background: world health organization (who) defines three goals to assess the performance of a health system: the state of health, fairness in financial contribution and responsiveness. we assessed the responsiveness of health system for patients with diabetes in a defined population cohort in tehran, iran. methods: total responsiveness and eight domains (prompt attention, dignity, communicatio...

In-feed Medication has been used for a long time to prevent coccidiosis, a worldwide protozoal disease in rabbits. Florfenicol (FFC) has been widely used in veterinary clinics for bacterial diseases treatment. Therefore, the use of combinations of coccidiostats with FFC in rabbits is common. In the present study, we aimed to evaluate the effect of three coccidiostats, sulfaquinoxaline (SUL), ro...

1 We would like to acknowledge the support received from the National Institute of Aging through an Inter-Agency Agreement with WHO that was used to undertake a part of this work. We would also like to thank Zuñiga for outstanding research assistance; the team of researchers at WHO working on the WHO-NHA calculations; and Gabriella Covino and Nankhonde Kasonde for support in editing and product...

MRI studies of the knee were performed at intervals between full extension and 120 degrees of flexion in six cadavers and also non-weight-bearing and weight-bearing in five volunteers. At each interval sagittal images were obtained through both compartments on which the position of the femoral condyle, identified by the centre of its posterior circular surface which is termed the flexion facet ...

OBJECTIVE Study the trends in Western fast food consumption (FFC) among Chinese school-age children and the association between FFC and obesity using nationwide survey data. DESIGN Cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses were conducted to study the trends in FFC and the associations between FFC and weight status (overweight, obesity and body mass index (BMI) z-score). SETTING Longitudinal...

—This paper devises a new means of filter diversification, dubbed multi-fold filter convolution (í µí³œ-FFC), for face recognition. On the assumption that í µí³œ-FFC receives single-scale Gabor filters of varying orientations as input, these filters are self-cross convolved by í µí³œ-fold to instantiate an offspring set. The í µí³œ-FFC flexibility also permits the self-cross convolution amongst...

When making financial decisions bank customers are confronted with two types of uncertainty: first, return on investments is uncertain and there is a risk of losing money. Second, customers cannot be certain about their financial advisor's true intentions. This might decrease customers' willingness to cooperate with advisors. However, the uncertainty management model and fairness heuristic theo...