Hansen's disease control in Miyakojima, Okinawa

Filariasis Control in Okinawa

Any disease before it comes under a particular control program should have been first recognized by the people of the community who are suffering from it in their own sphere of life. This recognition may be in some instances so obscure that it should be brought to light or reaffirmed scientifically by research workers, epidemiologists or by public health officials. When the cultural standard of...

Unilateral Demodicidosis of Face Mimicking Hansens Disease

Demodicosis is a common parasitic infection of the hair follicles and the pilosebaceous unit by the Demodex mites viz. Demodex folliculorum and Demodex brevis. Infection by this parasite is common among immunocompromised and elderly. We report a case of facial Demodicosis which presented like atypical rosacea with a gradually progressing swelling and redness on right side of face which was init...

Hansens Chronic Polyarthritis in a Child.

BACKGROUND Musculoskeletal manifestations of leprosy are often underdiagnosed and under-reported. CASE CHARACTERISTICS An 11-year old girl with leprosy presented with deforming symmetric polyarthritis with raised inflammatory parameters and erosion on imaging. OBSERVATION The patient was diagnosed to have Hansens chronic polyarthritis and treatment started with non-steroidal anti inflammato...

emittance control in high power linacs

چکیده این پایان نامه به بررسی اثر سیم پیچ مغناطیسی و کاوه یِ خوشه گر با بسامد رادیویی بر هاله و بیرونگراییِ باریکه هایِ پیوسته و خوشه ایِ ذرات باردار در شتابدهنده های خطیِ یونی، پروتونی با جریان بالا می پردازد و راه حل هایی برای بهینه نگهداشتن این کمیتها ارایه می دهد. بیرونگرایی یکی از کمیتهای اساسی باریکه هایِ ذرات باردار در شتابدهنده ها است که تاثیر قابل توجهی بر قیمت، هزینه و کاراییِ هر شتابدهند...

Challenge of okinawa: okinawa clinical simulation center.