Reports indicate that one of the causes of harmful to the genital system, especially the testes stress. Stress could be created secondarily after some pathological conditions such as neurological diseases or environmental factors. One of the causes of stress could be scary voices, such as cat voice for mice. In this study we aimed to investigate the testes parameters in the animals that were ex...

   Objectives: The present study aimed at investigating the relationship between Dysphonia Severity Index (DSI) and disease speech and voice severity of Parkinson disease (PD) patients. Method. This study was a cross-sectional ones, carried out on 45 PD patients with the age range of 50 to 75 years, who were randomly selected. The Hoehn and Yahr Scale (H.Y Scale) was employed to measure the le...

The article explores how spaces aimed at improving accountability in health systems are socially produced. It addresses the implications of an initiative to promote patient involvement in government-funded research in the context of a large cancer research network in England. We employ a socio-spatial theoretical framework inspired by insights from Henri Lefebvre and Judith Butler to examine ho...

Facebook is one of the world’s largest social networks, with more than 2,7 billion active users globally. It also most dominant platforms and commonly used by Arabs. However, connecting via sharing content cannot be taken for granted. While many studies have focused on role played networked in empowering women Arab world general feminist movements Spring, few explored Palestinian women’s use Fa...

efforts to achieve effective and meaningful patient and public involvement (ppi) in healthcare have existed for nearly a century, albeit with limited success. this brief commentary discusses a recent paper by carter and martin exploring the “challenges facing healthwatch, a new consumer champion in england,” and places these challenges in the context of the broader struggle to give a voice to h...

PURPOSE To identify the efficiency characteristics and cutoff values of the dimensions of the Voice Activity and Participation Profile (VAPP) protocol, which discriminates the dysphonic and vocally healthy individuals; to verify if the cutoff values remain the same for a sample of teachers. METHODS Efficiency characteristics and cutoff values of VAPP data from 171 subjects were analyzed by re...

So-called “influencers” increasingly use their popularity on social media to raise voice promote political topics such as climate change, human rights, or party politics. As digital opinion leaders they may exert a powerful influence followers’ attitudes and behavior, motivating them protect the environment engage in participation online. Based Gateway Hypothesis, we argue that these online act...

Background Active patient participation is a patient safety priority for health care. Yet, patients and their preferences are less understood. The aim of the study was to explore hospitalised patients' preferences on participation in their care and safety activities in Sweden. Methods Exploratory qualitative study. Data were collected over a four-month period in 2013 and 2014. Semi-structured...