Transcription factors of the plant-specific homeodomain leucine zipper IV (HD-ZIP IV) family have been found from moss to higher plants, and several family members have been associated with epidermis-related expression and/or function. In maize (Zea mays), four of the five characterized HD-ZIP IV family members are expressed specifically in the epidermis, one contributes to trichome development...

background patient safety is one of the major issues which are concerned with the world health organization (who) and the medical community in developing and developed countries. based on studies, about 10 % of patients admitted in hospitals will be damaged. objectives the aim of this study was to evaluate patient safety climate among nurses and their roles for predicting medical errors. patien...

this research investigates the extent of intimacy among family members and the social elements effective on it. to start with, the intimacy has been defined on the basis of the present theoretical issues and its status among family members has been examined through some elements. accordingly, it has been studied some elements such as the self-reliance, satisfaction of the needs, coherence, as w...

BACKGROUND Reduced funding to public health care systems during economic downturns is a common phenomenon around the world. The effect of health care cost on family members of the patients has not been established. This paper aims to explore the relationship between affordability of health care and vulnerability of family members to distress levels. METHODS Data of a total of 262,843 particip...

INTRODUCTION The study aimed to determine hepatitis B vaccination status and assess the exposure of risk factors for hepatitis B and C among primary schoolteachers in Karachi, Pakistan. METHODOLOGY In two hundred school teachers from 30 primary schools in Karachi participated in the study between January and June 2008 by completing an anonymous, self-administered questionnaire. Exposure to an...

A cooperative is a business organization structured by volunteers from the community's marginal group with mutually shared economic and social advantage goal. The study's objective was to determine impact satisfaction level of women’s fishpond among its members. It involved randomly chosen 36 members Rosario, Northern Samar, Philippines. An adopted modified questionnaire utilized as data-gather...