BACKGROUND Although female sex workers (FSWs) report high levels of condom use with commercial sex clients, particularly after targeted HIV preventive interventions have been implemented, condom use is often low with non-commercial partners. There is limited understanding regarding the factors that influence condom use with FSWs' non-commercial partners, and of how programs can be designed to i...

Although the use of coordinated direct and relay transmission (CDRT) in non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) can extend coverage, its duplicated reduces spectrum efficiency (SE) NOMA. To improve SE, we propose a spectrum-efficient scheme for NOMA-based CDRT over Nakagami- $m$ fading channels. In this scheme, base station (BS) connects with cell-center user (CCU) directly while communicating ce...

Scab, caused by Cladosporium cucumerinum Ell. et Arthur, is a prevalent disease of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) worldwide. Scab can cause serious losses for cucumber production, especially in protected culture such as high tunnel production. Resistance to cucumber scab is dominant and is controlled by a single gene, Ccu. Breeding for resistant cultivars is the most efficient way to control the...

BACKGROUND & AIM While most of the published researches have reported the amount of inequity in geographical distribution of important health resources, only a small number of studies have focused on the trend of inequality in the distribution of these resources. The purpose of this study was to determine the trend of inequality in the distribution of intensive care beds in Iran during 2010 to ...

The therapeutic effects of intercessory prayer (IP) to the Judeo-Christian God, one of the oldest forms of therapy, has had little attention in the medical literature. To evaluate the effects of IP in a coronary care unit (CCU) population, a prospective randomized double-blind protocol was followed. Over ten months, 393 patients admitted to the CCU were randomized, after signing informed consen...

Mycoplasmas are the smallest and simplest organisms known. They form a large group of bacteria that can infect humans, animals, and plants. Even though several techniques have been proposed to enumerate mycoplasmas in broth medium, the determination of mycoplasma growth still remains a difficult task. The potential of using flow cytometry (FC) for rapidly estimating several species of mycoplasm...

461 • Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria 2010 • vol 32 • nº 4 • dez2010 References 1. Lavretsky H. The Russian concept of schizophrenia: a review of the literature. Mental health care reforms in Europe: Rehabilitation and social inclusion of people with mental illness in Russia. Evidence of persistent executive function deficits in cannabis dependence after one month of abstinence Evidências de ...

OBJECTIVE To assess the use of acute coronary care facilities in the Republic of Ireland with regard to case mix, patient characteristics, mortality and factors associated with mortality, time intervals to admission, utilisation of thrombolysis, and risk factor profiles. DESIGN A 1 week prospective census of all hospitals admitting acute coronary cases. These comprised 23 coronary care units ...

Method We analyzed 20 consecutive patients (14 male; age 64 ± 12 years) with first acute inferior MI due to proximal right coronary lesion. All patients were assessed with cardiac MRI after primary percutaneous coronary intervention and followed up for a median (25, 75 percentiles) of 6 (5, 6) months. We assessed the association of RV function with length of cardiac care unit (CCU) treatment as...