We examined the prevalence and evaluated associated risk protective factors of adolescent school truancy through sex-stratified models by analysing 7562 data from Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS) three South Asian countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Pakistan. The was 26.6%. highest found in Bangladesh (37%), followed Pakistan (24.7%) Afghanistan (14.7%). Male adolescents had a 2...

BACKGROUND It has been suggested that there is some overlap between allergic rhinitis (AR), sinusitis and polyposis, but this has not been fully documented. The present study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of these co-existing diseases and their impact on bronchial asthma in the general population of Italy. METHODS Within the frame of the multicentre Gene Environment Interactions in Respira...

BACKGROUND Current priorities for diarrhoeal disease prevention include use of sanitation and safe water. There have been few attempts to quantify the importance of animal faeces in drinking-water contamination, despite the presence of potentially water-borne zoonotic pathogens in animal faeces. OBJECTIVES This study aimed to quantify the relationship between livestock ownership and point-of-...

1142 haematologica/journal of hematology vol. 88(10):october 2003 Background and Objectives. Body weight-adjusted subcutaneous low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) has been proven to be more effective and safer than aPTTadjusted intravenous unfractionated heparin (UFH) for the initial treatment of patients with acute symptomatic deep venous thrombosis (DVT) based on analyses pooling the results ...

BACKGROUND swallowing problems (dysphagia) are common following acute stroke and are independent predictors of short-term outcome. It is uncertain as to whether these swallowing problems are associated with outcome in the longer-term. AIM insert to determine whether dysphagia present in the first week of acute stroke associated with long-term outcome. METHODS a population-based long-term fo...

We developed a soft and high thermal conductive heat link for cryogenic applications. The measured maximum conductivity was approximately 18500 W/m/K at 10 K. This spring constant 1/43 of that single thick wire with the same cross-sectional area room temperature. realized these performances by utilizing purity aluminum (99.9999 %, 6N) stranding many thin wires are 0.15 mm in diameter. electrica...

BACKGROUND Invasive pneumococcal disease continues to be an important cause of mortality. In Calgary, 60% of deaths occur within 5 days of presenting to hospital. This proportion has not changed since before the era of penicillin. The purpose of this study was to investigate what factors may influence death within 5 days of presentation with pneumococcal disease. METHODS AND FINDINGS Demograp...

BACKGROUND The recently published GOLD guidelines provide a new system for staging chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) from mild (stage I) to very severe (stage IV) and introduce a stage 0 (chronic cough and phlegm without airflow obstruction) that includes subjects "at risk" of developing the disease. METHODS In order to assess the prevalence of GOLD stages of COPD in high income co...

BACKGROUND The prevalence of alcohol intake is increasing among women in some populations. Alcohol consumption plays an important role in the risk of major cardiovascular outcomes and total mortality. Here, we conducted a meta-analysis to estimate the association between alcohol intake and major cardiovascular outcomes or total mortality in women compared with men. METHODS We searched the Pub...