BACKGROUND Globally, there is an acute shortage of human resources for health (HRH), and the greatest burden is borne by low-income countries especially in sub-Saharan Africa and some parts of Asia. This shortage has not only considerably constrained the achievement of health-related development goals but also impeded accelerated progress towards universal health coverage (UHC). Like any other ...

This study addresses the vital link between disability, poverty and development in developing Asian countries. The social model of disability defines "disability" as the consequence of institutional and social discrimination, as well as exclusion of persons with impairments. It is possible that a comprehensive social model of disability can provide a new framework for explaining the complexity ...

tehran, the capital of iran, is under the threat of large magnitude earthquakes (above 7) located on known active faults. previous studies on the effect of local surface geology on earthquake ground motion using 1d calculation of sh transfer function (jafari et al., 2001; jica & cest, 2000) and using experimental methods (haghshenas, 2005) based on earthquake and ambient noise vibration recordi...

Within two hours after discharge began, for a production test in 1989 of well ZCQ-4, pressure variations changed from approximately sinusoidal to a cycle of sudden and complex peak discharge pressures, to 9 bar, separated by irregular pressure declines to 5 bar. Initial cycle periods of 42 minutes evolved to 150 minutes by day 20 of continuous testing, when three of four surge peaks were well s...

The purpose of this study is to provide a simple, inexpensive, and effective method to prevent the scattering of x-ray radiation by using a lead apron in the x-ray rooms of developing countries. In developed countries, the scattering of x-ray radiation among patients and radiographers in diagnostic x-ray rooms has been minimized by various methods. However, in some developing countries, scatter...

HomeStrokeVol. 52, No. 4Stroke Family Caregiving and the COVID-19 Pandemic Free AccessEditorialPDF/EPUBAboutView PDFView EPUBSections ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload citationsTrack citationsPermissions ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InMendeleyReddit Jump toFree AccessEditorialPDF/EPUBStroke PandemicImpact Future Directions Tamilyn Bakas Patricia Commiskey BakasTamilyn Correspondence to: Bakas...

This paper analyzes the differences in travel behavior and location characteristics across different income groups in two cities in very different parts of the world – Chile and China. Using recent household travel surveys, we compare vehicle ownership rates, mode choices, trip rates and purposes, and travel times and distances according to high, middle, and low income terciles in Chengdu and S...

ion/sophistication within EEG and behavior may be combined using various approaches reviewed, including simple statistical models, data-driven joint models and cognitive joint models, as indicated in the middle of the plot. By appropriately constructing models, these analyses should strive for understanding cognitive function at the single trial level within healthy and patient populations. Wit...