BACKGROUND: Bovine leukemia virus (BLV) is an oncogenic deltaretrovirus causing a persistent lifelong infection of B lymphocytes. In addition to the domestic cattle, the virus can also infect water buffaloes. OBJECTIVES: Recent investigations have demonstrated the increasing prevalence of BLV infection among cattle population in Iran. Large popul...

OBJECTIVE To determine the effect of inequalities in income within a state on self rated health status while controlling for individual characteristics such as socioeconomic status. DESIGN Cross sectional multilevel study. Data were collected on income distribution in each of the 50 states in the United States. The Gini coefficient was used to measure statewide inequalities in income. Random ...

It is estimated that 75% of the population in industrialised countries will die from chronic diseases and most of them with multiple chronic conditions [2]. End of life care for multimorbid patients is particularly complex and in most health and care systems fragmented and uncoordinated. More importantly, highly medicalised and hospital-centric care often leads to overtreatment and over use of ...

This study investigated language-related predictors of satisfaction with a partial English Medium Instruction (EMI) programme in teacher education at Spanish university. More specifically, it explored the impact on students' perceptions language improvement, opportunities to use English, lecturers' proficiency, and improvement as motivation for enrolling programme. Additionally, examined how se...