Informatic methodologies are being applied successfully to analyze the complexity of the genome. But beyond the genome, the immune system reflects the state of the body in health and disease. Traditionally, immunologists have reduced the immune system, where possible, to one-to-one relationships between particular antigens and particular antibodies or T-cell clones. Autoimmune diseases, caused ...

objective: there have been concerns about people with mental health problems experiencing harassment in the iranian community. this study measures the prevalence and nature of harassment experienced by individuals with mental health problems and compares them with the general population. methods : face to face interviews were conducted by trained interviewers to ascertain experiences of harassm...

background: more than a billion people have some form of disabilities worldwide. persons living with a disability have many needs (including physically, mentally, and socially needs). estimating the size of disabled population is a challenge in health systems. an innovative indirect method to estimate the size of populations is network scale up (nsu) having widely used for hidden populations. t...

In September 1982, the modern age of computer access for persons with disabilities dawned. The key event of this dawning was the publication of an article in Byte magazine describing the Adaptive-Firmware Card (AFC; Schwejda & Vanderheiden, 1982). Although individual programs existed that allowed control via game paddles and single switches before this date, the AFC article was the first exposu...

the effect of a combination of oxantel- pyrantel with a single dose of 10 mg/ kg body weight on trichuris trichiura, ascaris, trichostrongylus spp. and ancylostoma duodenale has been evaluated among the population of two rural areas in khuzestan, southwest iran (41 persons) and isfahan, central (30 persons). all patients were infected with trichuris trichiura and some simultaneously with one or...

in nigeria, crowded housing is one of the housing stresses that bother policy-makers and housing authorities.this study examines the crowding levels in seven marital status categories among the occupants of lagos state development and property corporation’s apartments. the focus is on the capacity of an apartment’s internal spaces to meet the sleeping needs of households in different marital ar...

in nigeria, crowded housing is one of the housing stresses that bother policy-makers and housing authorities.this study examines the crowding levels in seven marital status categories among the occupants of lagos state development and property corporation’s apartments. the focus is on the capacity of an apartment’s internal spaces to meet the sleeping needs of households in different marital ar...