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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice toward Clostridium Botulinum Outbreak in Home-Canned Bamboo Shoots at Pakaluang Subdistrict, Ban Luang District, Nan Province, Thailand
This study aims to assess the level of knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) toward Clostridium botulinum outbreak in home-canned bamboo shoots at Pakalung SubDistrict, Ban Luang District, Nan Province, Thailand. A cross-sectional approach was conducted to assess KAP using a structured questionnaire. A total of 280 people, randomly selected responded by face to face interview. The results indicated that the knowledge and attitude of the participants were moderate and neutral (57.9 % and 51.8 %, respectively). The prevalence of good practice level was 89.6 %. Furthermore, the knowledge was significantly associated with social-demographic characteristics (Chi-square, p<0.05) i.e. education level (p<0.001), occupation (p<0.029), monthly incomes (p<0.001). The attitude was associated with age group (p<0.001), education level (p<0.002), monthly incomes (p<0.001) and monthly incomes (p<0.001) are associated with practice level. The information gained would be utilized for health promotion and use of appropriate tools to increase more knowledge, and changing wrong beliefs concerning food habits and changing some people’s practices that might increase risk related to C. botulinum foodborne.Peer reviewed
Letter from W. T. Johnson to Fred C. Robson
Letter from W. T. Johnson to Fred C. Robson, concerning new teacher for Yadkin High School
Mitomycin C in highly myopic eyes - Author reply
Ophthalmology. 2005 Feb;112(2):208-18; discussion 219.
Mitomycin C modulation of corneal wound healing after photorefractive keratectomy in highly myopic eyes.
Gambato C, Ghirlando A, Moretto E, Busato F, Midena E.
SourceRefractive Surgery Service and Antimetabolite Therapy Research Unit, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To evaluate the role of topical mitomycin C in corneal wound healing (CWH) after photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) in highly myopic eyes.
DESIGN: Prospective, double-masked, randomized clinical trial.
PARTICIPANTS: Seventy-two eyes of 36 patients affected by high (>7 diopters) myopia.
METHODS: In each patient, one eye was randomly assigned to PRK with intraoperative topical 0.02% mitomycin C application, and the fellow eye was treated with a placebo. Postoperatively, mitomycin C-treated eyes received artificial tears (3 times daily, tapered in 3 months), whereas the fellow eye was treated with fluorometholone sodium 2% and artificial tears (3 times daily, tapered in 3 months).
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA) and best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), contrast sensitivity, manifest refraction, and biomicroscopy. Contrast sensitivity was determined using the Pelli-Robson chart. Corneal confocal microscopy documented CWH.
RESULTS: Mean follow-up was 18 months (range, 12-36). No side effects or toxic effects were documented. At 12-month follow-up examination, UCVAs (logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution) were 0.4+/-0.48 and 0.5+/-0.53 (P = .03) in mitomycin C-treated eyes and corticosteroid-treated eyes, respectively. At 1 year, corneal haze developed in 20% of corticosteroid-treated eyes, versus 0% of mitomycin C-treated eyes. At 12, 24, and 36 months, corneal confocal microscopy showed activated keratocytes and extracellular matrix significantly more evident in untreated eyes (Ps = 0.004, 0.024, and 0.046, respectively).
CONCLUSION: Topical intraoperative application of 0.02% mitomycin C can reduce haze formation in highly myopic eyes undergoing PRK.
Comment in
Ophthalmology. 2006 Feb;113(2):357; author reply 357-8
Mt. Robson From Railway.
Mt. Robson from railway with body of water in foreground.176, Fourth (Main) Series1 postcard, 14 x 8.5 c
Ice Crevasse Robson Glacier
4 men look down into an ice crevasse on the Robson Glacier.295a, Fourth (Main) Series1 postcard, 14 x 8.5 c
May Robson, film actress
May Robson, film actress. From the back: "Grand Old Layd - startin her 74th year of life and her 54th as a Thespian, May Robson is seen here on location with Paramount's 'The Texans' company. She is featured in the picture with Joan Bennett and Randolph Scott, under direction of James Hogan."To order a reproduction, inquire about permissions, or for information about prices see:
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J. C. Steward & R. F. Murphy, eds., Evolution and Ecology. Essays on Social Transformation by Julian H. Steward
Robson Elizabeth. J. C. Steward & R. F. Murphy, eds., Evolution and Ecology. Essays on Social Transformation by Julian H. Steward. In: L'Homme, 1978, tome 18 n°3-4. De l'idéologie. pp. 207-208
Rashkova, T. The Robson cubics for matrix algebras with involution (Acta Univ. Apulensis Math. Inform.).
Let R be the free associative algebra over a field K on
generators and let be the free
associative -algebra in one further indeterminate Consider
the set of polynomials in which are satisfied by
the matrix Such polynomials are
called laws over of the matrix Robson in [Robson, J.
C. Polynomials satisfied by matrices. J. Algebra 55 (1978), no.
2, 509--520; MR523471 (80j:15012)] proved that such laws are a
``consequence" of a finite set of laws and for he exhibited
generators called Robson cubics.
Here the author considers the special case when is a
symmetric or skew-symmetric matrix under the transpose
or symplectic involution and gives an explicit form of the Robson
cubics. Some other results are also given in case $n=3.
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