PURPOSE To survey the current transitional epilepsy services in tertiary paediatric neurology centres in the UK within the principles of transitional care for young people with epilepsy. METHODS An online web-based questionnaire was sent to the lead epilepsy clinicians in tertiary paediatric neurology centres on behalf of the British Paediatric Epilepsy Group, the specialist epilepsy group of...

OBJECTIVE To determine the need of drug and poison information centres in public and private hospitals of Karachi. METHODS The cross-sectional study was conducted at 3 public and 3 private tertiary care hospitals of Karachi, from July 2013 to April 2014, using a self-administered, multi-item questionnaire. Non-probability convenient sampling was used to select the participants. SPSS 18 was us...

Single-step constructions of molecules with multiple quaternary carbon stereocentres are rare. The spirooxindole structural motif is common to a range of bioactive compounds; however, asymmetric synthesis of this motif is complicated due to the presence of multiple chiral centres. The development of organocatalytic cascade reactions has proven to be valuable for the construction of several chir...

OBJECTIVES To investigate socioeconomic variations in the utilisation of tertiary cardiology services. DESIGN Cross sectional ecological study, using the Super Profile classification of enumeration districts, and ischaemic heart disease standardised mortality ratios as a proxy for needs. SETTING The former Yorkshire Regional Health Authority area in England and its seven constituent distric...

The lives and experiences of four mature age students are discussed in this paper. The students di ered in their educational backgrounds, family commitments, and personal motivations for embarking on their tertiary courses. Each was enrolled in a mathematics course during their rst year of tertiary study. For various reasons, only two had persisted with mathematics into the second year of their...

This paper uses panel data from two new data sets on educational attainment to investigate the effects of education on several development outcomes in African countries. I find that education has a positive and significant impact on these development outcomes. I also find that different levels of education affects development outcomes differently; for some development outcomes, primary and seco...

BACKGROUND As there is no specific treatment for dengue, early detection and access to proper treatment may lower dengue fatality. Therefore, having new techniques for the early detection of dengue fever, such as the use of dengue test kit, is vitally important. The aims of the study were: 1) identify factors associated with acceptance of a home self-test kit for dengue fever if the dengue test...