INTRODUCTION The aim of this study was to examine provider perceptions concerning the provision and accessibility of diabetes education, according to levels of economic distress and rurality throughout the US Appalachian region. METHODS A questionnaire regarding diabetes education resources was developed and mailed to all Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC), health departments, and know...

The highly polymorphic Rh system is encoded by 2 homologous genes RHD and RHCE. Gene rearrangements, deletions, or point mutations may cause partial D and CE antigens. In this study, a new RHD variant, DAR, and a new RHCE variant, ceAR, are described in 4 Dutch African Blacks. Serologically, DAR showed weaker reactions with a monoclonal antibody and polyclonal antiserum against D. The DAR pheno...

with its favorable geographical location, qazvin has long been a center of civilization in the iranian plateau. due to its strategic importance and being situated on the way to routes going to west and east, qazvin has always enjoyed military and political significance in both the pre-islamic and the islamic period. after the muslim arabs’ conquest of persia, qazvin became one of the borders of...

P.O. Box 447, Arusha, Tanzania. 2 Ifakara Health Institute, P.O. Box 78373, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. 3 Dar es Salaam Institute of Technology, P. O. Box 2958, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. 4 National Institute for Medical Research, Amani Medical Research Centre, P.O. Box 81, Muheza, Tanga, Tanzania. 5 Genome Science Centre and Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Parasitology, Sokoine University...