Objective: To determine which socio-demographic factors influence the inter-conception interval in southern Jordan. Methods: A cross sectional study on a sample of 307 Jordanian women was performed. All women were interviewed using several questionnaires providing information on the socio-demographic characteristics, obstetric history and other health related data. Anthropometric measurements a...

The relational processes and practices that create sustain grassroots associations have received limited attention from researchers. This article addresses this gap, exploring collective leadership of through a ‘leadership-as-practice’ lens (Raelin, 2016a; 2016b). It adopts the concept ‘bundles’ practice (Schatzki, 2005) to analyse data single ethnographic case study. Adopting conceptual lens, ...

Earthquake affected households too often insufficiently apply seismic construction knowledge during reconstruction. This study aims to assess what degree safety guidelines have found their way practice in Nepal. Differences are explored between communities the Gorkha and Okhaldhunga districts, which received differing levels of technical assistance following 2015 earthquakes. Seismic resistance...

transfusion of blood products from an infected person with aids, is meant to infect recipient. blood products such as whole blood, red blood cells, platelets, plasma, frozen blood precipitate, factor viii, factor ix, can be infected with hiv. transmissions from blood factors can be seen in plasma from thousands of donors that were collected in a container and were used to treat hemophilia. bloo...

We have entered a new era in which antiretroviral agents have been demonstrated to be highly effective in preventing HIV-1 infection, especially in serodiscordant couples. The HPTN-052 randomized, controlled trial (RCT) of early versus delayed antiretroviral therapy (ART) for the HIV-1-infected persons in sexual partnerships with HIV-negative persons demonstrated at least a 96% reduction in HIV...

It was once believed that the ancients invented and perfected certain genres and that the works they left might serve as models for later writers. Today belief in ideal patterns is a distant memory, and our interest in genre takes other forms. Classicists, by engaging with the specific problems presented by Greek and Roman literature and with the speculative discourse taking place throughout li...

OBJECTIVES We evaluated outcomes in couples treated for infertility with natural procreative technology (NaProTechnology [corrected] NPT), a systematic medical approach for optimizing physiologic conditions for conception in vivo, from an Irish general practice. METHODS All couples receiving treatment from 2 NPT-trained family physicians between February 1998 and January 2002 were studied. Th...