The article deals with the problem of coverage by leading socio-political publications Germany process ratification Bundestag treaty on Croatia’s accession to European Union. press focused assessments German political leadership, actively publishing statements politicians about readiness join community and prospects for development economic cooperation between Croatia. author comes conclusion t...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The need to attain and maintain good oral hygiene among pregnant women cannot be over emphasized as periodontal diseases in pregnancy have been linked with poor pregnancy outcomes. This study assessed the variables that affect oral hygiene status among pregnant women in a south-western Nigerian locality. METHODOLOGY Four hundred and five pregnant Nigerian women were ...

AIMS To determine the response to oral calcium in Nigerian children with rickets. METHODS In a teaching hospital in Western Nigeria, 26 children (13 boys, 13 girls, aged 2-5 years) with confirmed rickets received calcium lactate (2.7 g/day). RESULTS Within one month of treatment leg pain was relieved and the children were more active. The mean x ray score improved from 3.3 at baseline to 1....

INTRODUCTION The soft tissue paradigm is placing greater emphasis on the importance of the soft tissue profile to orthodontic treatment planning. The purpose of this study was to determine the lip dimensions of a Nigerian adult population; compare the male and female values and to compare the values obtained for Nigerians with those reported for other population. METHODOLOGY Lateral cephalome...

Physical exercise during postpartum period is beneficial to mothers, and the health gains are abundantly reported. This study characterises the postpartum exercise profile of a group of Nigerian women and reports how their exercise self-efficacies are influenced by sociodemographic characteristics. Participants were women attending the two largest postnatal clinics in Ibadan, south-western Nige...

Prior research found that people's assessments of relative competence predicted the outcome of Senate and Congressional races. We hypothesized that snap judgments of "facial competence" would provide useful forecasts of the popular vote in presidential primaries before the candidates become well known to the voters. We obtained facial competence ratings of 11 potential candidates for the Democr...