stool examinations of 402 inhabitants of 8 villages in and around an area near zahedan, and 280 people who had emigrated from the rural area of zabol, revealed the following: the prevalence of infection with ascaris, trichuris and trichostrongylus was very low (less than 5%) in all areas surveyed, while the mean infection rates found for h.nana, hookworm and e.vermicularis (by stool examination...

conclusions toxic causes with an incidence of 49.6% were the most common cause of loss of consciousness among all age groups. results among the 123 children under investigation, 76 cases were male (61.8%) and 47 females (38.2%) with the mean age of 3.2 ± 0.64 years. the most common causes of loss of consciousness among children were as follows: toxic causes in 61 patients (49.6%), infectious ca...

Steven Eschrich Department of Computer Science and Engineering University of South Florida 4202 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL 33620 [email protected] Nitesh V. Chawla Department of Computer Science and Engineering University of South Florida 4202 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL 33620 [email protected] Lawrence O. Hall Department of Computer Science and Engineering University of South Florid...

Vitamin B12 deficiency leads to serious health problems, whilst sub-optimal status is associated with raised biochemical markers of disease risk. Identifying at-risk groups could benefit both individuals and public health. Dietary data were sourced from the New Zealand Adult Nutrition Survey 2008/2009, involving a nationally representative sample of 4721 participants. Ethnic groupings were by r...

Hepatitis B infection is one of the major health problems throughout the world with the annual infection rate of 350 million cases.(1), According to the WHO data, 75% of this rate is related to the Asian countries.(2), The prevalence of this infection varies among different countries from 10-20% for the Far East (including China and Hong Kong)(3) to 3-5% for the middle-east countries (including...

The Khoy Ophiolitic Complex (KOC) as a part of Tethyan, Izmir-Ankara- Erzincan and Bitlis-Zagros sutures of South East (SE) Turkey is broadly exposed around Khoy region (NW Iran). This complex comprises dismembered fragments of mantle lithosphere, obducted oceanic lithosphere and parts of volcanic arc remnants. The Khoy Ophiolitic Complex can be structurally divided into two major eastern and w...

2 ABSTRACT The paper argues that the economies of East and South East Asia are a very diverse group, only some of which have grown rapidly over the past three decades. The fast growing economies of South East Asia, especially Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia are in a number of important respects different from the fast growing economies of North The different colonial legacies have had importan...

What are the problems?  Current food systems in the South-East Asian region are unsustainable in the context of both supply and demand of food.  The ‘double burden of disease’, where undernutrition and obesity coexist side-by-side, is a severe challenge in South-East Asia.  The proportion of underweight children in South-East Asia is 19 per cent, the third largest share after South Asia and ...

AIM To identify biochemical and genetic variation relating to increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease in young, lean male and female adults of different ethnicities. METHOD Fasting blood and urine and non-fasting blood following oral glucose intake were analysed in 90 Caucasians, South Asians and South East/East Asians. RESULTS There were no differen...

Medical plants are the best source for getting treatment from various diseases. Using of natural substances with therapeutic properties has been used since ancient times. More than 500 species Aloe Vera known. This plant is native to tropical areas, including north Africa, Europe and southern part Mediterranean region. grows widely in south Iran cultured pharmaceutical uses. a structural physio...