During the study period of three months, out of 425 patients attending the psychiatric clinic of a general hospital, for the first time, 165 (38.8%) did not complete the treatment as prescribed by the doctors and were considered as dropouts. They were contacted at their homes to find out the reasons of the dropping out, were compared with patients, who completed the treatment fully on socio-dem...

Résumé. Face aux enjeux de société liés au vieillissement de la population, la domotique est souvent citée comme une solution pour favoriser le maintien à domicile des personnes âgées et la coordination des acteurs autour de cette problématique. Cet article liste les exigences auxquelles doit faire face une plate-forme domotique. Il montre que ces exigences rendent inopérantes les solutions com...

With the aim of describing barriers to screening for prostate cancer, a domicile survey was carried out covering 160 men of a Family Health Strategy (FHS) area. Slightly over half had undergone the examination. Regarding beliefs related to the disease, 95% of the men believed there is a cure if detected early, 29.4% mentioned the possibility of a normal life while ill, 56.3% believed it may be ...

We present a human infection with the canine whipworm, Trichuris vulpis, in a child suffering from rhinitis with a diagnosis of rhinitis. T. vulpis eggs resemble those of T. trichiura but they can be differentiated based on their morphological features and egg size, using micrometry with an ocular micrometer. T. vulpis eggs measured an average of 90 µm by 44 µm (range 86-99 µm by 38-47 µm). Pre...

Table 4 Expected years to serve the community and potential reasons for quitting AMW job Variables Frequency Percent Expected years to serve the community < 1 years 12 1.1 1–3 years 58 5.1 3–5 years 39 3.5 > 5 years 1019 90.3 Reasons for quitting AMW jobs Marriage May consider quitting jobs 45 4.2 Not relevant to the decision of quitting jobs 1023 95.8 Changing domicile May consider quitting jo...

A medium-sized nest of the Texas leafcutting ant, Atta texana (Buckley), in northern Louisiana was excavated completely, and a three-dimensional model of its external and subterranean features was constructed. In total, 97 fungus gardens, 27 dormancy cavities, and 45 detritus cavities were located. At the lower center of the funnel-shaped nest was a large central cavity, which in winter functio...

Using a large sample of listed firms from 17 European countries that mandatorily adopted IFRS over the period 2005-2008, we examine the effect of mandatory IFRS adoption on accounting conservatism defined using Basu’s (1997) differential timeliness (DT) measure. An important distinction of our study is that we avoid the common criticisms of the DT measure by comparing the difference in the DT m...

The study aimed to characterize the behavior of human milk donation and to describe the informal social and formal institutional support, according to reports from women donors. It is an exploratory, cross-sectional, descriptive study using domicile interviews based on structured and semi-structured scripts. The participants were 36 women enrolled in two human milk banks of the public health sy...

La rehabilitation amelioree apres chirurgie appliquee a la cesarienne permet aux patientes de participer activement naissance leur(s) enfant(s). Les soins et les conseils qui encadrent l’intervention ameliorent le vecu leur accouchement et accelerent retablissement physique et psychologique. Si femme souhaite un retour precoce domicile, il s’organise aussi plus sereinement. Cet accompagnement r...

Population ageing is a major issue for society in the next years, especially because of theincrease of dependent people. The limits in specialized institutes capacity and the wish of theelderly to stay at home as long as possible explain a growing need for new specific at home services.Technologies can help securing the person at home by detecting falls. They can also help in th...