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Social determinants of non communicable diseases in kerala

Background: global disease scenario is shifting from communicable disease to non communicable diseases. Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) have been established as a major public health and developmental challenge. The rise in the prevalence and significance of NCDs is the result of complex interaction between health, economic growth and development, and it is strongly associated with the Social determinants of health (SDH).

Segurança do paciente na ótica de profissionais de enfermagem

Objetivo: Avaliar o clima de segurança do paciente na ótica dos profissionais de enfermagem atuantes em um hospital geral. Método: Estudo transversal, realizado com 422 profissionais de enfermagem de um hospital geral de porte IV, localizado na região noroeste do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul (RS), Brasil, no período de junho a setembro de 2014. Para coleta de dados utilizou-se a tradução do Safety Attitudes Questionnaire na língua portuguesa e os dados foram analisados com recursos da estatística descritiva.

A systematic review of employee empowerment in the indian industry: Case study of steel unit

Employee empowerment is an important organizational issue. Empowered employees with new ideas and innovative attributes may increase their ability to respond more effectively to face extensive changes in current Indian steel industry work environments. In the current era of increased competition, organisations leverage empowerment as a HRM strategy to gain competitive advantage.

Histogram features of osmf images for classification by aann

Oral Submucous Fibrosis (OSMF) is an insidious chronic progressive precancerous condition of the oral cavity and oropharynx with a high degree of malignant potential. It is a precancerous condition associated with the use of areca nut in various forms. there is a progressive inability to open the mouth and tongue movement gets restricted to varying degrees depending up on the severity of the disease process thus it becomes essential to intervene the disease at an early stage to avoid progression to cancer.

Over land funtion by leasing state owned enterorises pt. kai (persero) in west sumatera

The Indonesian railway company (PT. KAI persero) is a state owned enterprise whose business requires the use of land. In order to optimalise this land use the company leasing land to the community on parts of the line that are not currently being used because the line is regarded as uneconomic and no longer in operation. Leasing of land occurs with or without a certification process. Since independence many of West Sumatera's rail lines have stopped functioning but the railway company continues to rent out the land.

Comparative assessment of various air pollutants at Jabalpur by air quality index

Degradation of air quality at the city Jabalpur has been estimated by Air Quality Index (AQI). The method used to measure quality of air with respect to national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS). Through the study of two years, the level of air pollutants (O3, CO, NO2, PM2.5 and PM10) was observed. As a result it was found that; O3, CO, PM2.5 and PM10 shown better AQI in 2015 than 2014 whereas, NO2 shows reverse AQI i.e. good AQI result in 2014. However, all the air pollutants didn’t cross its standard.

Improving phenotypical skills of some useful forest species in dja reserve: Biofertilisers effect in nursery of local organic manure on the growing patterns of seedlings

Safety Nursery’s tree species often undergo specific sylvi cultural treatments, enabling them to develop their phenotypical skills in plantation. These multipurpose trees are used for reforestation, in situ conservation of forest stands and marking local ownership. Sprouts come from local sources and put in nursery at Minko in the Southwest edge of the Dja Reserve. In order to assess the contribution of local organic manure on the growing patterns of forest seedlings, we have introduced an organic amendment into the substrate of polyethylene containers.

Taxonomic comparison between two cichlid species tilapia zilli (gervias, 1784) and oreochromis niloticus (linnaeus, 1758) (perciforms: cichlidae) by using some enzymes

The effectiveness of the GOT, GPT and ALP enzymes has been compared between two species of Tilapia, Tilapia zilli and Oreochromis niloticus, as a taxonomical study. The results showed a difference in these enzymes concentrations between the two kinds during the two seasons of a year, in addition to the difference in concentrations of protein content and stomach components between these two species in the same seasons of a year which are Spring and Summer.

Improve education quality through paradigm of learning in school

The aim of this study is to describe the quality of education through the learning paradigm at school. The technique of writing is through the theories of education and learning in schools, and analyzed in descriptive qualitative, by considering the triangulation technique, source, and time. The results of this study are the quality of education can be improved through learning paradigm that needs to be known and practiced by educators in the learning process in schools.

Six-minute walk test for healthy Egyptian school children

Objectives: Six-minute walk test is a reliable and valid functional test for assessing exercise tolerance and endurance. Lack of reference values of this test for normal, healthy children hinders its clinical usefulness in pediatrics. The purposes of this study were to provide reference standards values for the six-minute walk test and to compare these values between Egyptian girls and boys schoolchildren. Method: 900 Egyptian healthy schoolchildren of both sexes, aged from 6 to 11 years, participated in the study.