Bone disease represents a prominent cause of morbidity in patients with thalassaemia and other haemoglobin disorders.The delay in sexual maturation, the presence of diabetes and hypothyroidism, the parathyroid gland dysfunction, the haemolytic anaemia, the progressive marrow expansion, the iron toxicity on osteoblasts, the iron chelators, and the d

Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) in healthcare facilities is critical in the provision of safe and quality care.Poor WASH increases hospital-associated infections and contributes to the rise of antimicrobial resistance (AMR).It is therefore essential for governments and hospital managers to know the state of WASH in these facilities to set prior

This paper discusses the controversial management decisions made by policy-makers worldwide regarding poisoning campaigns aimed to control small mammal populations, often considered harmful economic pests.Aside from considerations regarding the biological consequences of these campaigns, we argue that when society rejects all values of science and

The object of this study is polycrystalline materials containing intercrystalline boundaries in face centered cubic and body centered cubic crystals.A wide variety of geometric characteristics candy coated licorice pastels that determine the atomic structure and physical properties of intercrystalline boundaries, gives rise to the expediency of sys

Abstract Lichen sclerosus et atrophicus is a chronic disease of unknown etiology characterized by atrophic and sclerotic plaques in both genital and extragenital regions.Extensive bullous lichen sclerosus et atrophicus (BLSA) is a severe variant of the disease with no widely accepted treatment.We present a 63-year-old woman with extensive extrageni