The present study reports the first comprehensive on freshwater macroinvertebrates and its habitat preferences in Bilah River, largest riverin Northern Sumatra. riverside is characterized by presence of anthropogenic industrial activities which may alter macroinvertebrate assemblage biodiversity. Five months investigation 10 sampling stations from December 2016 to October 2017 was conducted bas...

aims: decayed, missing and filled teeth (dmft) index plays a key role in health care decision-making. according to who guideline, dmft should not be more than 1 in 12-year old children. the role of fluoride intake in tooth and bone health is also well known. this study was carried out to investigate the dmft index in junior high school students of golpaygan city, iran, and its relation the fluo...

My experience related in this article is based on work in a county where there are schools of all sizes. It is agreed that educational backwardness should be tackled in the Junior school; the question is how this can be done in a county area. In the town where there are Junior and Infant schools of 200 or 300 children it is possible to run backward classes of 20-25 children in each Junior depar...

BACKGROUND Annual urinary screening is conducted at municipal kindergartens, elementary schools, and junior high schools in Ikeda City, Osaka, Japan (Ikeda City School System), and the results are reviewed by a general physician, but standards for when to recommend specialist referral have not been clear. METHODS In all children attending the Ikeda City School System in 2012, dipstick urinaly...