This workshop is a joint endeavor of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and the National Institutes of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases to discuss the scientific advances that may help to explain why atherosclerosis and its consequences are a major cause of disability and death in diabetics. Our knowledge of the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis is rapidly expanding, reflecti...

This workshop is a joint endeavor of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and the National Institutes of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases to discuss the scientific advances that may help to explain why atherosclerosis and its consequences are a major cause of disability and death in diabetics. Our knowledge of the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis is rapidly expanding, reflecti...

Sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, a wheat genome sequencing workshop was held November 10-11, 2003, in Washington, DC. It brought together 63 scientists of diverse research interests and institutions, including 45 from the United States and 18 from a dozen foreign countries (see list of participants at http://www.ksu.edu/igrow). The objectives ...

health professionals play crucial roles on the self-confidence of nursing mothers and their knowledge of breastfeeding. the aim of this study was a comparison of two different breastfeeding workshops on participants’ knowledge, attitude, practice (kap) and related factors. a cross-sectional study took place in fetal and neonatal research centre (2011- 2012). the intervention composed of two dif...

objective: the purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of life skills workshops on marital satisfaction. methods: eighteen female counselors, psychologists and social workers working at welfare organizations of khozestan participated in life skills workshops. the program focused on communication skills training, assertiveness training, anger management and negative mood management. da...

Local automobile garage workers carry out daily workshop operations, which sometimes lead to accidents and injuries. Therefore, this study was carried out to establish a relationship between automobile workshop operations causing accidents and safety practices among local garage workers in Ghana. Three main data collection approaches were used in the study namely focus group discussions (10 FGD...

Diabetes mellitus as one of the most common metabolic disorders has some complications, one of the main ones is diabetic foot (DF). Appropriate care and education prevents 85% of diabetic foot amputations. An ideal management to prevent and treat diabetic foot necessitates a close collaboration between the health team members and the diabetic patient. Therefore, improving nurses' knowledge a...

This talk summarizes topical theoretical work for tests of the electroweak theory and reviews the status of the electroweak Standard Model in view of the recent precision data reported at the 1997 summer conferences. talk given at the International Workshop on Quantum Effects in the MSSM, Barcelona, 9 13 September 1997 REVIEW: STATUS OF THE STANDARD MODEL W. HOLLIK Institut für Theoretische Phy...

BACKGROUND Due to the aging of the population, the number of older patients diagnosed with a malignant disease is increasing. A multidisciplinary approach to the senior adult cancer patient is mandatory, to assure optimal diagnosis and therapeutic management. DESIGN European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) has currently defined senior adult oncology as one of its pri...