Intervention and Prevention of Hereditary Hemolytic Disorders in Two Ethnic Communities of Sundargarh District of Orissa, India: An Experience from KAP Studies

Hereditary hemolytic disorders are important public health challenges in India.They cause a high degree of morbidity, mortality and fetal wastage in vulnerable communities.Tradition-bound-psychosocial influences are detrimental to the process of prevention.This study was designed to create awareness, motivate, and sensitize two major vulnerable tri

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Multi-trajectory analysis of changes in physical activity and body mass index in relation to retirement: Finnish Retirement and Aging study.

BackgroundPhysical activity and body mass index (BMI) have been reported to change around Eye Ointment retirement.The objective was to examine the concurrent changes in physical activity and BMI around retirement, which have not been studied before.In addition, the associations of different demographic characteristics with these changes were examin

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Mechanisms to Improve Integrative Research at the Science-Policy Interface for Sustainable Catchment Management

Greater integration between researchers and policy makers is required to provide an evidence base that is transparent, integrated, and adaptive to support the Notebook Briefcases complexities of sustainable catchment management.Opening-up and closing-down mechanisms are equally important in creating and establishing such an evidence base.We provide

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Bretton Woods 2 system and US balance of payment deficit

The author explores the evolution, functioning, similarities and differences between the original Bretton Woods international monetary system that operated from 1945 Face toner mist to 1973 and the present modified institution, which is symbolically called Bretton Woods 2 System.The existing international financial architecture keeps on being based

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