BACKGROUND Current tuberculosis (TB) reporting protocols are insufficient to achieve the goals established by the Stop TB partnership. Some countries have recommended implementation of active case finding program. We assessed the effect of Cough Officer Screening (an active screening system) on the rate of TB detection and health care system delays over the course of four years. METHODS Patie...

Abstract With Industry 5.0 already on the horizon, firms need to adapt their strategies better cater an increasingly demanding and sustainability-conscious customer base. At same time, role of customers has shifted from being mere passive buyers active users, who not only demand personalized products services suit needs preferences, but also actively engage other users stakeholders, thereby gro...

Iris florentina, Iris gemanica, Iris pallida, Irones, Irißorental Rhizomes o f Iris pallida and Iris florentina contain — increasing on storage — violet-like smelling C )4-ketones (irones 1 a—c) which develop by oxidative degradation of C3!-triterpenoids. The structure of these precursors is reported as well as the structure of respective C30-homologues. The unusual C3j-structures may derive bi...

The proposed project is set in pure mathematics within the areas of infinite-dimensional Lie theory and geometric group theory. Its goal is to contribute to the structure theory of unitary forms (i.e., centralisers of Chevalley involutions) of Kac–Moody algebras and of Kac–Moody groups of indefinite type. The main emphasis of this project will be on finite-dimensional representations and on ide...

Diarrhea by rotavirus is one of the main causes of mortality in children in developing countries, although the hospitalization rates (HR) for acute diarrhea have been found to have fallen since the introduction of the rotavirus vaccine. However, the patterns of the rotavirus are still not well understood and seasonal peaks occur throughout the year, with variations between countries and over ti...

[Purpose] The aim of this study was to determine the frequency, type, and location of pain in hemiplegic patients and the effects on rehabilitation results in our inpatient rehabilitation unit. [Subjects and Methods] Patients rehabilitated between January 2010 and July 2012 were investigated retrospectively. Properties of pain were recorded. Pre- and post-rehabilitation motor evaluation and ach...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of rheumatic diseases in rural and urban populations using the WHO-ILAR COPCORD questionnaire. METHODS We conducted a cross-sectional home survey in subjects > 18 years of age in the Mexican state of Nuevo Leon. Results were validated locally against physical examination in positive cases according to an operational definition by 2 rheumatologists. We used...