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Introduction: association between oral and general health is relevant to the medical and dental communities. Different types of arthritis present manifestations in the oral cavity (infectious or inflammatory processes, and immunophatogenic mechanisms) involving both hard and soft oral tissues, which leads to problems such as difficulty for chewing and swallowing of food.
Objective: to determine decayed-missing-filled index in arthritic patients attended in the Faculty of Dentistry of the Autonomous University of Yucatan, Mexico, 2015. 

This study seeks to investigate the role of price information in reducing the price disparities of Irish potatoes among small scale farmers in Musanze, Rwanda. A baseline survey is first undertaken to establish the characteristics of the farmers as well as the degree of price disparities. It then applies a pilot randomized control experiment using three treatment and three control groups where the intervention is sending price information to farmers via the mobile phone.

The purpose of the study was to investigate the in-vitro antimicrobial activity of aqueous crude extract, of Sudanese Solanum dubium seeds, Sudanese Sunnut honey, combination S. dubium seeds and Sunnut honey and combination S. dubium seeds and Sunnut honey fresh. The aqueous crude extract, of S. dubium seeds, combination S. dubium seeds and Sunnut honey, Sunnut honey and combination S.

Groundnut grown under rainfed and irrigated conditions is subject to various diseases among which, Macrophomina phaseolina causing dry root rot is an important pathogen causing considerable yield loss. Management of M. phaseolina using chemical fungicides has been the prevailing control method for over fifty years. But the pathogen was reported to have developed resistance to fungicides and the pathogen is very difficult to be destroyed by drenching the soil with fungicides.

Co-operative sector has played a significant role in the development of rural economy of our Country. The Royal Commission on Agriculture (1927) has also pointed out that if cooperative fail there will be a failure of the last hope of rural India. The operation of this sector during the last hundred years has proved that it can fulfill the dreams and needs of common rural people in India. In the context of Andhra Pradesh cooperative has also been recognized as a pioneer institution for credit as well as supply of essential commodities to the people of the state.

Capital structure is combination of debt and equity that is used by firms as the financial sources. The capital structure has correlation with financial distress and bankruptcy, so it is important for firms to decide the capital structure on a safe level. The studies on determinants of capital structure have been developing and the new evidences had shown that capital structure is affected by not only firms’ internal factors, but also external factors.

Indigenous fruits (IFs) areamong the best nutritional food materials in the world. Such fruits, available in Tanzania, include Uapaca kirkiana (Masuku), Parinari curatelifolia (Mbula), Strychnos cocculoides (Madonga), Tamarindus indica (Ukwaju) and many others. Despite their role in ensuring rural livelihood and enhancement of household income, Indigenous fruit trees (IFTs) are at the risk of vanishing due to anthropogenic factors that culminate into deforestation. The paper investigates whether the actors in IFs sector, i.e.

India is not only the largest producer, but also, the main consumer of coir and coir products in the world.  The Indian market constitutes around 45 percent of the world market for coir and coir products. Over 55 percent of the coir produced in India is consumed internally. The present study is focused on internal marketing of coir fibre, the information collected from 10 coir fibre extraction units, 20 local traders, 15 market traders, 10 wholesalers and 10 retailers from East Godavari District of Andhra Pradesh in the financial year 2013-14.

Inbound Management Programmes are a training method for enhancing organizational performance through experiential learning. Such programs are often also referred to as corporate adventure training and indoor management development. These programmes generally revolve around activities designed to improve leadership, communication skills, planning, change management, delegation, teamwork, and motivation. Participants are divided into teams and assigned tasks or activities for completion in a specified time.

The article analyzes the process of radicalization of religious, ethnic and sectarian conflicts in the Middle East region. Especially discusses the deepening socio-political changes in the region as an example of ethnic and religious conflicts in Iraq and Syria, after the "Arab Spring".