INTRODUCTION Accurate measurement of adherence is necessary to ensure that therapeutic outcomes can be attributed to the recommended treatment. Phone-based unannounced pill counts were shown to be feasible and reliable measures of adherence in developed settings; and have been further used as part of medication adherence interventions. However, it is not clear whether this method can be impleme...

The Present study has been conducted in the surrounding villages of the Shivalik hills of Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh State to document some commonly found ethno-botanical plants and their uses in this area. An ethnobotanical survey was undertaken in this region. A number of plants were collected from the study area. Local knowledgeable people of the area were contacted for the local na...

BACKGROUND A qualitative ethnomedical survey was carried out among a local Orang Asli tribe to gather information on the use of medicinal plants in the region of Kampung Bawong, Perak of West Malaysia in order to evaluate the potential medicinal uses of local plants used in curing different diseases and illnesses. METHODS Sixteen informants ranging in age from 35 to 65 years were interviewed....

This study compared a newly-designed insole with two commercially available insoles. The response measures included joint motion, plantar pressure and rating of perceived exertion. Thirty healthy female students were paid to participate in this study. The results showed that significant differences among the three insoles were found in plantar pressure and rating of perceived exertion. There we...

powerful lamp. The discomforts arising i , neck for electric light close to the back of , an a period of half an hour or longei, e ^ be emergency operation, have to e realizedTTnsoital at When I visited Dr. Seagrave erested in Namkham in March 1935 I be?fyfLarabolic lamp an overhead cluster of lamps with P jn the shades which he had fitted foi 1 some operation theatre. Dr. Seagrave g< gbamo det...

The repeal of the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy raises several questions and this article examines two of these: (1) Do gay/lesbian service members elicit personal discomfort in coworkers? and (2) Do gay/lesbian service members receive equitable administrative actions? Active duty Air Force office personnel (N = 181) reported their attitudes toward open service and responded to hypothetical scen...

It&rsquo;s obvious that road safety is causing large problems and costs in Iran with an enormous impact on the well-being of people, economy and productivity. The yearly number of fatalities and injuries is still unchanged. Motor vehicle injuries lead the list of injury deaths at the all ages during childhood and adolescence, even in children under 1 yrs of age. Understanding the actual of chil...

the entire land in the southern iran faces problems arising out of various types of land degradation, of which the vegetation type forms one of the major ones. the payab basin (522,470 ha), which covers the lower reaches of mond river, was chosen for a test risk assessment of this type. the different kinds of data for indicators of vegetation degradation were taken from the records and publishe...

Satellite observations in the Thermal Infra-Red (TIR) domain provide valuable information on Land Surface Temperatures, Evapo-Transpiration and water use efficiency are useful for monitoring vegetation health, agricultural practices urban planning. By 2030, there will be 3 new high-resolution global coverage satellite TIR missions space, all of them with fields view larger than ± 30°. Direction...