reinforced tubes are commonly used to minimize the opportunity of upper airway obstruction in patients at risk. there are a few reports of the airway obstruction resulted from kinked reinforced tubes. this report describes the obstruction of a reinforced tube in an adult patient who underwent tonsillectomy. under general anesthesia; an armoured endotracheal tube was inserted into the trachea un...

despite wide-range of studies in the theories of the entrepreneurship field, few studies have offered a pervasive conceptual model or a general consensus of the existing theories. hence, this paper attempts to extend a comprehensive principle on entrepreneurship. in general, there are two common interpretations of the term ‘entrepreneurship’. one of the common views is schumpeterian, emphasizin...

Entrepreneurship is influenced by many factors and environments such as institutions. Institutions have an important role to play in the individual's tendency toward necessity and opportunity entrepreneurship. The purpose of this paper was to examine the impact of institutional quality (property rights) on opportunity and necessity entrepreneurship. The results, based on unbalanced panel data f...

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in women older than 50 years. Risk factors relatedtoan increase inCVDinpostmenopausal women include increasing abdominal obesity, dyslipidemia, insulin resistance, and hypertension. A new set of risk factors added to the 2011 American Heart Association’s Effectiveness-Based Guidelines for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Wome...

This paper concerns an important and current problem of taking Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives in the specific market conditions COVID-19 pandemic. CSR activities, aimed at combating COVID-19, contribute to creating favorable for sustainable development enterprises entire society. In this work, analysis survey results, interviews with initiatives’ beneficiaries, brainstorm ses...

conclusions prevalence of speech and language delay is high (27%) in children less than three years of age attending the under-five clinic for at-risk children. negative home environment and family history of speech and language disorders are significant risk factors for speech and language delay. the strong association of speech delay with delay in tdsc reemphasizes the need for a complete dev...

Common NOTCH3 Variants and Cerebral Small-Vessel Disease Loes C.A. Rutten-Jacobs, PhD; Matthew Traylor, PhD; Poneh Adib-Samii, MBBS; Vincent Thijs, MD; Cathie Sudlow, MD; Peter M. Rothwell, MD; Giorgio Boncoraglio, MD; Martin Dichgans, MD; Steve Bevan, PhD; James Meschia, MD; Christopher Levi, MD; Natalia S. Rost, MD; Jonathan Rosand, MD; Ahamad Hassan, MRCP; Hugh S. Markus, MD ...................

Introduction I was a privilege to be invited to deliver the William Pickles Lecture this year. He has always been a hero of mine, and his book, Epidemiology in country practice,1 has been a source of inspiration. The introductory chapter of his book sets the scene for this lecture — he describes the population at risk, assesses their vulnerabilities, and then carries out meticulous and detailed...