BACKGROUND Early detection of dementia aims to improve treatment outcomes. However, poor perception and understanding of dementia are significant barriers. We aim to investigate the public's perception of dementia and identify variables associated with the different profiles of public perception. METHODS A custom-designed questionnaire was used to assess laypersons' knowledge and perception o...

OBJECTIVES Using subsequent all-cause mortality as a yardstick for retrospective health, this study assessed the comparability of self-rated health (SRH) between non-Hispanic whites and Hispanics. METHODS Based on longitudinal data from 6,870 white and 886 Hispanic respondents aged between 51 and 61 in the 1992 Health and Retirement Study, we related SRH in 1992 to risk of mortality in the 19...

The main objective of this study was to examine challenges faced by handicraft marketing in implementing product promotion strategies amongst Iban entrepreneurs Sarawak. This specifically focused on strategy, the effectiveness and strategy. Fieldwork carried out at several locations Kapit Song district. data were collected through open-ended questionnaires email followed face-to-face interviews...

In recent years, the organizations of science fairs at schools have been emphasized on. Science are important since students' perceptions, attitudes, and achievements towards sciences affected positively by fairs. It is to carry out studies for follow up this process in context. This study aims evaluate effectiveness 4006 coded TUBITAK problems experienced teachers during preparation implementa...

Fun without worries. Cities promoting fairs in the Austrian Netherlands. Focusing as a case study on of Kortrijk, middle-sized city county Flanders, this contribution aims to further our knowledge an increasing respectability eighteenth century. The magistrate regulated fairs, but also increasingly had active role their organization. Kortrijk variety early modern period, ranging from local pari...

Access to and awareness of oral healthcare in the United States have been highlighted in the mass media and discussed among diverse populations. The current surge to provide access to oral healthcare for citizens springs from this quagmire of oral healthcare issues which affects global to local (grassroots) communities. Publications by the World Health Organization's (WHO) Health for All and th...

Variable Elimination (VE) answers a query posed to a Bayesian network (BN) by manipulating the conditional probability tables of the BN. Each successive query is answered in the same manner. In this paper, we present an inference algorithm that is aimed at maximizing the reuse of past computation but does not involve precomputation. Compared to VE and a variant of VE incorporating precomputatio...

Sun-dried beef is a frequently consumed and valued product in Brazil, however, there have been no scientific studies on its texture. To assess the tenderness of sun-dried beef, an instrumental analysis (Warner-Bratzler Shear Force; WBSF), a sensory analysis (Quantitative Descriptive Analysis; QDA) and the sarcomere length (SL) were used as indicators. Significant differences were observed among...