background: quality of life evaluates the general well-being of individuals and it can be considered as one of the important aspects in programming and giving service to disabled people. blindness is one of the most important kinds of physical disability that has a direct effect on quality of life, so t his study aimed to explore how war blindness influences the quality of life .   methods: in ...

OBJECTIVE To compare outcomes of care from assertive community treatment teams with care by community mental health teams for people with serious mental illnesses. DESIGN Non-blind randomised controlled trial. SETTING Two inner London boroughs. PARTICIPANTS 251 men and women under the care of adult secondary mental health services with recent high use of inpatient care and difficulties en...

_ Larger, complex, integrated community health systems are now forming. Those leading integration efforts (typically leaders of health systems) report flying blind, thinking that there is no road map for integration. They’re often unaware there are those that have gone before (“trailblazers” of integration) and their lessons learned are available for guidance. This special section provides a 15...

Abstract Background Plant–soil feedback (PSF) has gained increasing interest in agricultural systems. An important question is whether PSF differs between different cropping Few attempts have yet been made to identify the pathogen species involved negative PSF. Here, we hypothesize that strength of experienced by a crop determined relative abundance host-specific soil-borne pathogenic fungi, tu...

Double blind peer review is a standard practice in the scientific community. It acts as a means of validating work as well as of getting feedback to improve it. As such, it seems prudent to also use it as a learning tool in large lectures to provide students with personalized feedback on their work. The general process can be directly adopted for the lecture context, but details need to be modi...

Prompt defibrillation after cardiac arrest is necessary to save life. Inexpensive systems providing defibrillation facilities in the community of the Highlands have been devised, one for Inverness town practices, and one for rural practices. Both systems work by 'blind' defibrillation, once the clinical diagnosis of cardiac arrest is confirmed. Acute anti-arrhythmic drugs and intravenous infusi...