BACKGROUND The 1990 contract for general practitioners extended the hours of eligibility for night visiting claims by 25% and introduced financial incentives to discourage the use of deputizing services. AIM This study set out to examine the impact of these contract changes on the rate and pattern of night visiting. METHOD Family health services authority data were used to compare trends in...

The organ of Corti, the sensory organ responsible for hearing in mammals, differentiates within the cochlear epithelium to produce a complex array of sensory hair cells and non-sensory supporting cells whose organization is crucial for normal ear function (Rueda et al., 1996). Remarkably, many of the molecular mechanisms involved in the development of these sensory arrays appear to be conserved...

a correlational study was conducted to investigate the relationship between me duration of labor stages and the   newborn 's apgar score in women admitted to imam khomeini hospital (sari 1994).   a total of 1 20 primigravida women admitted for delivery wert' selected sequentially. the tool was a checklist   consisting of three parts . the first part inquired as to certain demographic ...

stroke scales can be classified as clinicometric scales and functional impairment, handicap scales. all studies describing stroke scales were reviewed by internet searching engines with the final search performed on january 1, 2013. the following string of keywords was entered into search engines; stroke, scale, score and disability. despite advantages of modified national institute of health s...

The organ of Corti, the sensory organ responsible for hearing in mammals, differentiates within the cochlear epithelium to produce a complex array of sensory hair cells and non-sensory supporting cells whose organization is crucial for normal ear function (Rueda et al., 1996). Remarkably, many of the molecular mechanisms involved in the development of these sensory arrays appear to be conserved...

Introduction: Dietary diversity score (DDS) and Food variety score (FVS) are the appropriate measures used to evaluate the overall quality of dietary patterns. However, their associations with the serum levels of micronutrients remain unclear. The present study aimed to investigate the correlations between DDS/FVS and serum ferritin and magnesium status in the non-athlete femal...