The continuing debate in these pages about whether or not doctors are among those groups in society who have special, supererogatory moral obligations to their clientele seems important enough to pursue, even at the acknowledged risk of boring some readers. In this issue Professor Downie furthers the discussion by arguing against three claims defended in a previous editorial (1). Those claims w...

A key factor in determining the future of agricultural extension efforts is ensuring that voices those who need to be heard are represented at all stages decision-making process. As becomes increasingly globalized, it critical diversity within capacity assessments likewise increases. Using two distinct approaches, present study attempts address a current gap literature specifically related asse...

We are involved in an experiment to design an improvement process for a generic software process model (henceforth generic model) in collaboration with our industrial partner. Our partner's main line of business is the marketing and evolution of a generic model targeted at the development and maintenance of business information systems. Currently, the generic model has been licensed to over 100...

Abstract Background In India, policymakers are in an opined that expansion of public-funded health insurance is the key to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Despite untapped potential be part such government-run scheme, many private service providers reluctant join scheme due various reasons. This paper aims evaluate facilitators, barriers and perception participation sector facilities I...

Yeast heat shock protein 104 (Hsp104), the only known eukaryotic disaggregase, remodels both disordered protein aggregates and cross-β sheet amyloids. To handle this diverse clientele, DeSantis et al. report that Hsp104 hexamers use distinct mechanisms-individual subunits are able to dissolve disordered aggregates, but global subunit cooperativity is required to untangle amyloids.

he therapies of Rivers and Yealland represented the two modes of English psychiatric modernism which would affect women both inside and outside the asylum from the 1920s to the 1960s: psychoanalysis, which offered the twentieth century's most influential theory of femininity and female sexuality; and traditional medical psychiatry, which made rapid advances in scientific knowledge and technolog...

While health insurance tax credits could help people who otherwise could not afford to purchase coverage, many might still find individual coverage too expensive and its marketplace dynamics bewildering. As an alternative, this paper outlines an approach using private purchasing pools for tax-credit recipients. The objective is to offer these individuals and families a choice among competing he...

Background: With an estimated 600 million cases of foodborne illnesses annually, unsafe food is a threat to human health and economies globally. World Health Organization (WHO) emphasizes that the future safety transform knowledge into action for people communities. Hence, this study was undertaken evaluate effectiveness educational intervention package on Knowledge, Attitude Practice (KAP) han...

BACKGROUND The increasing number of hospitalized elderly persons has greatly challenged decision makers to reorganize services so as to meet the needs of this clientele. Established progressively over the last 30 years, the short-term Geriatric Assessment Unit (GAU) is a specialized care program, now implemented in all the general hospital centres in Quebec. Within the scope of a broader reflec...