Abstract The efficiency of the measuring tools and operators is a significant part lot sentencing decisions. These have to pass some pre-specified quality levels avoid problems during assessment scenarios. measurements serious risk be encountered with any extent ambiguity, doubt, or indeterminacy due factors like variation among operating regimes, warming effects in hot climatic conditions, ope...

The cercarial density in natural water and number of infected Bulinus globosus were monitored over a one-year period to identify the transmission foci in an endemic area of schistosomiasis haematobia in Kenya. Overall prevalence and intensity of infection of the study community were 59.2% and 10.9 eggs/10 ml of urine. Cercariometry was carried out on 456 occasions at 20 study sites while snail ...

The most basic manifestation of brand loyalty is repurchasing – making the same choice on next category occasion. This study tests to which extent stability contextual cues across purchase occasions affects repurchasing. We investigate these effects by analyzing a total 1.6 million pairs (i.e., two consecutive choices) 20,587 German and 23,036 British shoppers in three FMCG categories. find tha...

Background: Symmetric dimethylarginine (SDMA) has recently been advocated as a marker to detect renal disease. Aims: This prospective study evaluated and compared the diagnosis of renal disease using SDMA, creatinine elevated above population derived reference intervals (RI) with dilute urine and creatinine in relation to an individual’s prior results (RCV). Results: Over the study period 214 c...

INTRODUCTION AND AIMS This study examines the proportion of alcohol markets consumed in harmful drinking occasions in a range of high-, middle-income countries and assesses the implications of these findings for conflict of interest between alcohol producers and public health and the appropriate role of the alcohol industry in alcohol policy space. DESIGN AND METHODS Cross-sectional surveys w...

BACKGROUND This study investigated the number of pedometer assessment occasions required to establish habitual physical activity in African American adults. METHODS African American adults (mean age 59.9 ± 0.60 years; 59 % female) enrolled in the Diet and Physical Activity Substudy of the Jackson Heart Study wore Yamax pedometers during 3-day monitoring periods, assessed on two to three disti...