Volume Objective: To study the size of the maxillary sinus which includes linear and volume measurements. Methods: Three dimensional computed tomography (3D CT) images of 144 Malays (288 maxillary sinuses) with no clinical evidence of craniofacial and maxillary sinus abnormalities were selected. The subjects aged from 0.4 to 30 years (mean = 13.7 ; SD = 8.53), underwent the CT scanning using Ge...

OBJECTIVES Adiposity in middle age is an established risk factor for cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes; less is known about the impact of adiposity from early adult life. We examined the effects of high body mass index (BMI) in early and middle adulthood on myocardial infarction (MI), stroke and diabetes risks. DESIGN A prospective cohort study. PARTICIPANTS 7735 men with BMI measu...

The present study seeks to investigate changes in haematologic and biochemical indices of moderately P. falciparum infected male inhabitants of Owerri Municipality. Haematologic and biochemical indices were estimated by spectrophotometric methods. Haemoglobin concentrations of malarious subjects within age brackets of 11-20 and 21-31 years were below reference interval; [Hb]M;11-21 years = 10.5...

Objectives: The study was conducted to determine the Covid-19 vaccine acceptance and hesitancy among medical students who are more susceptible be infected being frontline workers. Methodology: This analytical cross sectional in of 1st final year MBBS various institutions Faisalabad. Study duration 3 months (August 2021 October 2021). sample size 391 divided 2 age groups i.e. above below 21 year...

Recognizing the importance and complexity of the concept of sustainability for tourism education, the purpose of this paper is to describe and refl ect upon the teaching and learning strategies for sustainability employed in an undergraduate tourism module. To aid in this discussion, this study frames the concept of sustainability as a threshold concept for tourism education. Th e notion of a t...

Th e quest for improved self-revenue generation and reduction of the fi nancial burden on government prompted the adoption of public private partnership (PPP) in the management of South African National Parks (SANParks). Accordingly, this paper examined the revenue and conservation implication of PPP in SANParks. Using a statistical t-test of diff erence in means, before and within the PPP, res...

BACKGROUND No specific data have been published on primary renal disease (PRD) in young adults with end-stage renal failure (ESRF). For children, congenital abnormalities of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT) account for 50% of renal failure and other congenital and familial disease comprise 20%. This remains true for teenage children in paediatric registries. METHODS To investigate the cau...

OBJECTIVE This study examined the assessment of the negative emotional constructs of depression, anxiety and stress with the short version (21 items) of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS-21) in elderly patients (age > 60 years) with persistent pain. DESIGN A convenience sample of 2,045 patients attending a tertiary referral pain centre were categorized by age and included a group age...