Objective: The objective was to establish the nature of choice in cognitive multitasking. Background: Laboratory studies of multitask-ing suggest people are rational in their switch choices regarding multitasking, whereas observational studies suggest they are not. Threaded cognition theory predicts that switching is opportunistic and depends on availability of cognitive resources. Method: A to...

Peer to Peer network is one of the frequently used application in terms of file sharing over a global large network. In such types of network, there can exists an illegitimate peer node who will attempt to have an unauthorized access to premium digital content. As it is very difficult to catch hold of the intruder or the illegal client inside the network, the proposed system will at least attem...

Depression is a state of depressed mood characterized by feelings of sadness, despair, and discouragement. Depression ranges from normal feelings of "the blues" through dysthymia to major depression. Endogenous depression has been identified with a specific symptom complex: psychomotor retardation, early morning awakening, weight loss, excessive guilt, and lack of reactivity to the environment....

PURPOSE The legislative and regulatory issues surrounding the reimbursement of pharmacists for cognitive services are reviewed and billing practices for a pharmacist-physician collaborative drug therapy management service (DTMS) in a family medicine clinic are examined. A case study is offered to illustrate the real-world application of these practices. SUMMARY As regimens of prescription med...

PURPOSE A diverse medical school faculty is critical to preparing physicians to provide quality care to an increasingly diverse nation. The authors sought to compare experiences of underrepresented in medicine minority (URMM) faculty with those of non-URMM faculty in a nationally representative sample of medical schools. METHOD In 2007-2009, the authors surveyed a stratified random sample of ...

Lactose is a unique disaccharide, which occurs exclusively in the milk of mammals. It has wide applications as a food ingredient and in pharmaceutical preparations. Discouragement of milk consumption, because of the existence of lactase deficiency in the majority of the world population, is unjustified, because even in the complete absence of this enzyme, nutritionally significant volumes of mi...

OBJECTIVE To explore the complex issue of competing interests (CIs) in development of clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) in diabetes with stakeholders. METHODS A multidisciplinary panel of 26 health, methodological, legal, and bioethical experts, trainees, and lay people from across Canada participated in a workshop on CIs in CPGs. Mixed methods were used such that qualitative themes were ex...

The concentrated development in the urban areas attracts people to migrate into cities for a better living and consequently leading towards root causes of many socio-economic environmental nuisances. Moreover, high-density engines rapid spread contagious diseases thereby threatening lives millions people. high death rate affected cases COVID-19 Dhaka City, Bangladesh, its nearby areas, i.e., Ga...

results the mean age at the time of diagnosis was 54 years (range, 28 - 74). cause-specific survival rates of the entire group were 92%, 87% and 82%, at two, three and five years, respectively. the five-year cause-specific survival rates for grades one, two and three were 98%, 88% and 68%, respectively. multivariate analysis revealed that age, depth of myometrial invasion, involvement of ovarie...

Raising young professionals is one of the main goals ESP teachers across globe, but in today’s rapidly changing world it complicated by need to adapt learners a demanding international working environment that puts heavy pressure on human resources. English communication skills are now sought employers, so, worldwide help future graduates meet such high expectations. However, practice has shown...