BACKGROUND A significant number of parents are unaware or unconvinced of the health consequences of passive smoking (PS) in children. Physicians could increase parental awareness by giving personal advice. AIM To evaluate the current practices of three Dutch health professions (paediatricians, youth health care physicians, and family physicians) regarding parental counselling for passive smok...

background: chemical preservation has become an increasingly important practice in modern food technology and herbal medicinal products with the increase in production of processed and convenience products. objective: in the present study, a reversed-phased hplc method for simultaneous determination of the preservatives sodium benzoate (sb) and potassium sorbate (ps) is described. methods: the ...

In a world where interaction is a significant part of everyday life, personal space (PS) – an invisible bubble surrounding human body is important. This is because PS functions as a comfort zone during interaction, a factor in designing physical environments, and invading such space produces anxiety and discomfort. Little is known, however, about how personal space might operate in virtual envi...

BACKGROUND Perfectionism may be a premorbid risk factor for eating disorders. Evidence of familial transmission suggests features of perfectionism may be genetically determined. This study examines the structure of perfectionism using classical twin design models. METHODS Independent (IP) and common (CP) pathway models are used to investigate the extent to which genetic and environmental fact...

background: personal protection equipments (ppes) should be easily accessible to decrease contact with infecting factors and also should be used purposefully to effectively keep the health care personnel in a safe distance from the patient blood and body fluid which can easily infect the operating rooms personnel. this study aimed to find the operating rooms' personnel compliance with standards...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the quality maize based on physical characteristics. Samples were taken from 17 poultry shops (PS) in Jambi City and divided into 3 groups sales turnover (large, medium, small) each group consisted 6 PS. Pure corn used as a control. A total kg samples PS, randomly sacks corn. Corn measured for bulk density (BD) analyzed crude fiber (CF). results showed that...

The new paradigm of personal health demands open standards and middleware components that permit transparent integration and end-to-end interoperability from new personal health devices to healthcare information system. The use of standards seems to be the internationally accepted way to face this challenge. In this article, the implementation of an end-to-end standard-based personal health sol...