EFFECTIVENESS OF COMMUNITY-BASED INTERVENTION USING PATCH ON DISEASE PERCEPTION, EMPOWERMENT, AND SELF-CARE IN HYPERTENSION: A COMMUNITY TRIAL PROTOCOL

Abstract Background Hypertension plays a significant role in the global burden of cardiovascular diseases.The planned approach to community health (PATCH), as a community-based framework, highlights community participation in decision-making.This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of a community-based intervention using the PATCH on disease

Unknown Increasing biodiversity is an important issue in more secure and sustainable agriculture.Diversified systems are more resilient to climate change, environmental stresses and enhance soil health, nutrient cycling and nutrient use efficiency.In tropical agroecosystems, cover crops and intercrops are an alternative toward a more diverse and su

Abstract With the advantages of its fast speed, effective and moderate controllable conditions, desulfurization of coal by microwave has become research focus in the field of clean coal technology.Coal is a homogeneous mixture which consists of various components with different dielectric properties, so their abilities to absorb microwaves are diff

In present work, combustion and soot formation characteristics of supercritical (SC) sprays are studied in a cylindrical constant volume combustion chamber under diesel engine-like experimental conditions.Hot surface temperature range (673 K to 723 K), initial cylinder pressure range (2 MPa to 4 MPa) and injection pressure range of 10 MPa to 30 MPa

This introduction to the special issue outlines important anthropological insights phone charger into debt relations and relations of indebtedness drawing on my own research on post-Soviet economies as well as on the contributions to this special issue.This special issue deals with post-socialist and post-Soviet economies that embarked on similar e