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The authors are commenting the article entitled “Guidelines on diabetic eye care. The International Council of Ophthalmology recommendations for screening, follow-up, referral, and treatment based on resource settings” published by Wong et al. in Ophthalmology; https://doi. org.10.1016/j.ophtha. 2018.04.007. Published online: May 15, 2018.

There was effective poly herbal treatment for manjalkamalainoi which practiced by one generation Christian traditional medical practitioners in Papanasam in 4th generation level. They were learnt knowledge from their grandmother and followed as same way without any changing treatment package. Treatment had been given to all patients in all age groups and average 50 patients a day. In descriptive study as snap shot of the view study concluded as; only one prepared poly herbal fresh poultice in oral administration with large diet restrictions for 03 months.

Intrauterine insemination is one of the options for couples where the man has low sperm count (A.J. Goverde 2000). It is generally suggested in case of very mild oligospermia because this treatment requires a certain number of sperms to help in the process of fertilization which would not be possible in cases of severe oligospermia (A.J. Goverde 2000, K. Gezginç 2008). It is a simple, cost-effective technique that has usually good outcomes provided the female does not have any infertility issues resulting in a monthly pregnancy rate of 17.8.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine the scientific publications pertinent to the perception of elderly persons about sexuality. Method: Integrative Review of Literature, held in databases: Latin American and Caribbean in Health Sciences (LILACS), Scientific electronic Library Online (SciELO), Nursing Database (BDENF), Electronic journals in psychology (PePSIC). For the search of the articles, three keywords indexed in the descriptors in Health Sciences (DeCS) were used: perception, sexuality (sexuality), elderly (elderly).

Objective: To describe the epidemiology of Repetitive Strain Injury and Work-Related Musculoskeletal Diseases (RSI/ WRMD) in Northwestern Ceará. Method: A cross - sectional, descriptive and retrospective epidemiological study conducted at the Center of Reference in Occupational Health (COH), Sobral – Ceará, Brazil, with 404 cases of RSI / WRMD, reported in SINAN, between January 1, 2009 and 31 December of 2016.

25 Years ago, the internet suddenly changed the way we do business: from one day to another, enterprises could work faster and be more cost efficient, thanks to the world wide web and all of its innovations. Today, we find ourselves once again on the verge of such a drastic shift in business opportunities. 250 years after the industrial revolution began, we have arrived at a critical threshold in the evolution of computing.

The aging of the population is increasing and with this new possibilities of study through technology appear. Digital games may be a possibility for effectiveness in the physical, cognitive and psychic areas of the elderly. The objective of the research was to investigate the perception of the elderly in relation to the attention, in the use of digital games in different platforms. The design of this research is descriptive, qualitative and cross-sectional. Five elderly women, over 60 years old, participated in the study. The evaluation instruments were semi-structured interview scripts.

Women in the Indian society have been considered as inferior than men for many years. Because of such type of inferiority they have to face various issues and problems in their life. They have to go extra miles than men to prove themselves equivalent to men. People in the middle age were considering women as key to destruction so they never allowed women to go outside and participate in the social activities like men. Still in the modern age, women have to face many more problems in their daily life and struggle a lot to establish their career.

In this study, we address the modification of Newton’s gravity model to explain the potential to attract people between cities. The variables introduced as a weighting factor were of economic nature, as follows: Gross Value Added at Basic Prices in Industrial Activity, Gross Value Added at Basic Prices in Services Activity, Gross Value Added at Basic Prices in Agricultural Activity.

Many of current researches done in various countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), as it regards the impact of microfinancing on entrepreneurship, livelihoods and poverty reduction, comes out with similar recommendation(s): the need for microfinance institutions (MFIs) and/or the government to focus on training, education, skill upgrading, or awareness creation for the MFI clients and the institutions themselves.