Fluoride is an essential microelement for human health. Statistically, smaller quantities (<1.0 mg/L) in drinking water are usually considered to have a beneficial effect on the rate of occurrence of dental caries, particularly among children, but excessive continuous exposure (>1.5 mg/L) to fluoride can give rise to a number of adverse effects, including dental fluorosis, skeletal fluorosis, i...

How does female out-migration reconfigure gender values surrounding son preference in origin communities? We propose that the feminization of migration has the potential to infuse origin communities with economic and ideational changes that may challenge son preference. Rural China provides an interesting setting, both because its unprecedented labor out-migration has increasingly included wome...

BACKGROUND Gambian infants frequently acquire Streptococcus pneumoniae soon after birth. We investigated the indirect effect of 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV-7) on pneumococcal acquisition in newborn Gambian babies. METHODS Twenty-one villages were randomised to receive PCV-7 to all subjects (11 vaccinated villages) or to infants aged 2-30 months (10 control villages). Other co...

(278 words) Context: Immunization rates in developing countries are low. The efficacy of incentive-based interventions designed to increase immunization rates has not been established. Objective: We conducted a randomized, controlled study of immunization camps in rural India to assess the efficacy of modest, non-financial incentives on immunization rates of children aged 1-3, and compare it wi...

This study aims to explore and identify the medicinal plants used by Uyelewun local community. It encompasses plant species, multi-aspect utilization, processing methods how use, their medical benefits heal diseases. descriptive exploratory was conducted in May 2019 six villages, namely Panama Village, Meluwiting Loyobohor Leudanung Balauring Wairiang Village. These villages were categorized in...

Software review is a fundamental tool for software quality assurance. Nevertheless, there are signiicant controversies as to the most eecient and eeective review method. One of the most important questions currently being debated is the utility of meetings. Although almost all industrial review methods are centered around the inspection meeting, recent ndings call their value into question. To ...

Of the 1306 male and 791 female Jat Sikhs of Patiala city and the surrounding villages between the age group 10-60 years, 50 males and one female were found to be having colour blindness, showing an incidence of 3.83% and 0.13% respectively. The study was done with the help if Ishihara Charts and Pickford Nicolson's anomaloscope. The type of colour blindness in males in its descending order of ...

Goals of universal "test and treat" will never be fully realized if testing acceptance remains low, including rural areas, where HIV is increasingly recognized. We surveyed 250 randomly selected households from a rural Ethiopian town (Arba Minch) and surrounding villages about HIV testing experience, knowledge, and attitudes. Of the 558 adults, 45% were never HIV tested. Those never tested for ...

MSMEs are able to support the economy of our country, because most business actors and absorb labor. Curug sub-district is one sub-districts in Serang City which used as central areas creative by city government. One MSME Sukalaksana village villages that has potential surrounding residents. This can be seen from proliferation small retail traders, especially Village, Tinggar District, City. wr...

The surname is a cultural trait that is extremely useful for historical and linguistic studies and can effectively be used as a genetic marker. In many human populations the surname is inherited in the paternal lineage, and can therefore be considered a marker for the Y chromosome. In this study, surnames were recorded from the white pages of telephone directories in current use in Corsica in 1...