BACKGROUND To identify factors contributing to the high incidence of facility-based obstetric hemorrhage in Thyolo District, Malawi, according to local health workers. METHODS Three focus group discussions among 29 health workers, including nurse-midwives and non-physician clinicians ('medical assistants' and 'clinical officers'). RESULTS Factors contributing to facility-based obstetric hem...

OBJECTIVE To assess whether trends in mortality from heart failure (HF) in Australia are due to a change in awareness of the condition or real changes in its epidemiology. METHODS We carried out a retrospective analysis of official data on national mortality data between 1997 and 2003. A death was attributed to HF if the death certificate mentioned HF as either the underlying cause of death (...

Kol, Bhil and Gond are some of the ancient tribal populations known from the Ramayana, one of the Great epics of India. Though there have been studies about their affinity based on classical and haploid genetic markers, the molecular insights of their relationship with other tribal and caste populations of extant India is expected to give more clarity about the the question of continuity vs. di...

Key factors like similarity, proximity, and good Many researchers have mentioned the significance of perceptual grouping and organization in vision and listed various continuation that guide to visual grouping of image. However, even to the present situation, many of the computational factors of perceptual grouping have remained unanswered. As there are several 1 / 4

It is known that due to decreasing bone formation, Bone Mineral Density (BMD) decreases in osteoporotic patients (Bone et al., 2000). In addition, some researchers have shown that osteoporotic patients suffer from balance disorders and increasing risk of falls (Sinaki et al., 2005). Basically, five factors determine one’s level of stability and mobility: (1) size of the base of support, (2) hei...