acute meningitis in children is predominantly aseptic and does not require specific treatment. however, meningitis has a bacterial origin in about 5% of patients and carries a risk of fatal outcome or severe neurological sequelae, especially when diagnosis and antibiotic administration are delayed. the objective of the present study was to evaluate the value of determining procalcitonin levels ...

background portugal has a strong tradition of conventional western healthcare. so it provides a natural case study for the relationship between complementary/alternative medicine (cam) and western medicine (wm). this work aims to test the relationship between cam and wm users in the diagnosis and treatment stages and to estimate the determinants of cam choice.   methods the forth portuguese nat...

this research focuses on the role of the environmental nongovernmental organizations in iran and also the evaluation of their performance in achieving public participation to protect environment. findings of this research .reveal that so far these organizations have lacked the ability to prepare the context for people involvement in environmental conservation, which is due to several major cons...