucosamine content was only slightly below (<3%) that specified by the USP and dissolution was achieved within 15 min after the duration specified by the USP. Conclusions The majority of the brands did meet both the content and dissolution analysis criteria of the USP. The extent of deviation from the specified criteria for the other brands was probably insufficient to account for the significant variability in clinical effects. Hence, the study proposed that inter-patient pharmacokinetic variations in glucosamine could be another potential reason for inconsistent therapeutic effects. Highlights

The African Derivation of Black Fraternal Orders in the United States

1983 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 559-592 ◽  
Author(s):  
Betty M. Kuyk
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Detailed Analysis ◽  
Jim Crow ◽  
The United States ◽  
Turn Of The Century ◽  
The Other ◽  
Black And White ◽  
Fraternal Organizations ◽  
Key Phrases

At the turn of the century, when lynching, Jim Crow laws, and disfranchisement were at their worst, black fraternal organizations offered Afro-Americans a place to preserve their self-respect. Scholars have studied these organizations little and understood them less. One early study dismissed them as merely parodying white organizations, but hardly resembling them, while the blacks, it claimed, exaggerated both regalia and ritual. When Noel Gist published his Study of Fraternalism in the United States, Carter Woodson charged that Gist failed to understand the importance of fraternal orders to blacks and that, indeed, Gist barely mentioned the black orders. After a detailed analysis, W. E. B. DuBois found that even black and white orders that shared a name might not resemble one another. He found similarities only in Pythians, Odd Fellows, and Masons. He thought the other black societies were “Negro inventions” and “curious and instructive” organizations. “Invention,” “curious,” “exaggeration,” “parody,” “importance to blacks”—these are the key phrases. All attempt to describe an amorphous quality of black fraternal orders that makes them unique. Yet while failing to define that quality, its would-be describers avoid the issue.

Answers to Fallacies on the Decimal Question: Balance of Trade, Exchanges, and Common Coins

1855 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 304-309
Author(s):  
William Brown
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Face ◽  
Balance Of Trade ◽  
Fine Gold

Let us suppose France and the United States to enter into a convention with us to issue pieces of gold of the same weight and fineness as our sovereign—that is, containing 113 grains of fine gold; the three countries would then have a common standard of gold money. Let us examine whether, in the face of the operations of commerce, the international quality of value of these coins could at all times be maintained. The temporary balance of trade is always fluctuating in favour of one or the other country; a permanent balance against any country is impossible.

En guise d'introduction, ou comment se sauver de l'anomie et de l'aliénation : Jesus People et Catholiques Pentecostaux

1974 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 227-239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emile Jean Pin
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Moral Values ◽  
Religious History ◽  
The Other ◽  
Critical Examination ◽  
Religious Denomination ◽  
Jesus Movement ◽  
Counter Culture ◽  
History Of

The author of the introduction to this issue of Social Compass first shows concrete examples of how the Jesus People and the Catholic Pentecostals represent two distinct movements that should not be confused. Nevertheless, he points out that such religious phenomena have a common origin in the recent secular and religious history of the United States. From 1950 to 1965 a triumphant society becomes an insecure society. The shaking of formerly accepted moral values and convictions causes considerable anxiety, especially among the younger generation. The " counter-culture " movement arises out of this context. Both the Jesus People and the Catholic Pentecostals, each in their own way, will try to provide a religious answer to the problem. The Jesus People, independent of any particular religious denomination, both carry on and oppose the counter-culture. They follow its lifestyle but reject anything considered im moral or destructive. By so doing, the Jesus movement is undeniably performing a social function of reintegration which, in the end, may lead to its demise. Catholic Pentecostalism, on the other hand, also retains certain elements of the counter-culture " style," but submits the message of the Spirit which is its own to critical examination by the Catholic hierarchy.

Working With Interpreters to Support Students Who Are English Language Learners

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (16) ◽  
pp. 15-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henriette W. Langdon ◽  
Terry Irvine Saenz
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
English Language Learners ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
English Language ◽  
First Language ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Other ◽  
Primary Language ◽  
Second Best ◽  
Support Students

The number of English Language Learners (ELL) is increasing in all regions of the United States. Although the majority (71%) speak Spanish as their first language, the other 29% may speak one of as many as 100 or more different languages. In spite of an increasing number of speech-language pathologists (SLPs) who can provide bilingual services, the likelihood of a match between a given student's primary language and an SLP's is rather minimal. The second best option is to work with a trained language interpreter in the student's language. However, very frequently, this interpreter may be bilingual but not trained to do the job.

Armed Violence in the Ideology of Contemporary Islamic Fundamentalism - Study models

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 237
Author(s):  
Laith Mzahim Khudair Kazem
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Other ◽  
Islamic Fundamentalism ◽  
Islamic Movements ◽  
Important Means ◽  
Armed Violence ◽  
Goals And Objectives ◽  
At Home

The armed violence of many radical Islamic movements is one of the most important means to achieve the goals and objectives of these movements. These movements have legitimized and legitimized these violent practices and constructed justification ideologies in order to justify their use for them both at home against governments or against the other Religiously, intellectually and even culturally, or abroad against countries that call them the term "unbelievers", especially the United States of America.

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