The pitch levels of female speech in two villages situated in a relatively remote area of China were compared. The dialects spoken in the two villages are similar to Standard Mandarin, and all subjects had learned to read and speak Standard Mandarin at school. Subjects read out a passage of roughly 3.25 min in Standard Mandarin, and pitch values were obtained at 5-ms intervals. The overall pitc...

This study compared the effectiveness of the community-wide treatment and school-based treatment approaches in the control of Schistosoma mansoni infections in villages with ⩾25% prevalence in western Kenya. Stool samples from first year students, 9-12year olds and adults (20-55years) were analyzed by the Kato-Katz technique for S. mansoni eggs. After two rounds of treatment, S. mansoni prevale...

pollution of agricultural lands is a widespread problem in mine regions. the transport of the pollutants through the food chain, causes their accumulation s in tissues of plants and animals which endangers their health. this study aimed to measure the concentrations of heavy metals (lead, copper, zinc and manganese) in wheat roots of darreh zaresh villages which might be used for future environ...

1. Hamele M, Poss WB, Sweney J. Disaster preparedness, pediatric considerations in primary blast injury, chemical, and biological terrorism. World J Crit Care Med. 2014;3:15-23. 2. Adhisivam B, Srinivasan S, Soudarssanane MB, Deepak Amalnath S, Nirmal Kumar A. Feeding of infants and young children in tsunami affected villages in Pondicherry. Indian Pediatr. 2006; 43:724-7. 3. Pfefferbaum B, Var...

BACKGROUND Schistosoma japonicum is a major public health concern in China, with over one million people infected and another 40 million living in areas at risk of infection. Unlike the disease caused by S. mansoni and S. haematobium, schistosomiasis japonica is a zoonosis, involving a number of different mammalian species as reservoir hosts. As a result of a number of published reports from Ch...

For over a decade, urban villages across Java Indonesia that were used to be slum areas transformed into colorful and have become tourist destinations. Artists together with local residents paint the village murals, thus name Kampung Pelangi or Rainbow Village synonymous creative movement. This study was conducted in of Semarang city, central Indonesia. City is visually unique it located on hil...

The study was conducted in the summer season (April-May 2007). The fluoride concentration along with physico-chemical parameters in ground water samples was determined in various villages of Kadi tehsil at Mehsana district of Gujarat state (India), since in most of the villages it is the only source of drinking water. The fluoride concentrations in these villages varied from 0.94 to 2.81 mg/L (...

A total of 459 serum samples from unvaccinated backyard chickens originating from 4 villages in Mandlakazi district, Southern Mozambique, were tested for the presence of Mycoplasma gallisepticum and Mycoplasma synoviae antibodies through commercial enzyme-linked immunoabsorbent assay [ELISA] kits. Anti-MG and anti-MS antibodies were detected in all villages surveyed and the overall seroprevalen...