Abstract Background Femoroacetabular impingement syndrome (FAI), a hip disorder affecting active young adults, is believed to be a leading cause of hip osteoarthritis (OA).Current management approaches for FAI include arthroscopic hip surgery and physiotherapy-led non-surgical care; however, there is a paucity of clinical trial evidence comparing t
HIV Risk Perception, Sexual Behavior, and HIV Prevalence among Men-Who-Have-Sex-with-Men at a Community-Based Voluntary Counseling and Testing Center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
We describe the HIV risk perception, sexual behavior, and HIV prevalence among 423 men-who-have-sex-with-men (MSM) clients Cover Dispensers who received voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) services at a community-based center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.The mean age was 29 years old.One hundred one (23.9%) clients rated themselves as low risk, 118
The evaluation of an experiment in healthcare user fees exemption for vulnerable groups in Burkina Faso
Introduction: The African Union and United Nations agencies requested that children under five years and pregnant women be exempt from healthcare payment at the point of service.Indeed, this payment method is a financial barrier to healthcare access that the most vulnerable populations cannot overcome.Since Burkina Faso had not yet implemented such
Immersion freezing by natural dust based on a soccer ball model with the Community Atmospheric Model version 5: climate effects
We introduce a simplified version of the soccer ball model (SBM) developed by Niedermeier et al (2014 Geophys.Res.Lett.http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2013GL058684 41 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2013GL058684 ) into the Community Atmospheric Model version 5 NORMAL PERSONS SHAMPOO (CAM5).It is the first time that SBM is used in an atmospheric model to parame