BACKGROUND Pemphigus is a common autoimmune blistering disorder in India. However, there are no population based surveys from India available to study the prevalence of this disease. AIMS To estimate the incidence of pemphigus in Thrissur district, Kerala, South India. METHODS Questionnaire based survey was conducted among the practicing dermatologists of Trichur district between 1 st Janua...

BACKGROUND To explore changes in utilization patterns for general practice (GP) and hospital care of people living in deprived neighbourhoods when primary care providers work in a more coherent and coordinated manner by applying an integrated approach. METHODS We compared expected (based on consumption patterns of a health insurers' total population) and actual utilization patterns in a depri...

BACKGROUND An effective emergency referral transport system is the link between the home of the pregnant woman and a health facility providing basic or comprehensive emergency obstetric care. This study attempts to explore the role of emergency transport associated with maternal deaths in Unnao district, Uttar Pradesh (UP). METHODS A descriptive study was carried out to assess the causes of a...

Title: Listening to their voices: understanding rural women's perceptions of good delivery care at the Mibilizi District Hospital in Rwanda Authors: Zack Ndirima ([email protected]) Florian Neuhann ([email protected]) Claudia Beiersmann ([email protected]) Version: 1 Date: 12 Jan 2018 Author’s response to reviews: BMWH-D-16-00406 Listening to their voices: understan...

objective: to assess the prevalence and practice of fertility regulation methods among remote ethiopian communities of the hamer district, southern ethiopia. materials and methods: community-based cross sectional study was conducted in hamer district of south regional state of ethiopia. the study populations were women of reproductive age group residing in the district and purposively identifie...

the goal of this research is the derivation of method for evaluation of efficiency improvement potential for district heating systems with focus on variable speed centrifugal pump. the effectiveness of the usage of the proportional pressure control is compared with the constant pressure control. this is why, energy calculation analyses have been realized for variable speed centrifugal pumps, an...

During the 106th Congress, two database protection bills were pending before the U.S. House of Representatives: H.R. 354,[1] introduced by Representative Howard Coble (6th District of North Carolina), and H.R. 1858,[2] introduced by Representative Tom Bliley (7th District of Virginia). These bills differed significantly in approach and scope. This paper summarizes the background of the debate, ...

a very bright one for the following reasons 1. The people of this district are particularly apathetic, and Srinagar being situated in a low valley, people of higher ranges prefer suffering in their homes to coming to this hot place, especially during the hot months?from April to September._^n^^r -jj0Sp;tal had a bad reputation at that time A rumour was current all over the district that in this...

1 Birnagr High School (HS), Birnagar, Ranaghat, District: Nadia, Pin Code: 741127, West Bengal, India, Email: [email protected] 2 Department of Mathematics, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan. E-mail: [email protected], 3* Department of Mathematics, Nandalal Ghosh B.T. College, Panpur, PO Narayanpur, and District: North 24 Parganas, Pin Code: 743126, West Bengal, ...