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Aim:Low back pain is a common disease, and it is observed at least once in 70-85% of the population during their lifetime.Chronic low back pain (CLBP)interferes with the physical ability and mobility of high number of people. This study will determine if there is a relationship between mental disorders including depression, hypochondriasis and anxiety, and the functional status of patients suffering from chronic low back pain.Subjects and methods: The study was performed on a sample of 200 agreed to participate in this cross-sectional study.

The objective of this research was to get to know the nurse's performance in the work management of the community health agents. Qualitative interpretive study developed with 25 nurse managers from a municipality of Serra Catarinense, Brazil. Bardin's content analysis was performed using Atlas. Ti 6.2 software. From the results, two categories emerged that explore difficulties and facilities for management.

The objective of this study was to verify health actions and services directed to the Guama Tocantins Indigenous Special Health District included in the Health Care Networks (RAS-Redes de Atenção à Saúde) of the state of Para,evaluating the perception of the coordinators of the health care networks as well as of the indigenous health managers of Para, on the implementation of these actions and services in the regional plans of the four RAS (stork, urgency and emergency, psychosocial and people with disabilities) seven health regions, which encompass the Guama-Tocantins DSEI.

Background and objective: Psoriasis represents a common inflammatory skin disorder, and psoriatic arthritis is a chronic inflammatory disease which characterized by arthritis and enthesitis that can occur in about one-third of patients with psoriasis. Both conditions had been linked to increasing the risk of osteoporosis. The aims: this study aims to assess the bone mineral density and the rate of osteoporosis in a group of psoriatic patients with and without arthritis and find the predictors of osteoporosis in such patients.

The problem of this research rise from the subject of social media and its effect on the Gulf region in general and on the society of United Arab Emirates in particular in terms of security and stability of the community due to its negative and positive effects.

The significant role politics of China either domestic or international play in our current international system cannot be grossed over. Former American diplomat and scholar, Henry Kissinger, looked at this role through a historical pathway with a book entitled “On China” of which this review is made. What role did China’s emergence play in the shaping of the 21st century? The author’s central focus was understanding, the evolution of China vis-à-vis its entry into the world system of States, its place and conceptual lenses in modern diplomacy and international relations.

Observing the disconnect between local communities and the conservation agencies which manage Protected Areas in Cameroon in general and the Mount Cameroon National Park (MCNP) in particular is what sparked this study. During the last couples of decades, opposition to conservation policies and wildlife management strategies have increased and materialized through a large number of NGOs. But how does local people in the Mount Cameroon National Park (MCNP) resist conservation rule?

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is now seen as an integral part of corporate strategy. The main purpose of the study is to analyze the corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities carried out by TATA Group and to study the Indian government policies and programmes of CSR. The study is based on the secondary data taken from the annual reports. The study adopts descriptive and analytical research design.

We conducted a research on risk factors for depression supported by Young's Early Maladaptive Schemas (EMSs) theory on secondary school students in Mérida, Yucatan. It was carried out using a mixed methodology, having as a general objective to design, implement, and evaluate an intervention program aimed at weakening the risk factors for depression in adolescents. It was performed in three phases, first a quantitative measurement was made on a sample of 325 students using the Children’s Depression Inventory (CDI), the questionnaire of Risk Factors for Depression and the EMS Questionnaire.

Islamic indexes have been launched since a decade on many markets including American and English markets. The goal of this optic is to propose to investors a means of diversification of their portfolios in order to invest in accordance with the Sharia principles. The objective of this paper is to present Islamic indexes on an international scale and to create Moroccan Islamic indexes by both methods of quantitative and qualitative filtering according to the principles of ICB sector classification « Industry Classification Benchmark ».