Phrasal verbs (PVs) are notably essential for English language learners due to their common use in spoken and informal written language; however, as a foreign (EFL) may find it difficult master phrasal verbs, not only at receptive but also productive levels. The syntactic semantic complexities prove much more troublesome academic writing those whose mother tongue does feature verb formations. T...

Race conditions Urban and semi-urban parts of the city with both paved and un-paved roads, maximum recorded temperature during the race was 35° Celsius. A prospective descriptive epidemiological analysis of race data of runners presenting with emergencies was done using a standardized patient data collection form given to medical aid providers. Triaging was done according to Canadian triage and...

BACKGROUND Geographical and environmental features such as urbanization and altitude may influence individual's lipid profiles because of the diversity of human-environment interactions including lifestyles. OBJECTIVE To characterize the association between altitude and urbanization and lipid profile among Peruvian adults aged ≥35 years. METHODS Cross-sectional analysis of the CRONICAS Coho...

BACKGROUND Tobacco use leads to many health complications and is a risk factor for the occurrence of cardio vascular diseases, lung and oral cancers, chronic bronchitis etc. Almost 6 million people die from tobacco-related causes every year. This study was conducted to measure the prevalence of tobacco use in three different areas around Chennai city, south India. METHODS A survey of 7510 ind...

The purpose of this study was to identify and describe the role of the psychiatric/community mental health nurse in the context of primary health care in which mental health is an integral part of the general health care system and in a specific socio-economic background. Nine (9) community mental health nurses who graduated from a local training program for community mental health nurses at po...

OBJECTIVE Adequate iodine and Fe intakes are imperative during pregnancy to prevent fetal defects, but such data are not available in the Democratic Republic of Congo. We aimed to assess iodine and Fe status in pregnant women from Lubumbashi. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. We measured urinary iodine concentration (UIC) in random urine samples using a modified Sandell–Kolthoff digestion method;...

HYPOTHESIS Amplification of the HER-2/neu oncogene in 25% of breast cancers is associated with a shortened disease-free survival. DESIGN Retrospective analysis of a patient population referred to a tertiary care facility for HER-2/neu testing. The mean follow-up was 56 months. SETTING Large, urban, tertiary care hospital. PATIENTS From 1995 to 1999, a consecutive sample of 190 patients wi...

a r t i c l e i n f o Keywords: Ecological network analysis Extended exergy analysis Structure Utility Urban ecological economic system Analyzing the structure and functioning of the urban system revealed ways to optimize its structure by adjusting the relationships among compartments, thereby demonstrating how ecological network analysis can be used in urban system research. Based on the accou...