The impact of hypertension on renal and patients’ survival was retrospectively determined in children with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Seventy-seven of 154 CKD patients were hypertensive with 23 (30%) and 54 (70.0%) having stages I (123.0 ± 12.5/ 82.4 ± 10.6 mmHg) and II hypertension (161.0 ± 32.3/111.0 ± 23.0 mmHg), respectively. Seventy percent received two or more anti-hypertensive medicat...

Background and Objectives: Previously we reported a significant reduction in the numerical density of oligodendrocytes and oligodendrocyte clusters in the inferior parietal lobule (IPL) in schizophrenia that was associated with lack of insight. We also found a significant decrease in the number of perineuronal oligodendrocytes (PnOl) in the prefrontal cortex in schizophrenia and therefore we hy...

INTRODUCTION Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) refers to a person's or group's perceived physical and mental health over time. Coronary heart disease (CHD) affects HRQOL and likely varies among groups. This study examined disparities in HRQOL among adults with self-reported CHD. METHODS We examined disparities in HRQOL by using the unhealthy days measurements among adults who self-report...

BACKGROUND Heart failure (HF) patients experience impaired functional status, diminished quality of life, high utilization of healthcare resources, and poor survival. Yet, the identification of patient-centered factors that influence prognosis is lacking. METHODS AND RESULTS We determined the association of 2 measures of self-rated health with healthcare utilization and skilled nursing facili...

BACKGROUND There is an increasing push for 'evidence-based' decision making in global health policy circles. However, at present there are no agreed upon standards or guidelines for how to evaluate evidence in global health. Recent evaluations of existing evidence frameworks that could serve such a purpose have identified details of program context and project implementation as missing componen...

The Fair Trade coffee initiative attempts to channel charity from consumers to poor producers via increased prices. Though widely heralded, we show that the rules of the Fair Trade system permit complete arbitraging away of rents due to costly excess certification of output. Using data from an association of coffee cooperatives in Central America, we verify that arbitrage on this margin causes ...

background and aims. hemophilic patients are faced with poor oral hygiene due to concerns about their dental care. the present study assessed the knowledge of hemophilic patients about oral hygiene and the effect of oral hygiene instruction in patients referred to iranian hemophilia society. materials and methods. this cross-sectional study was carried out on 30 hemophilic patients randomly sel...

Today’s cloud networks are shared among many tenants. Bandwidth guarantees and work conservation are two key properties to ensure predictable performance for tenant applications and high network utilization for providers. Despite significant efforts, very little prior work can really achieve both properties simultaneously even some of them claimed so. In this paper, we present QShare, an in-net...

Sections from 90 urinary bladder biopsy specimens were examined by 11 consultant histopathologists with varying experience to determine the appropriateness of existing pathology terminology. Analysis with kappa statistics showed fair to good agreement in the grading and staging of transitional cell carcinoma. There was also reasonable agreement in the diagnosis of high grade dysplasia in random...