Background & Aims of the Study: Parasitic infections are common in many countries, especially in developing countries and tropical areas. People who deal with foods can be a threat to health of communities. This meta-analysis study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of parasitic infections, such as Ascaris lumbricoides, Entamoeba coli, Entamoeba histolytica, and Giardia...

Asian countries are in various stages of epidemiological transition and therefore exhibit a great diversity in disease patterns. Collectively, they comprise almost two-third of the world's total mortality due to stroke. The purpose of this review is to explore existing epidemiological data on stroke, highlight the temporal trends in stroke epidemiology in various regions of Asia and predict fut...

Using the currency demand and DYMIMIC approaches estimates about the size of the shadow economy in 18 Asian and 21 OECD countries are presented. The average size of the shadow economy (in percent of official GDP) over 1998/99 in 18 Asian countries is 25.8% and i n 21 OECD countries 16.7% of " official " GDP. The average size of the shadow economy labor force (in percent of the official labor fo...

here has been a tremendous growth in student mobility in higher education in the last two decades as universities in the West respond to globalisation, economic growth and capacity building strategies of Asian countries. According to the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD) 2013 report “Education at a Glance”1, the total number of foreign students enrolled in tertiary e...

Asia's role in global climate change has evolved significantly from the time when the Kyoto Protocol was being negotiated. Emissions of carbon dioxide, the principal greenhouse gas, from energy use in Asian countries now exceed those from the European Union or North America. Three of the top five emitters-China, India, and Japan, are Asian countries. Any meaningful global effort to address glob...

Antimicrobial resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae remains a serious concern worldwide, particularly in Asian countries, despite the introduction of heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7). The Asian Network for Surveillance of Resistant Pathogens (ANSORP) performed a prospective surveillance study of 2,184 S. pneumoniae isolates collected from patients with pneumococcal infections ...

The purpose of this study is to integrate the findings of the studies related to the relationship between CEO compensation and firm performance in Asian countries. The second concern of the paper is to explore the moderating role of country-specific characteristics on the pay-performance relationship in Asian markets. In order to achieve the study’s objective, meta-analysis technique is utilize...

Global environmental issues are one of the most urgent problems in the present day world, not only in the field of sciences but also in the international social and political juncture. CFCs were found to deplete the ozone layer in the stratosphere, which covers the whole earth and protects the biosphere. The leakage of CFCs at any place in the world, therefore, is responsible for the biosphere....

The actual distribution of Helicobacter pylori infection and its related diseases in various Asian countries is controversial. Only limited information is available regarding this issue. We discuss the etiological role of H. pylori in gastric cancer through the Asian experience. Seroprevalence of H. pylori infection in asymptomatic subjects and the annual incidence rate of gastric cancer per 10...

Chikungunya fever, a disease caused by chikungunya virus, was almost a forgotten disease until recently; when it reemerged in Indian ocean islands in 2005-2006. Within no time it acquired gigantic proportions affecting few million people in Asian countries, mainly India and Southeast Asian countries. Previously characterised as a self limiting disease, it appeared in more aggressive form during...