INTRODUCTION Several factors may influence aesthetic outcomes of ptosis surgery, especially in patients with asymmetrical ptosis. We retrospectively assessed the effect of Hering's law on surgical outcomes of patients with asymmetrical ptosis. METHODS Patients with mild to moderate asymmetrical ptosis (N = 300) who underwent advancement or plication of upper eyelid aponeurosis between January...

OBJECTIVE Job and workplace characteristics, particularly among mental health workers, have been identified as "stressors". In this study, the objective was to assess the relationship between work performance and job burnout amongst staff at a psychiatric hospital. METHOD The respondents comprised 100 mental health professionals from Raazy Psychiatric Center, Tehran, Iran; including nurses, c...

Negative symptoms encompass diminution in emotional expression and motivation, some of which relate to human attributes that may not be accessible readily in animals. Additionally, their refractoriness to treatment precludes therapeutic validation of putative models. This review considers critically the application of mutant mouse models to the study of the pathobiology of negative symptoms. It...

Nicotinic ligands have been studied as novel therapeutic interventions in pain therapeutics since a long time. Several nicotinic agonists have been withdrawn from later stages of clinical trials due to lack of efficacy or narrow therapeutic window. These have been documented to act in the central nervous system and produce a wide range of pharmacological effects, including memory enhancing and ...

The study's overarching objective was to identify the pitfalls and bottlenecks in ensuring environmental justice on an equal basis embedded existing legal, policy, institutional framework. victims were examined, opinions of line experts garnered. study revealed that ordinary people could not seek court directly for damage due bubbles legal policy courts suffer from various challenges like fuzzi...

Literature is an expression of life through the medium of language and in the ESL classroom it is often seen as an authentic means of learning the target language. A literature-enriched curriculum not only helps learners improve their reading and writing skills but more importantly helps them internalise grammar and vocabulary. The many benefits of literature saw the implementation of the Conte...

In many socio-economic surveys, the variable of interest is sensitive or stigmatizing. Examples include tax evasion, criminal conviction, alcohol expenses, induced abortion, drug abuse, etc. In such situations, the technique of randomized response is very useful as it does not require the respondent to reveal his/her true value. The issue of privacy protection is important in this context and a...

Research has two important pillars such as researchers and research participants; and it is a dedication from both of them that yields new information leading to the advancement of science. Mutual respect on behalf of both is an essential element for successful research, but unfortunately, an air of mistrust has developed in recent times, and ethical concerns are raised globally regarding condu...

Early identification of hearing loss followed by a timely and effective intervention programme for children with hearing impairment is necessary to minimise the negative effects of hearing loss on the development of cognition, psychosocial and verbal communication skills. Such early intervention programmes need to be multidisciplinary, technologically sound and most important, it should take co...

Despite the increasing trend worldwide of integrating indigenous and scientific knowledge in natural resource management, there has been little stock-taking of literature on lessons learned from bringing indigenous knowledge and science together and the implications for maintaining and building social-ecological system resilience. In this paper we investigate: (1) themes, questions, or problems...