OBJECTIVES Few studies to date have examined the utilization of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in a local, ethnically diverse population in the United States (U.S.). Fewer have addressed the differences in their use based on inclusion or exclusion of prayer as a modality. Variable definitions of CAM are known to affect public health surveillance (i.e., continuous, systematic data ...

Old age is one of the most crucial stages of human development that encompasses the dynamics of biological processes, perception, growth and development and maturity, as a natural process of life. The elderly as one of the vulnerable groups, they face different biological, psychological and social needs. As the population gets older, the elderly will need more support in their daily activities,...

RESUME. A comparative analysis of domestic and international research methodology assessment in relation to the impact plant protection products (PPP) on agricultural workers population shows that existing methodological approaches Ukraine need improvement. This concerns principles organization, definition purpose objectives, conducting measurements, ensuring reliability results substantiating ...

background: training of pediatric residents is a dynamic process which should be changed as the nature and epidemiology of pediatric diseases change. in this study, we compared the training program of the pediatric residents with the disorders of the pediatric patients who had referred to pediatric offices. methods: the study was conducted in pediatric offices in shiraz, south of iran. the main...

Developing constraint solvers which are key requisites of constraint programming languages is time consuming and difficult. In this paper, we propose a generic algorithm that symbolically constructs rulebased solvers from the intensional definition of the constraint. Unlike the well-established “generate and test” approach, our symbolic construction approach is capable of generating recursive r...