Factors increasing the severity of respiratory infections in developing countries are poorly described. We report factors associated with severe acute respiratory illness in Yemeni children (266 infected with respiratory syncytial virus and 66 with human metapneumovirus). Age, indoor air pollution, and incomplete vaccinations were risk factors and differed from those in industrialized countries.

The present research addresses cultural variation in concepts of agency. Across two experiments, we investigate how Indigenous Ngöbe of Panama and US college students interpret and make inferences about nonhuman agency, focusing on plants as a critical test case. In Experiment 1, participants predicted goal-directed actions for plants and other nonhuman kinds and judged their capacities for int...

BACKGROUND Obesity is common in type 2 diabetic patients in some of the Middle Eastern countries, which are amongst the countries with highest rates of diabetes mellitus and obesity. OBJECTIVES We conducted this study to assess the prevalence of obesity in Yemeni patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. PATIENTS AND METHODS Body mass index (BMI) of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus who ...

The strategy of conservation endangered sheep populations implies morphological and genetic characterization, as basic preconditions for their conservation. aim this study was to determine the morphometric characteristics, correlations index physical development Pirot pramenka, which has status most population in Serbia. measuring performed on 30 sheep, aged 3 years, reared area Stara Planina. ...