OBJECTIVES This study aimed to determine the rate of breast self examination (BSE) among the female staff of University of Malaya and to determine the role of BSE in detecting breast abnormalities. METHODS A total of 1598 questionnaires were posted to all female staff, aged 35 years and above. Their knowledge on breast cancer, practice of BSE and detection rate of breast abnormality as confir...

Most dental schools teach students about domestic abuse, but it is unknown if this information is ever applied in practice. This study was conducted to determine whether domestic violence victims 1) visited dental offices when signs of abuse were present; 2) were asked about their injuries; 3) were given referrals or assistance; and 4) want the abuse recognized by and discussed with the dental ...

Doctors experience 10-20 percent of patient interactions as being personally difficult, but the sources of difficulty are incompletely understood. In particular, physician-perceived difficulty has not been studied from the perspective of an established model of interpersonal relationships. Our objective was to determine whether a relationship exists between patients' attachment style and the de...

to investigate the effects of deficit irrigation and different levels of nitrogen fertilizer on somequantitative and qualitative properties of melissa, a pot experiment was conducted for one year (2011) inmazandaran province. experiment was carried out as a factorial based on randomized complete blockdesign with three replications. irrigation treatments (25, 52 and 75 percent field capacity, fc...

BackgroundAdvances in perioperative care have enabled early discharge and outpatient primary total joint arthroplasty (TJA). However, the safety of after revision TJA (rTJA) remains unknown COVID-19 pandemic will force decreased hospitalization. This study compared 90-day outcomes patients undergoing aseptic rTJA discharged same or next day (early) to those 2 3 days postoperatively (later).Meth...

Beninngton, Fouty and Hugie (1972) were of the opinion that freedom between two sexes of school going girls and not the standard of living was directly related to urinary infection. Such infections, in western countries, ranged between 0.5-3.5% of girls. Present study reveals that a high percentage of significant bactcriuria were found in 8% positive cases among the school going girls and 20% i...