Abstract Background Elevated lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] has been established as marker of cardiovascular [CV] risk, however, it is not commonly assessed. Purpose The aim the study was to characterize patients who underwent their first Lp(a) testing regarding sociodemographic characteristics and clinical outcomes. Methods A retrospective analysis performed on data from 4 million individual in a loca...

25% of teachers were absent from school, and only about half were teaching, during unannounced visits to a nationally representative sample of government primary schools in India. Absence rates varied from 15% in Maharashtra to 42% in Jharkhand, with higher rates concentrated in the poorer states. We do not find that higher pay is associated with lower absence. Older teachers, more educated tea...

The country's expenditure on education shows the level of social development society and attitude state towards this process. A with a high increases highly qualified human capital accelerates development. Therefore, most countries are trying to increase their spending education. main goal research is study current academic performance scholarship non-scholarship students at Faculty Economics B...

The infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) was detected for the first time in Brazil by Hipólito in 1957 in chickens sold life in the municipal market of Belo Horizonte, MG, when commercial poultry production was just starting in that country. The Massachusetts (Mass) serotype was identified. However, the clinical disease was only observed in 1975, when poultry production was intensely growing. The ...

In New Zealand, the primary means of addressing the disparities that exist in educational outcomes by socio-economic status of students is the “decile” funding system. The country’s Ministry of Education uses census data on five socio-economic deprivation factors for all households containing school-aged children in the meshblocks of the children attending each public or publicintegrated school...

The French Unhappiness Puzzle: The Cultural Dimension of Happiness This article sheds light on the important differences in self-declared happiness across countries of equivalent affluence. It hinges on the different happiness statements of natives and immigrants in a set of European countries to disentangle the influence of objective circumstances versus psychological and cultural factors. The...