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The aim of this study is to evaluate the oral hygiene and gingival health among primary school children and to find fi there is any variation between age and sex groups ni Thamar Governorate ni Republic of Yemen. A sample of 532 child aged 6-12 years old (257 males, 275 females) were examined using plaque index score by Silness and Löe (1964) and gingival index by Löe and Silness (1963). The results show that the mean plaque score for the total sample is (0.82), the plaque index was...

An oral health Survey was conducted ni Thamar Governorate schools (primary, intermediate, secondary schools). Certain aspects of oral health were investigated. The sample included 1758 students aged from 6-18 years old of both sexes (843 males, 915 females). The study has shown that 44.03% of the students did not brush their teeth, however, brushing Standards did not seem to be satisfactory, this was judged by the high plaque & gingival index mean for the sample and for different groups with ni the sample

The objective of the study is to provide information on the energy and micronutrients intake of Nigerian adolescent females.A cross-sectional surrey was conducted among the 323 institutionalized adolescent females of 10-19 years age range in Akure South LGA, Ondo State.The energy and micronutrient intake were determined by weighing the food intake of the subjects and part of the food samples were subjected to chemical analysis The mean mineral intakes were: Ca 567 mg/kg, Mg 261 mg/kg, Zn...

Sufficient data relating urinary iodine excretion in children to other iodine deficiency indicators are lacking in Egypt. We assayed urinary iodine concentration and serum levels of thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), thyroglobulin, free triiodothyronine (T3) and free tetraiodothyronine in 99 school-aged Egyptian children. Goitre was found in 25 children. Median urinary iodine concentration was 70 microg/L. We found mild iodine deficiency (50-99 microg/L) in 60.6 % of the children and...

This study aimed to describe dietary habits of Syrian adolescents attending secondary schools in Damascus and the surrounding areas. A descriptive, cross-sectional study was carried out on 3507 students in 2001. A stratified, 2-stage random cluster sample was used to sample the students. The consumption pattern of food items during the previous week was described. More than 50% of the students said that they had not consumed green vegetables and more than 35% had not consumed meat. More than...

Background: Prudent use of antibiotics will curtail health care costs and potential adverse effects to the individual taking them and also diminishes the wide ecologic effects leading to selection of antibiotic resistant pathogenic Organisms. Adverse- effects to the individual taking them diminish the wide ecologic effects leading to selection of antibiotic resistant pathogenic organisms. Objective: To assess the pattern of antibiotic usage in surgical in-patients of a teaching hospital in...

With the increasing popularity of distance education, focus has turned to the role of libraries in the distance learning process. It is widely agreed that like their campus-based counterparts, distance education learners need adequate library services if they are to gain quality education. This paper examines the efforts being made by Kenyan university libraries to fulfil the information needs of the distance education students in their respective institutions. It concludes that although...

Ambient hydrocarbon air pollution levels at both industrial and non-industrial sites in South Africa were determined over a period of six months. The study also incorporated comparisons between ambient pollution levels in electrified and semi- or non-electrified areas. Passive samplers and evacuated canisters were used during these surveys to capture the sample, while gas chromatography/mass spectrometry was used for the analysis of 40 volatile hydrocarbon compounds. Benzene levels found at...

The objective of the Dynamic Air Pollution Prediction System (DAPPS) is to combine a meteorological forecast model and a photochemical dispersion model to predict the ambient concentration of selected pollutants. The Penn State/UCAR MM5 mesoscale model, nested to 1.7 km, is used to predict gridded 12 hour, 24 hour and 36 hour meteorological fields. A comprehensive emission data base comprises emissions from industry, petrol and diesel powered motor vehicles and domestic wood and paraffin...

To describe the incidence of different stages of glucose intolerance in a population from Mauritius followed over 11 years. RESEARCH DESIGN, METHODS AND SUBJECTS: Population-based surveys were undertaken in the multi-ethnic nation of Mauritius in 1987, 1992 and 1998 with 5083, 6616 and 6291 participants, respectively. Questionnaires, anthropometric measurements, and a 2-h 75-g oral glucose tolerance test were included. Three cohorts aged between 25 and 79 years with classifiable glucose...

Donor sponsored anti-corruption programmes represent an increasingly large segment of international development assistance to Africa. While the ostensible objective of these programmes is to reduce African corruption, the generality of these programmes suggests other factors appear to motivate the design and implementation of these programmes. This paper attempts to assess the generality of these programmes by looking at the specificity, relevance and fit of proposed anti-corruption...

The authors attempted to estimate the occurrence, frequency, and pattern (winter versus summer) of seasonal affective disorder in African American college students. They hypothesized that winter seasonal affective disorder would be more prevalent than summer seasonal affective disorder.Undergraduate and graduate college students who identified themselves as African Americans living in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area were invited to participate in the study. The Seasonal Pattern...

Abstract The study provides empirical evidence for the management of stress by teachers of secondary schools in Nigeria. A total of 3466 teachers, drawn from secondary schools in Ogun State of Nigeria, returned their questionnaire for the study. Data were analysed using simple percentage and chi-square. The findings indicate that teachers frequently use the active behavioural and inactive (escape) strategies in managing stress. This is an indication that the average Nigerian teacher prefers...

This paper describes the expansion of the UK higher education systems since the national commission of inquiry chaired by Lord Robbins in 1962. It analyses the effects of the expansion in the UK on Government and institutional behavior and change. It documents how changes in the gender and ability profile of higher education, lower units of funding and increases in student/staff ratios (SSRs) led to the development of new ways of managing and new teaching, learning and assessment methods. It...