At the end of my term of office as Editor-in-Chief of Acta Otorhinolaryngologica Italica, i should like to briefly recall some of the results achieved. The principal aim indicated by the Board of the italian Society of otorhinolaryngology – head and neck Surgery (Sio) was to work towards the journal which had then only recently been published in English under the Editor-in-Chief, at that time D...

OBJECTIVE To describe the behavior of breast cancer (BC)during the 1962-2012 period from information provided by the Cali Cancer Registry and the Municipal Health Secretariat of Cali. MATERIALS AND METHODS The incidence trend (1962-2007) and mortality trend (1984-2012) for breast cancer was studied and relative survival (RS)(1995-2004) was estimated. Age-standardized incidence and mortality r...

A specific faculty development program for tutors to teach cross-cultural care in a preclinical gastrointestinal pathophysiology course with weekly longitudinal followup sessions was designed in 2007 and conducted in the same manner over a 6-yr period. Anonymous student evaluations of how "frequently" the course and the tutor were actively teaching cross-cultural care were performed. The statem...

BACKGROUND Surveys measuring effectiveness of public awareness campaigns in reducing cardiovascular disease (CVD) incidence have yielded equivocal findings. The aim of this study was to describe cardiovascular risk factors (CVRFs) changes over the years in an untreated population-based study. METHODS Between 2007 and 2012, we conducted a screening campaign for CVRFs in men aged 40 to 65 yrs a...

Abstract Background The incidence rate of suicide has been increased in Iran over the past decades especially East Azerbaijan Province which there are limited studies on suicide. We aimed to investigate 12-year trend and demographic characteristics during period 2007–2018. obtained data mortality socio-demographic status from Death Registry Information System (DRIS) compared with legal medicine...

The Great Recession led to a large decline in economic activity throughout the entire United States with significant variation its severity across regions. Our paper examines role of freedom explaining these differences at metropolitan statistical area (MSA) level. We use Stansel (2013; 2019) MSA-level index analyze relationship between institutional quality and outcomes crisis period. Using pa...

Municipal solid waste landfills are significant parts of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. The emission of significant amount of landfill gas has generated considerable interest in quantifying such emissions. The chemical composition of the organic constituents and potential amount of landfill gas that can be derived from the waste were determined. The chemical formulae for the rapidly bi...

Municipal solid waste landfills are significant parts of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. The emission of significant amount of landfill gas has generated considerable interest in quantifying such emissions. The chemical composition of the organic constituents and potential amount of landfill gas that can be derived from the waste were determined. The chemical formulae for the rapidly bi...