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Relationship of Anxiety and Depression with Respiratory Symptoms: Comparison between Depressed and Non-Depressed Smokers in Singapore
The rising prevalence of smokers in the community, specifically psychiatric patients, necessitates smoking cessation as an important strategy for reducing the harmful effects of...
Fatalism in the context of COVID-19: Perceiving coronavirus as a death sentence predicts reluctance to perform recommended preventive behaviors
To manage the spread of coronavirus, health entities have urged the public to take preventive measures such as social distancing and handwashing. Yet, many appear reluctant to t...
Changing to a low fat diet: attitudes and beliefs of UK consumers.
A questionnaire on attitudes and beliefs regarding low fat diets was mailed to 2000 consumers throughout the United Kingdom. Information was also obtained about present fat inta...
Non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease in diabetics – prevalence and predictive factors in a multiracial hospital clinic population in <scp>M</scp>alaysia
Abstract Background and Aim There is currently no published study comparing prevalence of non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease ( NAFLD ) and associated factors among diabetics of d...
Place-based and IT Mediated ‘Community”
Neighborhoods and whole cities are increasingly being designed with a broadband telecommunications infrastructure that provides access to the Internet and other information and ...
Dengue fever is massively under-reported in India, hampering our response
An estimated 20 000 people in India die each year from rabies,1 but in 2011 only 253 deaths were reported as having this cause.2 An estimated 100 000-200 000 people in India die...
Textile Masks and Surface Covers—A Spray Simulation Method and a “Universal Droplet Reduction Model” Against Respiratory Pandemics
The main form of COVID-19 transmission is via "oral-respiratory droplet contamination" (droplet: very small drop of liquid) produced when individuals talk, sneeze, or cough. In ...