BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to detect low parasite and asymptomatic malaria infections by means of three malaria diagnostic tests, in a low transmission region of Minab district, Hormozgan Province, southern Iran. METHODS Blood samples of 200 healthy volunteers from Bagh-e-Malek area were evaluated using microscopic, rapid diagnostic tests (RDT) and nested-PCR to inspect malaria para...

STUDY DESIGN A prospective study of 50 patients suffering from Bhagandara(Fistula in Ano) (age ranging from 18-54years) treated by Kshara sutra therapy PLACE Kshara sutra unit, Central research Unit, Punjabi bagh, New Delhi DURATION January 2007 to July 2008. OBJECTIVES To determine the incidence of low or high anal fistula, recurrence rate following Kshara sutra therapy and effect of Ksh...

The bacteriological quality of drinking-water supply of five major urban centres affected by the October 2005 earthquake in Pakistan were assessed in three phases: onset of emergency, during emergency response and post-emergency. A total of 1850 samples were randomly collected from the study area during each phase, and faecal coliforms were detected in 100%, 28% and 91% in Battagram, 81%, 22% a...

Background: The overhanging margins are responsible for much iatrogenic periodontal disease. May investigators found that high proportions of restorations have reported over hanging margins. Materials and methods: The prevalence of overhanging margins and associated periodontal status in patients who attended periodontal department, college were assessed. Results: The chance of a site bleeding ...

This paper reviews a cyclic scheduling model of repetitive manufacturing environments consisting of exible machines and multi-stage jobs. We explicitly model two system performance measures, throughput and ow time, while incorporating variability arising from uncertainty in operation processing times. We present an iterative approximation scheme to estimate the two moment behavior of our perfor...