BACKGROUND & AIM Majority of the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) nutrition guidance recommendations were based on Grade D evidence due to absence of randomised controlled trials. The aim was to assess outcomes of parenteral nutrition (PN) administration when the guidance was adhered to. METHODS The prospective study included patients referred for PN. Patients were divided int...

This study examines the impact of health education on prevalence of and expenditure on treatment of self-reported arthritis-related illness among elderly persons in rural Bangladesh. An intervention study was conducted, including 1135 elderly persons (>or=60 years) from eight randomly selected villages, four each of an intervention and a control area. The analyses include 839 elderly persons wh...

Enabling autonomous systems to comply with an ethical theory is critical given their accelerating deployment in domains that impact society. While many theories have been studied extensively moral philosophy, they are still challenging implement by developers who build systems. This paper proposes a novel approach for building ethically compliant optimize completing task while following framewo...

Introduction: Physical symptoms associated with depression and common psychiatric disorders sometimes lead to the misdiagnosis of depressive disorders. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency distribution of different chief complaints in patients with major depressive disorder referring to psychiatric clinics according to their demographic characteristics and source of referral. Me...

Structural walls commonly used as efficient structural elements to resist lateral and vertical loads. Diverse performance of bearing wall system in past earthquakes, motivates investigation on the adequacy of current seismic design provision for these walls. This study considers seismic performance of model walls of bearing wall and building frame systems designed as ordinary and special struct...

Laminar natural convection from an array of horizontal isothermal cylinders confined between two vertical walls, at low Rayleigh numbers, is investigated by theoretical and numerical methods. The height of the walls is kept constant, however, number of the cylinders and their spacing, the distance between the walls and Rayleigh number have been varied. The optimal spacing (confining walls) and ...

Compliance of RMG factories is key requirement for most of the reputed global garments buyers. Actually compliance ensures all labor rights and facilities according to the buyer’s code of conduct. Though Bangladesh is experienced with RMG from late 1970s, it is familiar with compliance issues from last few years. Now a days Compliance is more important factor to achieve a garments export order ...