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Aim: Eating disorders (ED) are among the most common psychiatric problems seen in females of reproductive age group. It has got a persistent impact, comorbid psychopathology, medical complications, and elevated mortality. This article is mainly focussed to explore the impact of depression among the adolescent young females and the women of reproductive age group. Materials and Methods: It is a questionnaire based study, where 70 females (age: 13-45 years) were selected.

In the Gaza strip, congenital malformations are the first leading cause of infant deaths. The present study aims to collect and evaluate the available recorded information about the occurrence of major birth defects (BD) in the Gaza Strip in patients between 0 and 2 years of age and compare this between the two periods under review, the first 6 months 2006 and the corresponding six months in 2010. We collected the records of children between 0 and 2 years admitted with major structural birth defects (BD) in the major pediatric hospitals of the Gaza Strip.

Background: Methacrylates serve as a base for resin-based dental materials, extensively used in practice. They may cause irritation to skin, eyes, and mucous membranes, allergic dermatitis, stomatitis, etc. Acrylic monomers often cross-react. Numerous studies confirm the sensitization to methacrylates in dental professionals, but quite a few evaluate the incidence of cross-sensitization in students of dentistry and from dental technician school.

Background: The research work was to investigate the level of awareness and utilization of Insecticide Treated Nets (ITNs) for malaria prevention in Igbomotoru Community in Southern Ijaw LGA of Bayelsa State, Nigeria. Five research objectives include to investigate the level of awareness on ITN as a preventive measure for malaria, investigate the number of homes in possession of ITN, investigate the level of utilization of ITN for malaria prevention, and investigate reasons for non-utilization if any.

Population ageing has profound, major consequences and implications for all facets of human life. Its effect is determined by the subjective and objective environment and health status particularly the older person. This paper examines the subjective and objective environment, health status and different aspects of human deprivation in the old age and how it varies across gender, sector and state.

To assess applications with patented active ingredient pilocarpine and discuss their implications for further research in drug development was realized a research in some patent databases including WIPO, Espacenet, USPTO and INPI using key terms which correlates pilocarpine and xerostomia. As results was found thirteen different innovative patented formulations, mainly tablets with different content and drug delivery technologies, but also liquid and semi-solid formulations. The tablets are commercialized on the market by MGI Pharma Inc. and were approved by FDA in 1994.

This Violence against women is a form of gender discrimination and violation of human rights persists all over the world. International bodies are trying to protect women’s rights and dignity through various treaties and declarations. Even though there is raising awareness against these issues there has been little progress in reducing the violence against women and leaving millions of women to live in to extreme misery and pain. There are different forms of violence against women, either in the form of physical, sexual, psychological and economic.

This study examines the challenges facing by women micro-entrepreneurs in Tanzania. It also identifies the characteristics of women micro entrepreneurs in relation to the challenges they faced in their daily operations, the contribution of women-micro enterprises to the household income and their business operating environment. Data were obtained through structured interviews. The self-administered questionnaire consisted of both open and closed-ended questions, the tool allowed the respondents to express their views freely.

The concern of foreign direct investment (FDI) has been receiving remarkable attention from many developing countries such as Nepal, given the fact that economic development in these countries is largely reliant on FDI through the establishment of multinational enterprises (MNEs). The major challenges for a host country are to carry out effective measures that ensure a favorable investment climate to foreign investors. In recent years, Nepal has been devoting efforts for attracting inward FDI by offering a lot of lucrative investment incentives and benefits to MNEs.

As a UNESCO UNITWIN host university, Handong Global University has been pioneering international development cooperation in the higher education area in Korea. International development cooperation projects of Handong Global University were evaluated and assessed according to the effectiveness principles in development cooperation elicited from the Fourth High Level Forum in Busan, Korea in 2011. The case study on HGU projects which has put huge efforts in international development cooperation would deliver strong implications to Korean universities that are expanding similar efforts.