Objective: To investigate the application of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) to patients with severe craniocerebral injury for the purpose of nutritional support therapy and pulmonary infection prevention.Methods: A total of romper 43 patients with severe craniocerebral injury admitted to our department from January 2008 to December 2012
Opioid use disorder: current trends and potential treatments
Opioid use disorder (OUD) is a major public health threat, contributing to morbidity and mortality from addiction, overdose, and related medical conditions.Despite our increasing knowledge about the pathophysiology and existing medical treatments of OUD, it has remained a relapsing and remitting disorder for decades, with rising deaths from overdos
Oral Health Awareness and Practices of School Going Children Aged 11 to 16 Years in a Squatter Settlement of Karachi
Objective: To assess the awareness and practices of school going children aged 11 to 16 years regarding oral health and hygiene in a squatter settlement of Karachi.Methods: Data of this cross sectional study was collected by self administered questionnaire from school students of Gulshan e Sikanderabad, a squatter settlement in Karachi.Sample size
Vehicle Make and Model Recognition using Bag of Expressions
Vehicle make and model recognition (VMMR) is a key task for automated vehicular surveillance (AVS) and NORWEGIAN KELP various intelligent transport system (ITS) applications.In this paper, we propose and study the suitability of the bag of expressions (BoE) approach for VMMR-based applications.The method includes neighborhood information in additio
The Ethiopic Homily on Holy Easter attributed to John Theologos and its Arabic Vorlage (CPG 4163.2)
In the standard reference Baby Gift Sets works for Ethiopian and Eritrean studies, one finds a Homily on Holy Easter (CAe 1265) attributed to Gregory of Nazianzus and identified as one of his Orations (CPG 3010).Both the attribution and identification are, however, incorrect.Rather, this Homily on Holy Easter, which is actually attributed to an oth