Abstract Background One of the most widespread chronic respiratory disease with rising morbidity and death is obstructive pulmonary (COPD), resulting in enormous societal economic costs. COPD a widespread, avoidable, curable condition characterised by usual symptoms such as dyspnea, coughing, and/or sputum production. The goal this study was to use questionnaire analyse clinical, demographic, a...

Several weeks after the test, Mr Jones learned that he tested positive for a mutation and was sent a form letter stating that “men with this mutation have a 6 percent chance of developing breast cancer and a 7 percent chance of developing prostate cancer before age 70.” Concerned about his results, he went to see Dr Seelinn to find out what he should do with this new information. As he handed D...

Scientific objective: In a recent blog post Dr Andrew Thorburn 1asks why many published discoveries cannot be replicated. He summarizes examples from Dr Glenn Begley (Vice President for oncology at Amgen) that show how Amgen has been unable to reproduce many high-profile discoveries. Dr Thorburn raises the possibility that ‘sloppy science’ may partly explain our inability to measurably improve ...

Power companies such as Southern California Edison (SCE) uses Demand Response (DR) contracts to incentivize consumers to reduce their power consumption during periods when demand forecast exceeds supply. Current mechanisms in use offer contracts to consumers independent of one another, do not take into consideration consumers’ heterogeneity in consumption profile or reliability, and fail to ach...

We assessed the food safety knowledge and food handling practices of 23 food handlers in 2 hospitals in Alexandria, Egypt [Gamal Abdel Nasser (GAN) and Medical Research Institute (MRI)] before and after a food safety training programme, and also the bacteriological quality of patient meals and kitchen equipment. There was a significant improvement in all knowledge-associated parameters except f...

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), formerly known as the Millennium Dam, has been filling at a fast rate. This project created issues for Nile Basin countries of Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia. GERD an impact on hydrology specifically water storages (lakes/reservoirs) flow downstream. In this study, through analysis multi-source satellite imagery, we study reservoir. time-series generated ...

Abstract In the framework of French–Egyptian Imhotep Project, two spring gravimeters have been installed in area Lake Nasser (Egypt) with aim to establish a first reliable gravity tide model for region. The tidal stations are located Aswan, on northern edge lake and Abu Simbel south, respectively. This study was mainly aimed obtain crustal response forces and, consequently, increase accuracy ge...