Purpose: Scabies is a parasitic disease with nocturnal itching and cutaneous lesions. It spreads   by physical contact and it occurs mostly in crowded places. Because of their occupation, military   personnel have to live in garrisons and camps. So the prevalence of scabies is higher in military   systems. Hence, this study evaluated the epidemiology of scabies in Iran’s Army.   Materials and...

In spring 1989, a random, Army-wide sample of 15,364 enlisted and 4,529 officer personnel was surveyed on dental utilization. Results show no difference in annual dental utilization between officer and enlisted personnel when age is controlled. Because annual dental utilization increases with age and enlisted ranks contain a disproportionately large number of younger personnel, a difference in ...

Visualizing personal histories requires a tool that can present users with multiple time intervals along with supporting information. The Human-Computer Interaction Lab (HCIL) at the University of Maryland created LifeLines, a visualization tool for personal histories in 1994 to visualize youth records [7]. The software was recoded in 2003 to facilitate easy zooming, but not all of the original...

A cross-sectional study was performed in February 2001 to evaluate the prevalence and risk factors of Blastocystis hominis infection in army personnel who resided in an army base in Chonburi, Thailand. A total of 904 army personnel were enrolled in this study. Short-term in vitro cultivation was used to detect B. hominis in stool samples. In this population, B. hominis was the parasite most fre...

Reports: Arctic Institute of North America: PROFESSOR RICHARD FOSTER FLINT ................ ........................... 291 Special Articles: Impairment of Response to Stilbestrol in the Oviduct of Chicks Deficient in L. Casei Factor ("Folic Acid"): DR. Roy HERTZ and DR. W. H. SEBRELL. Inhibition of Metal Catalysis as a Fungistatic Mechanism: DR. GEORGE A. ZENTMYER. The Ultraviolet Absorption o...

A cross sectional survey of 581 TA personnel from Wales, the Midlands and Scotland was performed. The aim was to determine their hearing levels, to attempt to relate any degree of noise induced hearing loss detected with military, occupational and leisure noise and to make recommendations to improve the existing Army Hearing Conservation Programme. Each subject answered a questionnaire, had a c...

Since 2003, about 14 % of U.S. Army soldiers have reported symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following deployments. In this article, we examine how post-deployment symptoms of PTSD and of other mental health conditions are related to the probability of divorce among married active-duty U.S. Army soldiers. For this purpose, we combine Army administrative individual-level longitudi...