With technological advances, a new area of technology called “Sensor Network” has emerged, which promises to touch many aspects of our life and has wide-ranging applications. Sensor Networks is a collection of sensor nodes, which have the capability of sensing, processing and communication. They are cheap, small in size and consume very less power. They can communicate with each other and proce...

It is well known that blunt neck trauma, when compared to a penetrating injury in the same anatomical area, is very rare. We report a case of an 81-year-old Caucasian woman with a blunt life-threatening neck trauma due to a bully goat. Although rare, direct evaluation should always be done in these cases because any misinterpretation may result in unfavorable outcomes. We have to highlight that...

1 social state. The recent era has witnessed the emergence of QOL concepts as an essential health component which looks beyond the morbidity and mere survival of the patients. It leads to the accelerated research on measurement of QOL and its applicability in the health care arena. Several researchers utilized QOL concept to assess the impact of the disease on the individual, efficacy of interv...

BACKGROUND Depression is common in Pakistan but no research on this subject has been reported from the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), host to numerous Afghan refugees. AIMS To measure depressive symptoms and associated features in a population-based sample. METHOD A Pushto translation of the Self Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ) was administered to 471 adults living in a village in one o...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To evaluate methods for calculating life expectancy in small areas, for example, English electoral wards. DESIGN The Monte Carlo method was used to simulate the distribution of life expectancy (and its standard error) estimates for 10 alternative life table models. The models were combinations of Chiang or Silcocks methodology, 5 or 10 year age intervals, and a final age inter...