abstract   background: a significant relationship between psychiatric disorders principally depression and anxiety and insomnia is well-known in general population. ahigh percent of insomnia sufferers report anxiety symptoms. anxiety is also frequently seen in medical patients whom complaints of sleep problems are often prominent.   method: 250 outpatients with various medical complaints partic...

background: survey of pollution and evaluation of water quality in rivers with oregon water quality index (owqi) and gis are effective tools for management of the impact of environmental water resources. the information in calculating the wqi of moradbeik river allowed us to take our tests results and make a scientific conclusion about the quality of water. gis can be a powerful tool for develo...

Adoption of sustainable tillage can protect soils from biological degradation and maintain soil quality, as compared with conventional management. This paper presents findings from a long-term tillage experiment carried out in Endocalcari-Endohypogleyic Cambisols on a sandy loam soil in Lithuania. The tillage systems were: conventional (CT), moderate (MT), and no tillage (NT). Tillage intensity...

local food production can be seen worldwide, and there are several local wisdoms on food production. there are many problems on local food production, including the problem of microbiological contamination, which is considered a great concern. the safety consideration is required. in the tropical world, the problem of local tropical food production should be specially discussed. there are many ...

The aim of this study was to evaluate changes of microbiota in ten patients undergoing orthodontic treatment. For each patient clinical examination of gingival index (GI) and plaque index (PI) were performed at the first molars at: baseline (T1), 2 (T2), 4 (T3) and 12 weeks (T4). At the same time subgingival plaque and tongue samples were taken for the microbiological study. Clinical results sh...

The objective of this study was to investigate the microbiological quality of ready-toeat food in the Municipality of Khon Kaen, Thailand. Four categories of 186 food samples were collected: 1) high heat food; 2) low heat food; 3) no heat food; and, 4) on-site prepared fruit juices and beverages. Of the food samples, 145 (78%) failed to meet acceptable microbiological standards, including fruit...

The oral administration of drugs to the pediatric population involves the extemporaneous preparation of liquid formulations. These formulations have studies on their physicochemical stability, but they often lack microbiological studies. The objective of this study is to check the microbiological quality of five oral liquid formulations prepared with different excipients, which represent five m...

e objective of the study was to determine psychrotrophic bacteria counts (PBC) and total bacterial counts (TBC) in bulk milk samples collected during a longer period (1999 to 2000). Two sets of samples were analysed. Set 1, including samples collected in three herds, was analysed by the Central Laboratory at České Budějovice. TBC was determined using the apparatus Bactoscan, and PBC by culture...