Leprosy is a hyperendemic chronic condition in the Rondônia State . Despite the significant impact of oral health on the quality of life and clinical evolution of leprosy patients, systematic evaluation of oral health status has been neglected. To analyze the dental-clinical profile, self-perceived oral health and dental health service access of leprosy cases in the municipality of Cacoal in Ro...

This paper discusses a method for identifying diabetes symptoms and conditions in free text electronic health records in Bulgarian. The main challenge is to automatically recognise phrases and paraphrases for which no ”canonical forms” exist in any dictionary. The focus is on extracting blood sugar level and body weight change which are some of the dominant factors when diagnosing diabetes. A c...

Referred to: “Chronic asthma results in cognitive dysfunction in immature mice” Experimental Neurology 247 (2013) 209–217 According to the World Health Organization, bronchial asthma is a chronic inflammatory respiratory condition, which affects at present more than 150 million people worldwide, mostly children. Asthma defined as bronchial hyper-responsiveness to allergens results from the expa...

Induction motors (IMs) are commonly used in various industrial applications. A spectrum synch (SS) technique is proposed in this chapter for early IM defect detection using electric current signals; fault detection in this work will focus on defects in rolling element bearings and rotor bars, which together account for more than half of IM imperfections. In bearing fault detection, the proposed...

background: breast cancer has been considered as a major health problem in females, because of its high incidence in recent years. due to the role of breast self-examination (bse) in early diagnosis and prevention of morbidity and mortality rate of breast cancer, promoting student knowledge, capabilities and attitude are required in this regard. this study was conducted to evaluation bse educat...

We summarize information on quality indicators related to laboratory testing from published literature and Internet sources to assess current gaps with respect to stages of the laboratory testing process, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) health care domains, and quality measure evaluation criteria. Our search strategy used various general and specific terms for clinical conditions and laboratory...

“There is a perception in many societies when you are in utero that you're going to be in an environment of low amounts of nutrition, etc. But we're finding now that we're in the land of plenty, so what is becoming epidemic throughout the whole world, not just in the United States or Western culture, are the problems of obesity, diabetes, and increased incidences of cancer. It is a mismatch tha...

Suicide is among the most tragic outcomes of all mental disorders, and the prevalence of suicide has risen dramatically during the last decade, particularly among workers. This paper reviews and proposes strategies to avert suicide and depression with regard to the mind body medicine equation hypothesis, metrics analysis of mental health problems from a public health and clinical medicine view....

OBJECTIVES Generic preference-based measures such as EQ-5D are widely used to estimate quality-adjusted life-years but may not be available or, more importantly, appropriate in some medical conditions. Condition-specific preference-based measures (CSPBMs) provide an alternative to generic measures that may be more relevant in some conditions. This project conducted five studies to examine issue...

Airborne separation assurance is a key requirement for free flight operations. This paper investigates the feasibility of airborne separation assurance for free flight by evaluating the performance of Conflict Detection and Resolution (CD&R) schemes in a simulated air traffic environment. Two qualitatively different CD&R methods were evaluated in an air traffic simulation environment provided b...