Introduction: Evidence for factors determining paediatric tracheostomy decannulation vary extensively; therefore, this prospective observational study aimed to investigate these factors.   Materials and Methods: In total, 67 consecutive paediatric patients (<12 years old) who referred to the Department of Otolaryngology, (Postgraduate Institute Medical Education and Research),(Chandigarh), ...

BACKGROUND Substantial investments in promoting breastfeeding have taken place in the past 10 years in Scotland. This study assesses whether there were significant changes in breastfeeding initiation and mixed breastfeeding duration between 2004-2005 and 2010-2011. METHODS This study uses data from two nationally representative cohorts of babies in Scotland born between June 2004-May 2005 (N ...

Transporting critically ill patients has become a common occurrence in the work life of most respiratory therapists. Roentgenograms, the mainstay of diagnostic tools, have been joined by other diagnostic tests and interventions that seemed exotic a couple of decades ago. As with any form of technology, the extraordinary becomes the routine, the routine becomes the expected, and the expected bec...

Objective: The role of environmental factors in the development of type1 diabetes mellitus (T1D) is inconclusive. This study aimed to investigate the associations between selected environmental factors and T1D. Materials and Methods: This group matched case-control study included diabetic and healthy subjects younger than 19 years old in 2017. Cases were diabetic subjects diagnosed before the ...

Abstract This study explores how age influences the stages of brand purchase funnel (awareness, consideration, and purchase) mechanisms associated with any age-related differences. Aggregated analysis survey data ( n = 1862) across five markets four groups shows a reduction in proportion brands recognised that subsequently enter consideration sets older consumers. Subsequent individual-level GL...

background: there are few articles studding the factors associated with successful smoking cessation in iranian smokers. the aim of this study is to clarify the association between socio‑demographic factors and smoking behavior, such as number of failed smoking cessation and duration of abstinence in iranian population. methods: a self‑administered questionnaire survey of 673 participants was c...

Among primary cardiac tumors, hemangiomas are relatively rare with a reported incidence of 2.8%. To date, less than 100 cases are reported in literature. We present a 40-year-old woman with atypical chest discomfort of 1 month duration, previous history of glomus tumor of hand and a large cavernous hemangioma of right atrium.

Social influence has been shown to profoundly affect human behavior in general and technology adoption (TA) in particular. Over time, multiple definitions and measures of social influence have been introduced to the field of TA research, contributing to an increasingly fragmented landscape of constructs that challenges the conceptual integrity of the field. In this vein, this paper sets out to ...