background: lymphadenitis is a common form of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis. as in peripheral health centers, the facili­ties for histopathology and culture are lacking, material obtained by fine needle aspiration (fna) in suspected cases of tubercu­lar lymphadenitis (tbl) cid fast bacilli (afb) by ziehl neelson method as every designated micros­copy centre under revised national tuberculosis co...

literature concerning the effects of ramadan fasting on sports performance presents conflicting results. in this context, some studies reported a significant impairment of sports performance during the month of ramadan. however, other studies suggested that ramadan fasting has no significant effect on physical performance.  the discrepancies between the studies could be explained by time-of-day...

results in this study after coding the transcribed interviews, the findings were categorized into three main themes as follows: personal views, social factors, and family factors. each theme included several categories and subcategories, and the coded sentences and phrases were placed under each category and subcategory. conclusions the results of this study showed that the number of factors pr...

INTRODUCTION Consumption of meals eaten away from home, especially from fast-food restaurants, has increased in the United States since the 1970s. The main objective of this study was to examine the frequency and characteristics of fast-food consumption among adults in Michigan and obesity prevalence. METHODS We analyzed data from 12 questions about fast-food consumption that were included on...

Availability and accessibility (AA) has been consistently shown across studies as the most important correlate of fruits and vegetables (FV) intake. However, there is little data on factors that influence AA of FV, especially in Hispanic families. The objective of this cross-sectional study was to examine the association between parental factors, child's preferences for FV and AA of FV in homes...

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE Low compliance among mothers regarding the treatment of anemic children using daily doses of ferrous sulfate administered at home has been reported. This study aimed to establish the effectiveness of weekly doses administered by mothers at home compared with weekly supplements administered directly by healthcare professionals, to reduce the prevalence of anemia. DESIGN A...

Mobile IP Low Latency Handoffs[1] allow greater support for real-time services on a Mobile IPv4 network by minimising the period of time when a mobile node is unable to send or receive IP packets due to the delay in the Mobile IP Registration process. However, on Mobile IP network with AAA servers that are capable of performing Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting(AAA) services, every ...