OBJECTIVE To investigate the association between homicide rates and socio-economic variables taking into account the spatial site of the indicators. METHODS An ecological study was conducted. The dependent variable was the rate of homicides among the male population aged 15 to 49 years, residing in the districts of the State of Pernambuco from 1995 to 1998. The independent variables were an i...

A cohort of cases initiating tuberculosis treatment from May 2001 to July 2003 was followed in Recife, Pernambuco State, Brazil, to investigate biological, clinical, social, lifestyle, and healthcare access factors associated with three negative tuberculosis treatment outcomes (treatment failure, dropout, and death) separately and as a group. Treatment failure was associated with treatment dela...

R ecent surveys in the U.S., Britain, Australia, and other OECD nations continue to report unacceptably high ,levels of adult illiteracy (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 1997a, 1997b). In the present context of unprecedented growth in symbolic sophistication associated with the current technological revolution (Castells 1996, 1997), claims of widespread adult illiteracy in "advanced" societies...

Introduction Gender equality is fundamental to accelerate sustainable development. It is necessary to conduct gender analyses to identify sex and gender-based differences in health risks. This study aimed to find the gender equality in terms of illiteracy, child marriages and spousal violence among women based on data from National Family Health Survey 2015-16 (NFHS-4). Methods This was a des...

there have been many differences on the subject of literacy or illiteracy of prophet muhammad (peace be upon him) for a long time. many have said that he was not able to read or write throughout his life. they ratiocinate depending on the words of (ommi) and (ommien) in holy quran, meaning illiterate in dictionaries, or the story of the treaty of hudaybiyya. this can be considered as an unaccep...

This paper traces the course of ongoing pandemic as it was reported in some established world media well scientific journals. The author has been following various sources since practically begining Europe and here will try to assess role actual practice scientists, politicians other actors throughout pandemic, from its China at close 2019 till end February 2021. key questions addressed this ar...