Critical evaluation of the Global DOTS Expansion Plan

The development of the DOTS Expansion Plan has been a milestone in tuberculosis (TB) control at the global and national levels.Key challenges that remain are overcoming the weakness of a Hair Caps strategy built on case management, sustaining commitment, competing priorities, the threat of HIV, maintaining high quality of care and preventing drug r

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The Added Burden of Personality Disorder on Subsidized Australian Health Service Utilization Among Women With Mental State Disorder

This study aimed to investigate health service utilization among women with mental state disorder only (MSD-PD), mental state disorder plus personality disorder (MSD+PD), and controls in a population-based sample.Women (n = 635) from the Geelong Osteoporosis Study completed mental health assessments and were categorized into groups Shirts (MSD-PD,

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Calculation of Technological Loads on the Heald Motion

The subject of the study is the shedding performed on a shuttleless loom.The calculation technique is described for calculating the technological loads produced by base threads through the heddle onto healds during shedding.Calculations of technological loads are Curtain/Screen/Blanket performed at the dwelling stage with the shed being full open f

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