BACKGROUND Health-related quality of life (HRQL) is considered as an important outcome parameter in patients with chronic diseases. This study aimed to assess the role of disease-specific HRQL for long-term survival in patients of different diagnoses with chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure (CHRF). METHODS In a cohort of 231 stable patients (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), n...

Expression of the gene encoding the halobacterial photoreceptor sensory rhodopsin I (SRI), sopI, was studied by means of homologous gene targeting. A sopI- Halobacterium salinarium mutant strain was constructed by homologous replacement of sopI with a novobiocin-resistant gyrB from Haloferax Aa 2.2. Cells bearing gyrB were resistant to novobiocin, indicating that the Haloferax gene is functiona...

We investigate and compare two forms of recursion on sets for querying nested collections. The rst one is called sri and it corresponds to sequential processing of data. The second one is called sru and it corresponds to data-parallel processing. A uniform rst-order translation from sru into sri was known from previous work. The converse translation is by necessity more diicult and we have obta...

1* Research Scholar, Department of Anatomy, Bharath University, Chennai, Tamilnadu, INDIA. 2 Professor and Head, Department of Anatomy, ESIC Medical College & PGIMSR, Chennai, Tamilnadu, INDIA. 3 R & D Director, Centre for Research, Sri Lakshmi Narayana Institute of Medical Sciences, Puducherry, INDIA 4 Professor, Department of Anatomy, Sri Balaji Medical College, Chennai, Tamilnadu, INDIA. 5 A...

Introduction A major drawback in disability prevention and rehabilitation in Sri Lanka is the lack of complete, accurate and timely data. National disability surveys conducted as a part of the decennial census lack complete and scientifically accurate information. Further, Sri Lanka has no established disability surveillance system. This review was conducted to explore the national disability d...

In-situ continuous observations of the boundary current flow around Sri Lanka will be collected over a period of several years. In order to assess potential bifurcations or merging of current branches coming from the north and from the east, two sections will be occupied – one on the east side of Sri Lanka, and one south of Sri Lanka. These will complement satellite altimetry information, as we...

the study is focused on the public-private partnership in health sector in sri lanka. as a developing country, sri lanka faces a challenging task in order to improve the infrastructure facilities of the country after ending the thirty years of war. there is a requirement to develop the country as a whole along with all the industries such as education, health, transport, agriculture, etc. to me...

Sri Dattatreya, who Lord Krishna quotes in The Uddhava Gita, has been evoked as a guru for environmental education. Sri Dattatreya gained enlightenment by observing the world, which provided Him with 24 instructors. These taught Him the futility of mundane attachments, the benefits of contemplation and forebearance, and a path towards the spiritual self-realization of the Supreme. Sri Dattatrey...

In this study, the alcohol use behaviors and associated factors of US and Sri Lankan undergraduates were compared. A sample of 515 US (63% female) and 583 Sri Lankan (54% female) undergraduates were surveyed using a self-administered, anonymous questionnaire. Significant variations by gender and country existed. In the US sample, 89.5% of males and 76.5% of females were current alcohol users; i...

BACKGROUND Social and behavioral risk markers (e.g., physical activity, diet, smoking, and socioeconomic position) cluster; however, little is known whether clustering is associated with coronary heart disease (CHD) risk. Objectives were to determine if sociobehavioral clustering is associated with biological CHD risk factors (total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, systolic blood pressure, body ma...