In a recent article, Gorik Ooms has drawn attention to the normative underpinnings of the politics of global health. We claim that Ooms is indirectly submitting to a liberal conception of politics by framing the politics of global health as a question of individual morality. Drawing on the theoretical works of Chantal Mouffe, we introduce a conflictual concept of the political as an alternative...

In this paper, an optimized programmable demodulation scheme suitable for M-PSK/16QAM signals is proposed. The scheme adopts the conception of component reuse by exploring the demodulation structures of M-PSK and 16QAM respectively. The carrier phase recovery circuit uses the reduced complexity Costas loop. The symbol timing synchronization circuit adopts Gardner loop with offset cancellation. ...

This paper explores the interplay between Western conceptions of education and students fromother educational traditions,most specificallyJapan, through the lens of the author’s practice in internationaleducation.He examinesmodels of the private and public spheres and public discourse advanced by Hannah Arendt and Jurgen Habermas in relation to the purpose of education, and discusses the transf...

Background: Ultrasound is preferred as first imaging modality in the study of the female pelvis. In this article, we have tried to mention 8 points that each midwife or nurse needs to know for planning the time of sonography and analysis of findings. Results: During the menstrual cycle, all pelvic organs are influenced by cyclic changes. Thus, pathologic conditions of pelvis need to be well ass...

Abstract Background Systemic lupus erythematosus is a multifaceted chronic relapsing autoimmune disease of unknown etiology. The has always been serious diagnosis in women being multisystem pathology that classically encountered during the childbearing age posing systemic comorbidities with potential impact on functional performance, psychosocial status, and survival. In this article, we review...

The effect of seven diseases on culling was measured in 7523 Holstein cows in New York State. The cows were from 14 herds and had calved between January 1, 1994 and December 31, 1994; all cows were followed until September 30, 1995. Survival analysis was performed using the Cox proportional hazards model to incorporate time-dependent covariates for diseases. Different intervals representing sta...

Recently it has been observed that birth rates in Teplice, a highly polluted district in Northern Bohemia, have been reduced during periods when sulfur dioxide levels were high. This study, which is based on data from 2,585 parental pairs in the same region, describes an analysis of the impact of SO(2) on fecundability in the first unprotected menstrual cycle (FUMC). We obtained detailed person...

BACKGROUND Examining seasonal patterns of birth defects may help to identify environmental risk factors. Because the teratogenic window for most birth defects is during gestational weeks 3 to 8, investigating exposures closer to the timing of conception is important. However, studies are usually based on month of birth, which is not the biologically relevant exposure period and does not account...