INTRODUCTION Snake bite is a major problem in Sri Lanka where recent decades of warfare and economic sanctions have complicated its management. RESULTS A retrospective review of snake bites in north-east Sri Lanka was undertaken in 2005 to review management. Of 303 victims, 145 revealed a local response, 134 a prolonged clotting time, 46 ptosis and five respiratory failure. One died. Of 97 sn...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine a bold and ambitious scheme known as the North East transformation system (NETS). The principal aim of the NETS is the achievement of a step-change in the quality of health services delivered to people living in the North East region of England. The paper charts the origins of the NETS and its early journey before describing what happened to it ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Onychomycosis is a common fungal infection which has been conducted in many parts of the world. The aim of this study was to evaluate the epidemiology and to identify the aetiological factors of onychomycosis in Mazandaran province, Iran. MATERIALS AND METHODS During the period of 10 years (2003-2012) 1100 patients suspected with onychomycosis, referred to the Mycolo...

Urine samples were collected from male staff memb ers o f the hospital who were not t aking dapsone , from male in-patients 2 4-h after their previous daily supervised dose of 1 00 mg dapsone and from male out-patients at the tim e of their visit to collect a further stock of 1 00 mg dapsone tablets for daily self­ administration . A small crystal o f thymol was then added to each urine sample ...

Anthropogenic changes in precipitation pose a serious threat to society-particularly in regions such as the Middle East that already face serious water shortages. However, climate model projections of regional precipitation remain highly uncertain. Moreover, standard resolution climate models have particular difficulty representing precipitation in the Middle East, which is modulated by complex...

Crop rows oriented at a right angle to sunlight direction (i.e., east–west within the winter cropping system in Western Australia) may suppress weed growth through greater shading of weeds in the interrow spaces. This was investigated in the districts of Merredin and Beverley, Western Australian (latitudes of 31u and 32uS) from 2002 to 2005 (four trials). Winter grain crops (wheat, barley, cano...

background : the aims of this study were to determine the seroprevalence of canine ehrlichiosis and risk factors of this disease in companion dogs’ population of mashhad, north east of iran. canine monocytic ehrlichiosis (cme) is a zoonotic disease transmitted by ticks, rhipicephalus sanguineus, and caused by an obligate intracellular bacterium, ehrlichia canis. methods : during september 2009 ...