Theravada as practiced by most converts in the West is distinguished absence of monasticism, its dominant institution. Nevertheless, Thai Forest monasticism has managed to gain a foothold convert West, thanks efforts monastics trained Thailand. This article analyzes missionary project “monasticize” Western lay through history Birken Monastery British Columbia, Canada, founded 1994. To establish...

BACKGROUND In many countries with a high burden of tuberculosis, most patients receive treatment in the private sector. We evaluated a multifaceted case-detection strategy in Karachi, Pakistan, targeting the private sector. METHODS A year-long communications campaign advised people with 2 weeks or more of productive cough to seek care at one of 54 private family medical clinics or a private h...

Aims: To assess the influence of profession, treatment experience, age and gender on the perception of smile aesthetics with different buccal corridors and smile arcs, and to identify the threshold where buccal corridor space becomes aesthetically displeasing. Study Design: A questionnaire-based descriptive study on the assessment of attractiveness ratings by laypeople. Place and Duration of St...

Purpose In the context of Portugal, this study examines stereotypes accountants held by laypeople and how they are influenced financial crises accounting scandals. Design/methodology/approach To better understand social images accountants, authors adopt a structural approach based on big five model (BFM) personality. The test Portuguese community sample ( N = 727) using questionnaire survey. re...

BACKGROUND The nasolabial angle, particularly its lower component, i.e. the upper lip inclination (ULI), is an important keystone in treatment planning. Normative data for this parameter are not available. OBJECTIVES A quantitative evaluation of the aesthetic impact of ULI on perceived attractiveness and threshold values of desire for treatment was undertaken. METHODS The ULI of an idealize...

Deaths due to prescription and illicit opioid overdose have been rising at an alarming rate, particularly in the USA. Although naloxone injection is a safe and effective treatment for opioid overdose, it is frequently unavailable in a timely manner due to legal and practical restrictions on its use by laypeople. As a result, an effort spanning decades has resulted in the development of strategi...

OBJECTIVE To assess the perception of diseases and the willingness to use public-tax revenue for their treatment among relevant stakeholders. DESIGN A population-based, cross-sectional mailed survey. SETTING Finland. PARTICIPANTS 3000 laypeople, 1500 doctors, 1500 nurses (randomly identified from the databases of the Finnish Population Register, the Finnish Medical Association and the Fin...

OBJECTIVE Contemporary health care places enormous health information management demands on laypeople. Insights into their skills and habits complements current developments in consumer health innovations, including personal health records. Using a five-element human factors model of work, health information management in the household (HIMH) is characterized by the tasks completed by individua...