Modern visual arts education enables student’s permanent creative expression, while art appreciation plays an equally important role. This article presents the results of a study that monitored the level of art appreciation abilities of 10-year-old primary school students from north-eastern Slovenia utilizing a sample of 1,429 students (n=1,429). The study explored whether there are differences...

OBJECTIVE We aimed at summarising rates and factors associated with retention in HIV care prior to antiretroviral treatment (ART) eligibility in sub-Saharan Africa. DESIGN We conducted a systematic literature review (2002-2014). We searched Medline/Pubmed, Scopus and Web of Science, as well as proceedings of conferences. We included all original research studies published in peer-reviewed jou...

this issue of the journal deals with the heritage of ancient civilizations that have flourished and endured more or less in the important areas of the ancient east; among the central asian countries where they are called the great khorasan and transoxiana and house different ethnic groups with different customs and beliefs, unique nature, precious reserves. people of the land have gone through ...

Two recent studies suggest that natural scenes and paintings show similar statistical properties. But does the content or region of origin of an artwork affect its statistical properties? We addressed this question by having judges place paintings from a large, diverse collection of paintings into one of three subject-matter categories using a forced-choice paradigm. Basic statistics for images...

In this paper, an investigation on the relation between state-building and Near Eastern religion is attempted. Analyzing the city-state of Ḥaṭrā (Iraq, close to Kirkuk), it is demonstrated that pre-Islamic state craft in the region was dependent on the initiative of the Parthian monarchy in Iran. The kings of the Arsacid dynasty attempted to bestow the local Arabic tribes in the Jazira with a c...

in this paper, an investigation on the relation between state-building and near eastern religion is attempted. analyzing the city-state of ḥaṭrā (iraq, close to kirkuk), it is demonstrated that pre-islamic state craft in the region was dependent on the initiative of the parthian monarchy in iran. the kings of the arsacid dynasty attempted to bestow the local arabic tribes in the jazira with a c...

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BACKGROUND Diagnosing hepatic injury in HIV infection can be a herculean task for clinicians as several factors may be involved. In this study, we sought to determine the effects of antiretroviral therapy (ART) and disease progression on hepatic enzymes in HIV patients. METHODS A case-control study conducted from January to May 2014 at the Akwatia Government Hospital, Eastern region, Ghana, T...

(Revised from a publication by D. van der Reyden, prepared at the Smithsonian Center for Materials Research and Education formerly the Conservation Analytical Laboratory, entitled Technology and treatment of a folding screen: comparison of oriental and western techniques. In: The conservation of Far Eastern art: preprints of the contributions to the IIC Kyoto congress, Kyoto, 19-23 September 19...

How to cite this article: Van den Berg VL, Okeyo AP, Dannhauser A, Nel M. Body weight, eating practices and nutritional knowledge amongst university nursing students, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Afr J Prm Health Care Fam Med. 2012;4(1), Art. #323, 9 pages. http:// dx.doi.org/10.4102/phcfm. v4i1.323 Background: Health care workers need to be equipped to deal with the increasing obesity and obesi...