gabbeh is one type of different types of hand-woven carpets of qashqaei tribes (south and center of iran) which is woven by the women of these tribes. in fact this hand-woven rug is kind of carpet woven to be slef-consumed which was woven from old times with creative and subjective patterns in a two dimensional and abstract format. the patterns are taken from the nature and environment where th...

UNLABELLED ENT problems are the most common reason for a visit to a doctor in both rural and urban communities. In many developing countries, there is a lack of ENT specialists and overburdened hospital facilities. To date, there is no comprehensive study that has evaluated the spectrum of ENT disorders in a rural community. METHODS A prospective study was done for a period of three years to ...

In the course of conceptual analysis, this paper recognises the contemporary information systems (IS) stakeholder as an integral part of a tribal setting. The paper argues the importance of neo-tribal notions in managing and understanding the stakeholders’ identity, their individual perspectives, their group allegiances, and the impact of tribal behavior on the IS development process. The paper...

Response to public health emergencies on tribal lands poses a unique challenge for state and tribal public health officials. The complexity and intensely situation-specific nature of federal Indian jurisprudence leaves considerable question as to which government entity, state or tribal, has jurisdiction on tribal lands to undertake basic emergency measures such as closure of public spaces, qua...

BACKGROUND Native American tribes, as sovereign nations, are exempt from state tobacco excise taxation, and self-govern on-reservation activity in the USA. Under Federal law, state excise taxes are owed by non-members purchasing tobacco on tribal land, but states are limited in how they enforce or collect these taxes. This study highlights the various policy approaches that states have taken to...

Squash is a racquet sport played in a similar style room as racquetball. In a squash match there are 2 players that alternate hitting a small, black, rubber ball. A complete match is played as best of 5 games, where each game is played to 11 points. Points are scored when a player fails to return a shot made by the opponent. The sport of squash is played in over 190 countries by millions of peo...

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a major genetic disorder among the tribal population. Hence the objective of the present study was to determine the prevalence and frequency of the sickle cell gene in some selected tribal population of the Ghatanji and Kelapur taluka of Yavatmal District (Central India). A total of 1078 tribal individuals were screened for SCD from 17 tribal villages constituting 3...

objective: to assess the overall nutritional status of santal tribal preschool children of paschim medinipur district, west bengal, india.   methods: a cross sectional study was conducted from february 2012 to september, 2012 in the santal tribal community of rural area of paschim medinipur district, west bengal. the study children were selected multi stage cluster sampling method. the level of...

Anthropometry is the single most portable, systemized technique, universally applicable, inexpensive, and noninvasive method available to assess the proportions, size, and composition of the human body. Maximum oxygen uptake (VO max) is internationally accepted parameter to evaluate the cardiorespiratory fitness. But determination of VO max is restricted within well equipped laboratory because ...

Psychiatric disorders in a rural community in West Bengal-an epidemiological study. Prevalence of psychiatric morbidity in two tribal communities in certain villages of West Bengal-a cross cultural study. (1980a) Socioeconomic status and mental morbidity in certain tribes and castes in India-a cross cultural study. (1980b) Mental morbidity and urban life-an epidemiological study. Urbanization a...