Health Sciences

Objective: To study the prevalence of anemia among adolescent boys and correlate the socio-demographic profile with the prevalence. Materials and Method: Cross sectional population (N=500) for the study purpose was taken from schools of Vallabh Vidyanagar. The hemogram reports were assessed by the automated Hematology analyzer from a reputed pathological laboratory of Vallabh Vidyanagar. The statistical analysis was done using the SPSS 15.0 version for windows. Results: About 31.4 % were mildly anemic, 4% were moderately anemic and only 1.6% were severely anemic.

AIM: To describe the OHRQoL in patients treated with complete dentures, fixed or removable partial dentures. BACKGROUND: OHRQoL is a relatively new but rapidly growing notion. This concept, is significant in mainly three areas - clinical practice of dentistry, dental research and dental education. These are different approaches in measuring the OHRQoL, the most popular of which uses the multiple item questionnaire. Patients who are either partially or completely edentulous undergo a prosthodontic treatment.

Conventional complete denture prostheses have been widely used for the replacement of missing dentition. There is a wide difference in suggesting the types of impression techniques or how the denture is fabricated but no matter how the denture is made clinically.

Dyscalculia is hidden difficulties that affect many individuals who usually have average or above average intelligence, but are unable to achieve at their potential. It is a brain-based condition that makes it hard to make sense of numbers and math concepts. Individuals with dyscalculia learn maths, but they learn very slowly. They need to be taught in a way that makes it possible for them to use their abilities to compensate for their weaknesses. One of the serious consequences of dyscalculia is that children who suffer from them do poorly in school unless they are helped.

Colorectal cancer is considered to be one of the most common cause of death related to cancer in world. In overall rankings of cancer related deaths colorectal cancer is placed second in the world. Colonoscopy is important tool for early detection of colorectal cancer and also to remove polyps in early stage. As colonoscopy advances, it requires highly skilled colonoscopist that requires significant amount of training without experience causes discomfort and high pain to patient. In this paper an attempt is made to simulate multichamber colonoscope made of silicone rubber.

Background: Students undergoing training in Nursing are not always prepared to deal with the challenges of the classroom and the clinical practice settings. They have the pressure to study new subjects, excel in their examination, getting practical experience in caring for patients with various disease conditions, as well as face other challenges which are similar to those experienced by college students. They may use healthy or unhealthy methods to cope with stress.

Background: Improper management of healthcare waste (HCW) poses a risk for health and environment. Awareness about HCW management among hospital staff can greatly impacts practices of appropriate waste disposal. Method: A questionnaire containing 32 questions based on knowledge, practices and attitude (KPA) regarding HCWmanagement was filled by 125 study participants (25 each of doctors, interns, nurses, technicians, class IV employees).Observation of the actual practices of BMW management was done by using checklist.

OBJECTIVE: We sought to study asymptomatic pancreatic enzyme abnormalities in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. METHODS: Serial serum amylase determination was performed in ambulatory HIV-seropositive patients in whom pancreatitis was not suspected. RESULTS: Eighty-six patients were enrolled in the study. Fifty-two patients (60%) were found to have abnormal amylase values on at least one determination. Only 12 (14% of all patients) had a more than twofold elevation of pancreatic enzymes.

Emotions play an important role in our daily life. AntonioDamasiofamously stated: “We are not thinking machines that feel; rather we are feeling machines that think”. Human emotions can be recognized through facial expression, speech and gesture. The use of electroencephalograms (EEGs) to understand and recognize human emotion has been widely studied, where those recognition techniques greatly benefit in human-computer interaction (HCI). In this investigation, we study the use of EEGs to recognize emotions.

Objective: To determine the risk factors that related to filariasis incidence and also to give mapping of distribution of filariasis incidence at Pasaman Barat2014. Methods: This research uses is case control study design. Samplesconsisted of 38 cases and 38 controls. The datawere analyzed by usingunivariate, bivariate by using McNemar test, and multivariate.