Haemoglobinopathies are the most common monogenic inherited disorders of erythrocytes. Carriers of haemoglobinopathies are partially protected against morbidity and mortality of falciparum malaria, resulting in their higher prevalence in tropical countries. Estimates in India show 3–17% prevalence of β-thalassaemia, but its magnitude in the Central-East coast of India, especially in Orissa is n...

Neurological complications of hemolytic anemias are rather uncommon. We are reporting two cases of hemolytic anemia presenting as chorea and recurrent ischemic stroke. The first one is a case of chorea in a patient with sickle cell trait. Reviewing the literature we could find only one case report of chorea in sickle cell disease disease. The second is a case of recurrent ischemic stroke in her...

As sickle cell anaemia (African anaemia; nieniscocytic anaemia) is a rare condition in Asia, we hope that a report on the following three active cases, as well as a number of latent cases showing the sickle cell trait, will raise considerable interest in those parts where the incidence of anaemias among the population is high and where hitherto the response to treatment has proved anything but ...

The present research studies the association between traits, values, and life satisfaction. While values should influence the direction of an individual's goals and behavior, his/her traits impact effort-expenditure, efficiency, and persistence in goal-pursuit. We apply the framework of the "Big Two" of agency and communion (Bakan, 1966) for distinguishing the content of values and traits. Whil...

Previous research using confirmatory factor analysis to model psychopathology comorbidity has supported the hypothesis of a broad general factor (i.e., a "bifactor"; Holzinger & Swineford, 1937) of psychopathology in children, adolescents, and adults, with more specific higher order internalizing and externalizing factors reflecting additional shared variance in symptoms (Lahey et al., 2012; La...

The frequencies of four malaria associated erythrocyte genetic abnormalities have been established in 1000 Omani subjects. They are: homozygous alpha+ thalassaemia (-alpha/-alpha) 0.45; high Hb A2 beta thalassaemia trait 0.015; sickle trait (Hb A/S) 0.061; and glucose 6 phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency (Gd-): males 0.27, females 0.11. From our data the alpha+ (-alpha/) thal gene (confirmed by...

During a routine study of the parents of a 3month-old Jamaican child with the sickle-cell trait the father was found to have a haemoglobin electrophoretic pattern identical to that of homozygous sickle-cell disease. Because he was perfectly well and had no haematological abnormalities detailed studies of his haemoglobin constitution were undertaken. These indicate that he is heterozygous for bo...

Hospital efficiency relates to organizational factors and leadership style. This study investigated several factors, as one interdependent construct, with the potential to influence hospital performance in terms of quality-of-care. National database and survey information on modern management, lean management, organizational traits and leadership was compared. A positive correlation was found b...

Preferences for partners with symmetric and sex-typical faces are well documented and considered evidence for the good-genes theory of mate choice. However, it is unclear whether preferences for these traits drive the real-world selection of mates. In two samples of young heterosexual couples from the United Kingdom (Study 1) and the United States (Study 2), the authors found assortment for fac...