BACKGROUND This study evaluates the extent of village doctors' knowledge of lead poisoning in children in rural China and assesses the characteristics associated with possessing accurate knowledge. METHODS A cross-sectional, questionnaire-based survey of 297 village doctors in Fenghuang County, Hunan Province, China was conducted. All village doctors were interviewed face-to-face using a "Wha...

Geographic region % (no. positive/no. tested) IgG IgM Total 10.4 (27/260) 4.6 (12/260) Chikan district 2.7 (3/113) 1.0 (1/113 Mazhang district 16.3 (24/147) 7.5 (11/147) Huangwai village 13.3 (2/15) 0 (0/15) Houyang village 71.4 (5/7) 28.6 (2/7) Nanpan village 23.8 (5/21) 9.5 (2/21) Chiling village 8.3 (1/12) 0 (0/12) Beigou village 16.7 (1/6) 16.7 (1/6) Chaofa village 9.5 (6/63) 7.9 (5/63) Pig...

In the global village ecosystem, enterprises need collaborating using Information Technology (IT) and other tools to succeed in this dynamic and heterogeneous business environment. The Global Village Services Reference Model (GVSRM) is a reference model based on SOSA (Service Oriented Strategies and Architectures) ontology for global village services Realization. In this model, three architectu...

The turning point of village economic development was started from the birth of the Law No. 6 of 2014 on Village. Villages now become subjects, no longer solely the object of development. The problem in this research is what is the potential of the village economy, how far the role of rural human resources, and what local products can improve the economic development of the village. The researc...

AIM Physical activity (PA) patterns of retirement village residents were investigated using self-report and objective measures. METHODS Residents (n = 323) from retirement villages in Perth, Australia, were surveyed on PA behaviour and various demographic, residency, health-related and mobility factors. Most participants wore accelerometers for 7 days. Retirement village managers (n = 32) wer...

OBJECTIVE To compare the bone mineral density of residents of a mountain village with that of residents of a fishing village in Mie Prefecture, Japan. METHODS Microdensitometry was used to measure bone mineral density of the second metacarpal bone of 202 participants living in a mountain village and of 852 participants living in a fishing village to identify contributory factors for osteoporo...

BACKGROUND In 2009, health-care reform was launched to achieve universal health coverage in China. A good understanding of how China's health reforms are influencing village doctors' income structure will assist authorities to adjust related polices and ensure that village doctors employment conditions enable them to remain motivated and productive. This study aimed to investigate the village d...

The mountain forests of the Indonesian province of Central Sulawesi include core areas of the global Wallacea biodiversity “hotspot”. Remote sensing data indicated that deforestation rates around Central Sulawesi’s Lore-Lindu National Park differ more strongly between villages than could be explained by differences in the individual characteristics of the village households as assessed by quant...

The objective of the project was to create 3D visualization of an extinct village and its evaluation using eye-tracking. As an area of interest, the extinct village of Čistá was selected. The village was located in Karlovy Vary Region in the Czech Republic and was destroyed in 1948. The village was destroyed to primarily to establish a military training area. Secondly, it was destroyed to creat...

Low-fibre sunflower residue (SFR) included in the diet is a viable option for improving production in smallholder-owned poultry. Four hundred day-old broiler chicks (200 hybrid + 200 village chicks) were given broiler starter (1-28 days) and a low-fibre sunflower residue diet (29-84 days). On day 29 the chicks were randomly allocated to four treatments (2 types of chicks, 2 systems of housing):...