BACKGROUND Recent studies have shown ethnic differences concerning cardio-vascular disease, diabetes and mental health. Little is known about ethnic differences in skin morbidity. The purpose of this study was to describe possible ethnic differences in self-reported skin morbidity in a Western urban community. METHODS The design was cross sectional. 40,888 adults in Oslo, Norway, received a p...

This year PerCom received 208 submissions coming from 37 different countries from all five continents. The region including Europe, Middle East, and Africa was the major contributor (44%), followed by Asia/Pacific Area (29%) and North and Latin America (27%). These numbers confirm the growing interest in pervasive computing and PerCom as the international reference conference for researchers wo...

Action priorities for reducing iron deficiency vary across regions. Some regions have limited experience with national programs, such as in the republics of Central Asia, where the focus since independence has been on assessment, advocacy and scaling up of interventions. In more developed regions the priorities are improving established programs and addressing the needs of the remaining subpopu...

arabic language has become a global language in a significant period of time and has been distributed all around the world by developing islam in the world. this language moved to china, middle east, egypt, and north of africa and finally arrived to southwest of europe. the people of arabian peninsula have flattened the path of civilization by quran’s language so that other genius nations of th...