This paper aims to examine the process through which a total ban on asbestos was achieved in Japan. We reconstructed the process, analyzed the roles of involved parties/events, and drew lessons from the Japanese experience of achieving the ban. In Japan, a bill to phase out asbestos was proposed in 1992 but rejected without deliberation. Wide support for such a ban subsequently grew, however, l...

BACKGROUND In October, 2008, legislation was implemented in the city and county of San Francisco, California, prohibiting the sale of tobacco products in pharmacies. OBJECTIVE To characterise public awareness and perceptions of the ban on tobacco sales in San Francisco community pharmacies. METHODS A brief, anonymous survey was used to assess public awareness and perceptions of a ban on tob...

In September 2005 Thailand became the first Asian country to implement a complete ban on the display of cigarettes and other tobacco products at point-of-sale (POS). This paper examined the impact of the POS tobacco display ban in Thailand, with Malaysia (which did not impose bans) serving as a comparison. The data came from the International Tobacco Control Southeast Asia Survey (2005-2011), a...

BACKGROUND Although the move to smoke-free hospital settings is generally a popular initiative, it may be a more challenging and controversial issue in mental health care. A survey was carried out to investigate differences in attitudes between clinical staff in psychiatric and general medical settings to smoke-free policy and intervention. METHOD The sample comprised 2574 NHS staff working i...

A Body Area Network (BAN) is a body worn system which provides the user with a set of mobile services. A BAN incorporates a set of devices (eg. mp3 player, video camera, speakers, microphone, head-up display, positioning device, sensors, actuators). A BAN service platform for mobile healthcare and several health BANs targetting different clinical applications have been developed at the Universi...

BACKGROUND Diverse projects and guidelines to assist hospitals towards the attainment of comprehensive smoke-free policies have been developed. In 2006, Spain government passed a new smoking ban that reinforce tobacco control policies and banned completely smoking in hospitals. This study assesses the progression of tobacco control policies in the Catalan Network of Smoke-free Hospitals before ...

BACKGROUND Comprehensive smoke-free policy in the alcohol and other drug (AOD) setting provides an opportunity to reduce tobacco related harms among clients and staff. This study aimed to examine within AOD services: staff awareness of their service's smoking policy compared to the written policy document and staff and service factors associated with accurate awareness of a total ban and percei...

Introdouction: Lichen planus is a chronic, relatively common, dermal mucosa disease. The World Health Organization (WHO) has introduced lichen planus as a premalignant condition. Ki-67 is a protein that can be detected in all active phases of the cell cycle, especially in the G2 and M phases. Considering the major role of Ki-67 in the regulation of the cell cycle and the fact that it is one of ...

A magyarországi egyiptológia oktatása 124 éves múltra tekint vissza – Mahler Ede 1898-ban kapta kinevezését a Budapest Tudományegyetemen, mint az és assziriológia magántanára. Ma hazai egyiptológusok immáron negyedik-ötödik generációja adja tovább tudását. 1930-as évekig volt aktív, tanítványai, Dobrovits Aladár Wessetzky Vilmos háború, rendszerváltás, szellemi szervezeti átalakulások között na...

Protein farnesyltransferase and protein geranylgeranyltransferase-I catalyze the prenylation of a cysteinyl group located four residues upstream of the carboxyl terminus. The identity of the carboxyterminal residue plays a significant role in determining the ability of compounds to bind to each enzyme and to serve as substrate. We compared the binding and substrate specificities of peptides wit...