We assessed the feasibility of involvement of Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) in newborn care. All the ASHAs (n = 33) of PHC Dayalpur, Faridabad district of Haryana were trained for one day which was followed by two refresher trainings. The mean (SD) knowledge score (out of 11) of ASHAs were 6.45 (2.44), 6.50 (2.01), 7.45 (1.36) and 7.15 (1.27) at pre-training, immediately after traini...

PURPOSE The responses to my initial article (A. G. Kamhi, 2007) have raised serious questions about whether embracing the narrow view of reading is the best way to reduce the persistently high levels of reading failure experienced in today's schools. This afterword provides another attempt to offer a solution to this problem without the distraction of the narrow view of reading. METHOD This s...


 The CROPGRO-pigeonpea model embedded in DSSAT v4.7.5 was used to assess the impact of climate change on phenology and grain yield reference genotype different pigeonpea maturity groups. delayed reproductive stages (anthesis, maturity) decreased groups were evident all scenarios. Short duration genotypes (MN5, ICPL88039, Prabhat, UPAS120) showed progressively higher decrease as compared m...

These guidelines are an official statement of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). They were approved by ASHA’s Legislative Council on November 18, 2000. They provide guidance for speech-language pathologists in all work settings regarding their roles and responsibilities related to reading and written language disorders in children and adolescents but are not official stand...

[Purpose] This study examined the effects of neck exercises using PNF on the swallowing function of stroke patients with dysphasia. [Subjects and Methods] A total of 26 study subjects were selected and randomly divided into an experimental group of 13 subjects, who received the PNF-based short neck flexion exercises, and a control group of 13 subjects, who received the Shaker exercise. [Results...

Occupational audiologists have a crisis in their profession and need advocates. These audiologists are primarily responsible for industrial hearing conservation programs and their compliance with multiple regulations, such as Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) and the Federal Railroad Administration. Occupational hearing programs, ...

Conflict of interest statement. Kelong Han is an employee of Genentech and holds stock in F. Hoffmann – La Roche. Melanie Ren was an employee of Genentech at the time the manuscript was written. Wolfgang Wick has acted as a consultant for F. Hoffmann–La Roche, Eli Lilly (uncompensated), and MSD and has received research support from Apogenix, Boehringer Ingelheim, Eli Lilly, and MSD. Lauren Abr...

Objective: The Objective of the study was to assess risk factors non-communicable diseases (NCDs) using community based assessment checklist (CBAC) form among Kashmiri adults. Methods: This a cross sectional conducted in field practice area department medicine, Government medical college Srinagar over period 3 months. Results: Among total 601, 212 (34.7%) were found have high and 398 (65.2%) lo...