Health and University Students: The Mediator Role of Emotion Regulation Between Academic Stressors and Health Behaviors.

Purpose: To determine the role of Health Behaviors and Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies in the relationship between Health and Academic Stress.

Design: A cross-sectional study with in-person administration of questionnaires.

Setting: Data collection took place at nine public and private universities in Peru, involving a diverse group of students from different faculties.

Surface renewal: an advanced micrometeorological method for measuring and processing field-scale energy flux density data.

Advanced micrometeorological methods have become increasingly important in soil, crop, and environmental sciences. For many scientists without formal training in atmospheric science, these techniques are relatively inaccessible. Surface renewal and other flux measurement methods require an understanding of boundary layer meteorology and extensive training in instrumentation and multiple data management programs.

[Mutual Help Groups: diabetes and hypertension control strategy].

Objective: To evaluate the accomplishment of the treatment basic goals of every person with diabetes type 2 that attend the Mutual Help Groups (GAM) of the Mexican Ministry of Health (SS).

Material And Methods: This transversal comparative study was carried out in 15 Mexican states, through the accomplishment reports of the treatment basic goals of the GAM integrants by June of 2001, compared to the reported figures by the Health Information System for Open Population (SISPA), Ministry of Health on the same date. The studied variables are: age, sex, blood glucose, blood pressure, body mass index, physical activity and pharmacological treatment.