Objectives: Nasality is one of the important parameters in pathology of voice resonance. Voice of normal adults has nasality to some extent. It appears that nasality, like other parameters of voice, can be affected by loudness which can be measured in experimental evaluations. This study was conducted to determine the effect of vocal loudness on nasalance of vowels in normal adults and to ident...

NHS Health Scotland is keen to contribute to the growing body of knowledge and understanding of this approach. This briefing paper aims to explain what is meant by asset-based approaches and to summarise what is already known about its potential for improving health. Given the current interest in this innovative perspective on public service provision, we hope the briefing will provide a founda...

2) Commissioning has often been described as the weak link in the NHS since the purchaser-provider split was introduced in 1991. This Committee and its predecessors have highlighted its shortcomings on a number of occasions. Commissioning health services is a complex and difficult task and no other health system in the world that we are aware of places as much emphasis on it as a means of drivi...