The five leading global risks for mortality in the world are high blood pressure, tobacco use, high blood glucose, physical inactivity, and overweight-obesity. These are responsible for raising the risk of chronic diseases, such as heart disease and cancers and affect countries across all income groups. Worldwide smoking prevalence is 26% (males 54%, females 10%) and attributable mortality by s...

Nepal has long aspired to graduate from the Least Development Country (LDC) Developing category as defined by United Nations system. had met two of three graduating criteria and could have technically graduated LDC status in 2015. However, based on government’s request defer review, new 2021 assessment Committee for Policy (CDP) recommended that country should 2026. The graduation requires not ...

In developing countries, official development assistance (ODA) is generally perceived to be an alternative means to develop infrastructure. Donor countries may expect benefits such as increased construction project orders in recipient countries. However, it remains arguable whether ODA contributes to reciprocal relations between recipient and donor countries. The case of South Korea can provide...

Background: Metallo-β-lactamases (MBLs) have been reported in gram negative bacilli and are becoming increasingly important clinically because the enzymes hydrolyse almost all β-lactams, including carbapenems. Thus, the present study was conducted to determine the prevalence of MBL types in imipenem-nonsusceptible Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii isolated from a tertiary teach...

Microbial N produced in the rumen and flowing to the duodenum (Ni) is related to the total amount of OM fermented or apparently digested in the rumen (OMf). This relationship, best expressed as microbial N yield (gNi/kgOMf), is affected mainly by the physical and chemical properties of feed carbohydrates and the amounts ingested. These factors influence yields at three levels of increasing comp...

BACKGROUND Every year millions of pilgrims from around the world gather under extremely crowded conditions in Mecca, Saudi Arabia to perform the Hajj. In 2009, the Hajj coincided with influenza season during the midst of an influenza A (H1N1) pandemic. After the Hajj, resource-limited countries with large numbers of traveling pilgrims could be vulnerable, given their limited ability to purchase...

The differences between countries in national income, growth, human development and many other factors are used to classify countries into developed and developing countries. There are several classification systems that use different sets of measures and criteria. The most common classifications are the United Nations (UN) and the World Bank (WB) systems. The UN classification system uses the ...

Human migration is responsible for forming modern civilization and has had an important influence on the development of various countries. There are many issues worth researching, and "the reason to move" is the most basic one. The concept of migration cost in the classical self-selection theory, which was introduced by Roy and Borjas, is useful. However, migration cost cannot address global mi...

Chemical compositions of ensiled cassava peels, dried peels and gliricidia on the performance West African Dwarf sheep were evaluated. Twelve grower rams ewes between 5-7 months age allotted to three treatment diets: D1 (control) diet was 100% (GLI) (leaves with bark soft stem), D2 consisted 80% plus 20% (ENP/GNI) while D3 (DP/GLI). The test feeds observed have more comparable crude fibre conte...