1. Repeatability of measurements of arterial compliance and flow-mediated dilation of the brachial artery has been infrequently reported, despite increasing use in interventional and risk-factor modification studies. Furthermore, little is known about the interrelationships of the various indices. The purposes of this study were to determine the repeatability and interrelationships of a range o...

background: personal protection equipments (ppes) should be easily accessible to decrease contact with infecting factors and also should be used purposefully to effectively keep the health care personnel in a safe distance from the patient blood and body fluid which can easily infect the operating rooms personnel. this study aimed to find the operating rooms' personnel compliance with standards...

background: the world health organization estimates that 58% of pregnant women in developing countries are anemic. in spite of the fact that most ministries of health in developing countries have policies to provide pregnant women with iron supplementation, prevalence of maternal anemia has not declined significantly. the aim of this study was to assess adherence to the current recommendation i...

background: we have previously reported multiple health benefits in individuals following the christian-based fasting protocol known as the daniel fast (df). however, our prior work has involved only short-term (21-day) assessments. for dietary modification to have a profound impact on health, compliance to the dietary plan must be established for the long-term. materials and methods we determi...

The internal factors which influenced the concrete creep behavior have been mostly divided by the creep model at home and abroad, but the computing is complex. In order to directly use the creep model in engineering conveniently, it is necessary to consider the effect of concrete strength grade on concrete creep. 302 creep test data with a loading age of 28 d, a lasting age of 360 d, and meet c...

The paper deals with the use of computer tools for assessing of the thermal stability of buildings. It describes the procedure developed for determining of a time constant for cooling down of the room and a coefficient α whose values are related to the building’s thermal-accumulation properties. The developed methodological procedure is based on processing of the data obtained by measuring in t...

The understanding of taxpayers' regulatory compliance still remains a big question. There have been some studies discussing about the compliance. Its variety variables covers: 1) tax cognition, 2) understanding, 3) sunset policy, 4) amnesty, 5) sanction, 6) taxpayer awareness, 7) authorities service, 8) taxpayer's willingness, 9) perception on service effectiveness, 10) automation, 11) environm...

BACKGROUND Premarital medical examination (PME) compliance rate has dropped drastically since it became voluntary in China in 2003. This study aimed to establish a prediction model to be a theoretic framework for analyzing factors affecting PME compliance in Zhejiang province, China. METHODS A culturally-tailored health behavioral model combining the Health Behavioral Model (HBM) and the Theo...

Independent Practice Midwives are obliged to systematically record midwifery care and other services provided, the Wonosobo Health Office professional organization of Indonesian Midwifery Association have not yet made a mutual agreement on report form in which PMB is required records Maternal Child Puskesmas every year. month. Purpose this study was determine relationship between motivation fac...

BACKGROUND Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is recommended after a severe COPD exacerbation, but its short- and long-term effects on health care utilization have not been fully established. AIMS The aims of this study were to evaluate patient compliance with a chronic disease management (CDM) program incorporating home-based exercise training as the main component after a severe COPD exacerbatio...