or otherwise made available by this Act in title III under the heading ''PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS'' may be obligated or expended for peacekeeping operations in the Kosovo province of the Federal Republic of Yugo-slavia (Serbia and Montenegro).

OBJECTIVE To assess the applicability and use of infant nutrition and health indicators during emergencies. DESIGN Indicators recommended by international health and nutrition organisations for assessing infant feeding practice were compiled and analysed to evaluate their consistency and applicability for use in surveys of emergency-affected populations. These indicators included measures of ...

Road accidents in Kosovo cause more than 100 deaths each year and about EUR 40 million property damage. The paper presents an accident prediction model that relates frequency to various contributory factors is developed using trend analysis the Innovative Polygon Trend Analysis method. In addition, study investigates road traffic a novel methodology compare different modes other parameters. pre...

CONTEXT The 1998-1999 war in Kosovo had a direct impact on large numbers of civilians. The mental health consequences of the conflict are not known. OBJECTIVES To establish the prevalence of psychiatric morbidity associated with the war in Kosovo, to assess social functioning, and to identify vulnerable populations among ethnic Albanians in Kosovo. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Cross-se...

Objective: To assess self-rated health and impairments for six large immigrant groups (Germany, Italy, Kosovo, Portugal, Serbia, Turkey) in Switzerland. Methods: We used population-based survey data from the Swiss Migrant Health Survey 2010 and the Swiss Health Survey 2007. The sample comprised permanent residents aged 17 64 years (n = 14,637). Multivariate logistic regressions have been used t...

This study aims to examine the professional standards of journalists in Albania and Kosovo determine relevance Hallin Mancini's media system age digital journalism social media. is because continues be an important analytical tool for understanding fundamental characteristics national comparing sectors across countries. A qualitative method was utilized elucidate this, with semi-structured inte...

Dermatoglyphic prints were collected from 800 inhabitants of Dukagjin valley in Kosovo. The sample consisted of two ethnically different sub-populations who refer themselves as Albanians (N = 400) and Turks (N = 400). Qualitative analysis of prints concerned the frequency of the patterns on fingers (arch, ulnar and radial loop, whorl, accidental whorl) and on palms (Thenar and I, II, III, and I...

BACKGROUND Even though it has been widely studied, early childhood caries (ECC) remains a serious public health problem, especially in countries where there is no national program of oral health assessment and no genuine primary oral health care, such as in Kosovo. The purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence of ECC and analyze caries risk factors. METHODS The subjects were 1,008 pr...

The Balkan Wars of 1991–2002 were the deadliest confl icts in Europe since the Second World War – one dominated by ethnic cleansing resulting in over 100,000 deaths, many non-combatant civilians, with over a million people displaced from their traditional homes. The major parties in the 1991–1996 war were ethnic Croatians (Roman Catholic), Bosniacs (Muslims), and ethnic Serbs (Orthodox Christia...

BACKGROUND The depression is a significant problem in patients with diabetes. This research is the first of it's kind conducted in the Republic of Kosovo to determine the prevalence of depression diagnosed in people with diabetes mellitus type 2 (DMT2) and interrelation between depressive symptoms and behavior of diabetes self-care (glucose monitoring, exercise, diet, and self- health care). ...