Aligning Financial Incentives (FIs) to health policy goals is becoming increasingly popular. In many cases, such initiatives have failed to deliver anticipated benefits. Attributing this to the actions of self-interested and resistant professionals is not an entirely helpful approach. It is important to avoid simplistic assumptions to build knowledge of how and why schemes are implemented in pr...

Accepted for publication 12 February 1991 The presence of psychiatric problems in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is frequently discussed. 1-14 These psychiatric disorders are commonly believed to be an integral part of the disease process, and, in fact, the 1982 revised criteria for diagnosis include psychosis.'5 The purpose of this review is to comment on the current beliefs ...

Herbal medicine is undoubtedly the oldest system of medical science in the world. Utilization of nature’s wealth for health benefits and the cure, prevention and mitigation of diseases plays a big role in human civilization, with a dependency of a large number of human populations particularly in developing countries. Globalization of the local knowledge regarding the use of indigenous medicina...

This paper presents an algorithm for comparing large numbers of traces to each other and identifying and presenting groups of traces with similar features. It is applied to forensic analysis in which groups of similar traces are automatically identified and presented so that attribution and other related claims may be asserted, and independently confirmed or refuted. The approach of this paper ...

Global change affects vegetation cover and processes through multiple pathways. Long 1 time series of surface land surface properties derived from satellite remote sensing give unique 2 abilities to observe these changes, particularly in areas with complex topography and limited research 3 infrastructure. Here, we focus on Nepal, a biodiversity hotspot where vegetation productivity is 4 limited...

total, 132 hypoxemic events were detected, mainly occurring within the first 5 min after drug administration or endoscopic intubation; and in about two thirds of these cases hypoxemic events were associated with abnormal ventilation patterns, while only one third of all apnea/abnormal ventilation events eventually lead to hypoxemia. The authors stated the total dose of the used drug as the main...

This paper argues for a version of sceptical invariantism about knowledge on which the acceptability knowledge-attributing sentences varies with context assessment.

Diabetic foot ulcer is among the commonest complications of diabetic mellitus, attributing to a significant number morbidity and mortality in patients, enormous economic loss families country.