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This study is aimed to explore the predictors of medication adherence in a hypertensive population of Pakistan. A questionnaire-based cross sectional analysis was undertaken. A prevalence based sample of 385 hypertensive patients was selected from two tertiary care hospitals. Hypertension…

The aim of the study was to check the association of the Morisky Medication Adherence Scale with the prescription complexity and with the patient’s level of knowledge about the prescription. A cross-sectional study was conducted by means of an interview…

This dissertation is an initial attempt to historically contextualize the Ottoman alchemical literature and those who produced it. Starting in the late fifteenth century, the Islamic tradition of alchemy was transmitted and vernacularized by learned Rumis who would make significant…

Este artículo trata de establecer qué grado de conocimiento y opiniones posee un grupo de efectivos policiales, en cuestiones de violencia familiar, y como este conocimiento influye y/o interfiere, en el resultado final de sus intervenciones laborales. Para el desarrollo…

O autor analisa o ensino da medicina nas escolas médicas, salientando a importância do caráter e de uma ética das virtudes na formação dos estudantes, conforme defende o bioeticista Edmund D. Pellegrino. O ensino tradicional de medicina, em que se…

The study evaluates the use of medications by pregnant women attended at health centers in the city of Campina Grande-PB, Brazil. The sample consisted of 250 patients. The number of prescribed medications ranged from 1 to 5, folic acid and…

Se realiza un análisis exploratorio del concepto de 'garantía cultural', con el objetivo de caracterizar áreas futuras de investigación en torno al mismo. En primera instancia se analiza la noción genérica de 'garantía', tal como ha sido considerada en la…

The criteria adopted for establishing whether a determined substance has potential as a cosmetic constituent are based on the present legislation of each country. In this study, natural antiaging constituents as Fomes officinalis, rice protein and glutamic acid were pharmacologically…

Este trabajo describe una serie de limitaciones epistemológicas inherentes a la relación entre el novelista y sus personajes ficticios. Con el fin de ilustrar con la mayor claridad posible dichas limitaciones, se analiza el diálogo que mantienen Unamuno y su…