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Background: Menopausal symptoms are experienced by almost every woman during their menopausal transitions. Menopausal symptoms are categorized into physical and psychological menopausal symptoms. It includes, night sweats, hot flushes, unusual tiredness, depression, mood swings, loss of sexual urge, frustration and other behavioural changes are also seen. The objectives of the study were to assess and compare the menopausal symptoms, and its association with selected socio-demographic variables among women residing urban and rural areas of district Ludhiana, Punjab.

Coronary artery disease is narrowing or blockage of the arteries and vessels that provide oxygen and nutrition to the heart .It is caused by atherosclerosis, an accumulation of fatty materials on the inner lining of the arteries .The resulting blockage restricts blood flow to the heart .When the blood flow is completely cut off, the result is heart attack.

Early diagnosis of HIV/AIDS is one of the most crucial aspects for an infected individual, as well as being a key public health issue. Research indicates that there were an estimated 2,088,638 people living with HIV in India and that most of the estimated HIV-infected individuals in India remain undiagnosed. Since a large proportion of the population is present at oral healthcare settings for regular checkups, expanding HIV testing to such settings could benefit patients in terms of early detection and, consequently, more timely treatment.

This study examined Active Teaching and Deep Learning (ATDL) in counselling classes in the University of Guilan, Faculty of Humanities, Iran. Questionnaires were distributed to 150 counselling students across the Faculty of Humanities through a random sampling methodfrom the population. The reliability coefficient of the instrument was calculated by using Coronbach Alpha and it was found to be 0.80. Also a semi-structured interview was used to complete information about the active teaching and deep learning to 7 academic staff members.

The importance of using correct health professional at correct place for effective healthcare is known by many healthcare professional. Insufficient nurse staff causes many negative effects, such as extension of patient hospitalization and increase in hospital infections and even death rates. This study aims to classify the patients hospitalized at AHG, calculate the patient care coefficients every floor or section, monitor necessary nurse numbers on the system, orient nurses to units in need when necessary, and thus, increase patient and employee satisfaction.

Tha comprehensive study assesses biopsychosocial status of the elderly through nursing visits customized to address in order to implement actions aimed at prevention, education and health promotion with independent and participatory self-promotion. The person in DHR study of 67-year-old native of Michoacan single Current address in the State of Mexico, who visit consecutively at home to care and nursing assessment in order to identify problems and risks in the and psychosocial health. Rating scales for seniors, Pfeiffer, Folstein, Yesavage, Katz, Tinetti used.

Cooking oil fumes (COF) are the main cause of indoor air pollution in our houses. The study aimed to investigate the effects of COF on the lung of rats. Animals were subdivided into four groups; control group; oil fumes group, rats were exposed to the COF for 15 min/day for one month; oil fumes+rosemary extract group, rats were exposed to the COF and orally administered with 300 mg/kg b.wt. of rosemary extract. The oil fumes+sage extract group, rats were exposed to the COF and orally administered with 300 mg/kg b.wt. of sage extract.

Background:  The application of Kinesio Taping along with PNF technique is yet to measure and also in this method sufficient research seems to be lagging. Objective of the study was to find out the effectiveness of shoulder taping along with PNF technique in hemiplegic subjects. Method: Total 50 subjects who met the inclusion criteria were randomly divided into two groups by purposive sampling making group-A (25) and group-B (25).

A field experiment was conducted at Hudeiba Research Station Farm, located at Ed-Damer, Sudan during 2011/2012 and 2012/2013 winter seasons to investigate the effect of different irrigation regimes and varieties on common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)  yield, yield components and water productivity. The treatments included three irrigation regimes; irrigation every 10 days (I1= full irrigation), irrigation every 15 days (I2= moderate stress) and irrigation every 20 days (I3= severe stress) and two varieties (Giza3 & Ibraya).

The aim of this study is to highlight the importance of investment in irrigated agriculture in expanding land productivity in order to sustain agriculture and ensure food security and alleviate poverty. Irrigated agriculture accounts for a substantial proportion of agricultural investment in most of the developing countries many of them suffer from shortage in financial resources. The study provides evidences about the role of the Kuwait Fund in assisting developing countries in developing their agricultural sector.