background: global adult tobacco survey (gats), malaysia 2011 reported that the prevalence of smoking was highest among malays male i.e., 24.6% (ci:22.1,27.3). the aim of this study was to evaluate the perception of a group of smokers towards various national anti-smoking initiatives as well as its association with age and education level. methods: the study was conducted in a randomly selected...

Gender equity is easily supported in theory but harder to pursue in practice. In this article, the case of Zika travel policies is used to illustrate some glaring gaps related to gender, for both men and women, at both international and national levels. Zika travel policies have not considered new evidence on biological or social determinants of health, putting babies at risk of exposure. The a...

BACKGROUND Rowing injuries are common, with lower back injuries having the highest incidence. OBJECTIVES This study was to investigate the major rowing injuries seen at a single high performance rowing sports program over a 5 years training period and establish if any relationship exists between these injuries and the level of competition that the rower is partaking in. PATIENTS AND METHODS...

background trauma is an inescapable part of sports competitions. it occurs more frequently in contact sports such as wrestling. objectives the purpose of this study was to determine the frequency of injury in greco-roman style wrestling competitions at national level. patients and methods this descriptive epidemiological research included 50 greco-roman style wrestlers who participated in natio...

The complexity and multi-level nature of climate change requires governance systems able to manage resolve conflicts across multiple scales. Drawing on the theories collaborative conflict resolution, this paper proposes a theoretical framework understand three types likely occur in (MLG) network: problem framing, benefit sharing, capacity building. Using implementation clean development mechani...

Objective: The aims of this study were (1) to determine the one-year prevalence injuries and their characteristics (2) analyze potential injury risk factors in high-level/national-level women artistic gymnasts. Methods: Competitive gymnasts training more than 10 h per week a national center TOP 12 club France invited participate retrospective through an online questionnaire about self-reported ...