OBJECTIVES High rates of household participation are critical to the success of door-to-door vector control campaigns. We used the Health Belief Model to assess determinants of participation, including neighbour participation as a cue to action, in a Chagas disease vector control campaign in Peru. METHODS We evaluated clustering of participation among neighbours; estimated participation as a ...

OBJECTIVE Crash avoidance technologies can potentially prevent or mitigate many crashes, but their success depends in part on driver acceptance. Owners of 2010-2012 model Volvo vehicles with several technologies were interviewed about their experiences. METHODS Interviews were conducted in summer 2012 with 155 owners of vehicles with City Safety as a standard feature; 145 owners with an optio...

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SUGITA, Y. and TASAKI, K. Rods Also Participate in Human Color Vision. Tohoku J. exp. Med., 1988, 154 (1), 57-62 In the retinal periphery, rod and cone thresholds to the same green light were measured. After the rod-cone break in the course of dark adaptation, cone sensitivity decreases gradually as rod sensitivity progressively increases. Cone sensitivity, however, increases when rod sensitivi...

BACKGROUND High rejection rates of subject recruitments for research studies have been reported in immigrants in many countries. However, the barriers in recruiting members of the expatriate population in Kuwait have not yet been investigated. This study was therefore designed to identify barriers in recruiting expatriates for research studies in the state of Kuwait. METHODS A population-base...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Electronic patient record (EPR) systems are widely used. This study explores the context and use of systems to provide insights into improving their use in clinical practice. METHODS We used video to observe 163 consultations by 16 clinicians using four EPR brands. We made a visual study of the consultation room and coded interactions between clinician, patient, and c...