Kenya is home to more than 40 million people, 80% of whom live in rural areas and rely almost entirely on agriculture. More than 10 million (almost a third of the population) are chronically food insecure (Republic of Kenya 2011; FAO 2011; Republic of Kenya 2008). The country’s food and nutrition insecurity is often attributed to the performance of the agricultural sector, which while growing a...

In today's highly complex and interconnected power systems, sometimes made of thousands of buses and hundreds of generators, there is a great need to improve electric power utilization while still maintaining reliability and security. In order to meet the ever-growing power demand, utilities prefer to rely on already existing generation instead of building new transmission lines that are subjec...

background: developmental dysplasia of hip (ddh) is a common childhood disorder, and ultrasonography examination is routinely used for screening purposes. in this study, we aimed to evaluate a modified combined static and dynamic   ultrasound technique for the detection of ddh and to compare with the results of static and dynamic ultrasound techniques.       methods: in this cross-sectional stu...

substitution at codon ser315 of katg gene, a reliable marker for isoniazid (inh) resistance and proliferate in spite of the loss of cell wall is called an l- form. unstable l- forms can convert to normal cells but stble l-forms can not.cell wall - deffective state may be induced spontaneously or through the action of an appropriate agent such as antibiotic interfering with the synthesis of cell...

 Abstract Background: Several studies have examined the reflex response of ankle musculature to sudden inversion in noninjured and injured subjects. To date, there have been no studies to determine the effect of versatile degrees & conditions of perturbation on the ankle musculature latency. The purpose of this study was to measure and determine whether there was a difference in ankle musculatu...

security has two dimensions of subjective (security feeling) and objective. there are preconditions for security feeling in society that one of the preconditions, the existence of security in the society. these levels are linked together and the interaction between these two levels of objective and subjective that security in the society is achieved.therefore, in this article we have tried to e...

Background: Nowadays, cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are among the most common causes of mortalities worldwide. Parathyroid hormone (PTH) has an important role in the pathogenesis of CVDs. The aim of the current study was to compare serum PTH levels between patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI), unstable angina, and normal coronary function. Methods: This descriptive and analytic stud...

the aim of this study is to investigate the role of security in social deviations among women of babol city. descriptive survey research method was used and the unit of analysis is 15-29 year old women that 284 women are selected on the basis of cochran formula and using multi-stage random cluster sampling. the results show that there is a weak significant relationship between the independent v...