BACKGROUND Plastic and covered metal stents need to be removed or exchanged within appropriate time in case of undesirable complications. However, it is not uncommon that patients do not follow the recommendation for further stent management after Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). The effect of short message service (SMS) intervention monthly on the stent removal/exchange a...

Motivation is essential for adopting and maintaining active lifestyles. This study aims to adapt an instrument that comprehensively screens the degree type of motivation in Flemish speaking athletes with intellectual disabilities (ID). A translated (SMS-FL), a modified (SMS-FL-ID), condensed (SMS-FL-ID-short) version Sport Scale (SMS) (Pelletier et al., 1995) were created. The 7-factor structur...

BACKGROUND Mobile phone short message service (SMS) text messaging, has the potential to serve as an intervention medium to promote sustainability of weight loss that can be easily and affordably used by clinicians and consumers. OBJECTIVE To develop theoretically driven weight loss sustaining text messages and pilot an mHealth SMS text messaging intervention to promote sustaining recent weig...

background: aflatoxin-contaminated feed cause mortality, suppression of the immune system, reduced growth rates and losses in feed efficiency. an experiment was conducted to evaluate the ability of different levels of sodium bentonite (sb), silybummarianum seeds (sms) and their combination for reducing the adverse effects of aflatoxin b1 (afb1) in broiler chicks. materials and methods: 224 male...

The Simultaneous Multiple Surface (SMS) method in planar geometry (2D) is applied to imaging designs, generating lenses that compare well with aplanatic designs. When the merit function utilizes image quality over the entire field (not just paraxial), the SMS strategy is superior. In fact, the traditional aplanatic approach is actually a particular case of the SMS strategy.

Mobile communication is a process of sending data, messages, files or speaking over a mobile network. Mobile user (Mu) communicates with other user through Short Message Service (SMS) also. Formal as well as informal information can also send by SMS. Highly secured, confidential SMS messages are transmitted as plaintext between Mobile User and the SMS Center (SMSC), using wireless network. SMS ...

IMPORTANCE The rapid uptake of mobile phones in low and middle-income countries over the past decade has provided public health programs unprecedented access to patients. While programs have used text messages to improve medication adherence, there have been no high-powered trials evaluating their impact on tuberculosis treatment outcomes. OBJECTIVE To measure the impact of Zindagi SMS, a two...

The mechanisms underlying prostate cancer progression are poorly understood. Proteins responsive to androgens may be involved in the development and progression of prostate cancer and the ultimate failure of androgen-ablation therapy. Therapy with somatostatin (sms) analogues could be a possible therapeutic alternative to chemotherapy in hormone refractory prostate cancer patients. We used two ...

BACKGROUND In Cameroon, only two-thirds of children with HIV exposure or infection receive appropriate HIV-directed medical care. Mortality, antiretroviral therapy resistance and suboptimal virological response are strongly related to missed opportunities for treatment, and, more specifically, to skipped scheduled medical appointments. The present trial, MORE CARE (Mobile Reminders for Cameroon...

BACKGROUND A surge in mobile phone availability has fueled low cost short messaging service (SMS) adherence interventions. Multiple systematic reviews have concluded that some SMS-based interventions are effective at improving antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence, and they are hypothesized to improve retention in care. The objective of this study was to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of SMS-...