The Indus River dolphin, sometimes known as the blind is a freshwater cetacean that exclusively found in Pakistan's River. IUCN Red List of vulnerable species lists dolphin endangered due to an 80% drop its distribution range and habitat has been badly disrupted by dams degraded water diversions. member one oldest families cetaceans, which separated about 29 million years ago, or roughly 22 bef...

BACKGROUND During the course of an influenza pandemic, governments know relatively little about the possibly changing influence of government trust, risk perception, and receipt of information on the public's intention to adopt protective measures or on the acceptance of vaccination. This study aims to identify and describe possible changes in and factors associated with public's intentions dur...

skin cancer is the most prevalent type of cancer in most of the countries and more than 90% of cancer cases are related to ultra violet rays of the sun. therefore protective behaviors against sunlight are considered the most essential measures for skin cancer prevention. this study has been conducted to determine the frequency of protective behavior against sunlight among female students of teh...

BACKGROUND For decades La Réunion has experienced a number of epidemics that have resulted in efforts to control the density of Aedes species on this Island. This study was conducted to assess household-level expenditure on protective measures against mosquito nuisance on the Island of La Réunion in 2012. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Data was collected during a cross-sectional survey of 102...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to evaluate the internal structure of a self-report measure of multiple family-level protective factors against abuse and neglect and explore the relationship of this instrument to other measures of child maltreatment. METHODS For the exploratory factor analysis, 11 agencies from 4 states administered the Protective Factors Survey (PFS), the Brief Chi...