hippodamia variegata (goeze) (coleoptera: coccinellidae) is one of the most prominent coccinellid predator of common pistachio psylla, in pistachio orchards. the experiment was performed under laboratory conditions i.e. 27±1oc 55±5 rh and 16:8 l: d. a cohort with about one hundred eggs- less than 24h old- was chosen and put in petri dishes. ladybeetle larvae were daily fed with pistachio psylla...

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a major public health problem. Objective of current study was to know the demography, clinical characteristics and etiology of youth Diabetes mellitus (DM) in Kashmir, North India. METHODS: A prospective hospital based study, carried out in the Department of Endocrinology, SKIMS Srinagar, Kashmir India over the period from 2008 July - September 2010. Setting: A teachin...

A cross-sectional study was carried out in 200 children aged 5-15 years, to examine the presence of intestinal parasitic infections (IPIs) and to assess the risk factors and clinical features associated with them in children in San Juan y Martinez (SIM), Cuba. Three fresh faecal samples were collected from each child and were examined by direct wet mount, brine flotation, formalin-ether and Kat...

Abstract Background Ever since AE was acknowledged as a potentially treatable cause of encephalitis, it has been increasingly recognised worldwide. Data suggests that these disorders are under-recognized, which calls for an increased awareness the varying clinical, laboratory, electrophysiological and radiological presentations different types autoimmune encephalitis. This cross-sectional obser...

Neonatal Late-Onset Sepsis (LOS) is a leading cause of mortality in the Intensive Care Unit (NICU). The microbial characteristics LOS are primary importance guiding clinical antisepsis practice, and strategies to prevent treat neonatal LOS, turn, influence pattern pathogens. This study retrospective descriptive with cross-sectional approach conducted between 2016 until 2020 ward (level II-III) ...

CONTEXT Critical laboratory value reporting is a highly visible and essential key activity for clinical laboratories. OBJECTIVE To measure critical laboratory value reporting in multiple institutions over time and to examine the practice patterns and demographic factors associated with sustained improvement in critical value reporting. DESIGN A longitudinal cohort study of 180 clinical labo...

OBJECTIVE To assess the extent of syphilis seropositivity in pregnant women, identify the risk factors associated with it and re-evaluate the need for routine antenatal care screening for syphilis. DESIGN Prospective cross-sectional study. SETTING Three teaching hospitals of Addis Ababa University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. SUBJECT...

Introduction: The people living in vulnerable areas that are difficult to access in Brazil represent a portion of the population that has proven very sensitive to lack of medical and health services. The government, seeking to solve the situation urgently, implemented the More Doctors Program [Programa Mais Médicos, in the Portuguese original] in 2013. Objective: To discuss the More Doctors ...

Women comprise 73 percent of all dentists in Bulgaria. Almost all of them started their careers as salaried, and now they are self-employed. The purpose of this study was to show how female dentists in Bulgaria met the challenges of the social and health reforms during the period of transition from totalitarian to democratic rule. A field sociological survey was carried out between October 1996...