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Background: Computed tomography (CT) has become a useful diagnostic modality in evaluation of the paranasal sinuses & an integral part of surgical planning. Because of the high inherent contrast in the paranasal sinuses and nasal cavity, a low-dose technique can be used. Aim of study: to compare anatomical diagnostic image value assessment of low dose and standard dose protocol of computed tomography scanning of paranasal sinuses based on subjective assessment.

Objective: To measure the prevalence of endometriosis in the infertile woman, its severity and its relation to the age of women. Study Setting: Infertility Centre at Al –Batool Teaching Hospital in Mosul. Study Design: Patient series study design. Patients and Methods: The total number of patients attending the infertility centre was (8553). The number of patients enrolled for the study was (477) from July 2004 to July 2006. Their ages were between 21 and 43 years old (mean age 28.22±5.37).

Background: The inability to conceive is one of the most distressing conditions for a female. It not only makes the female feel incomplete but also the social taboos attached are phenomenal. Lately there has been an increase in the incidence of subfertility due to various medical, social and economical reasons. To assess the various causes giving rise to subfertility the surgeon has to subject the patient to a battery of investigations ranging from non invasive procedures to surgical interventions like diagnostic and therapeutic laparoscopy.

Background: Opacification of the posterior capsule is one of the most common complication fallowing the cataract surgery. The patient complains from a drop in visual acuity after period of time after cataract surgery. To solve this problem is done using Nd: yag laser by breaking posterior capsule and thus retain the vision and get a good visual acuity. Objective: This study aimed to prove that YAG laser is the accurate way in treatment of posterior capsule opacification that the patient gets better vision.

Tourism is the business or industry that provides information, accommodations, transportation, and other services to tourists. It also refers to travel for recreational, vacation, medical or business reasons. Tourism is one of the world’s fastest growing industries as income is generated by the spending of goods and services required by tourists. The tourism industry is therefore very important to the well being of many countries.

Mobile cloud computing is one of major mobile technology trends in the future, since it is the combination of both mobile computing and cloud computing. The mobile cloud computing is trendy because of its effectiveness in mobility of the devices. So, the target to design the Service based Data Handling over Mobile Cloud Computing (SDHMCC) is to provide rich mobile computing through seamless communication between front-users (cloud-mobile users) and end-users (cloud providers) regardless of heterogeneous databases situated at cloud environment.

In a context of desertification and climate change, a good number of development actors in Burkina Faso have been interested in Jatropha curcas L. as a source of sustainability of production. In order to evaluate the dendrometric parameters and Jatropha seed production, tests were carried out for 12 months in Torokoro and Tin sites in the Southern Sudanian zone with a rainfall of about 1200 mm. Jatropha plants. 6 years old, are planted at 5m intervals between rows and 2m between plants.

Objective: To comprehend the perception of the elderly’s caregivers in cohabitation about the support network of the Family Health Strategy. Methodology: It is a descriptive-exploratory study with a cross-sectional design and a qualitative approach which was done with 9 elderly people caregivers’ de in a state of cohabitation who displayes functional dependency in the coverage area of two Family Health Units in the city of Vitória da Conquista-Bahia.

The objective of the present study was to analyze the quality of commercially available samples of the plant B. forficata and compare their hypoglycemic effects with those of in naturasamples. To that end, three samples of B. forficata were acquired from commercial sourcesand subjected to quality control tests to examine their adequacy for human consumption. The samples were found to contain potentially pathological microorganisms (Klebsiella sp. and Aspergillus sp.), disqualifying them from use due to their potential negative effects on public health.

The present philosophical essay aims to reflect on the intention to moralize the bodies through the processes of hygiene and on the nurse's role as a disciplining element. An analysis is carried out within the context of the hygienist ideal, establishing a dialogue with contemporary authors such as Foucault and Caponi. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, signs of the hygienist movement were observed in innumerable governmental actions in Brazil, whose aim was to replace the old moral with a new moral.