To compare groups or means, Fisher’s exact test, chi(2) and Kruskal-Wallis test were used, as appropriate.

Results: Significant differences were found between SEP and reported malaria symptoms, such as fever or hot body, convulsion, anaemia and jaundice (yellow eyes). Individuals from the least poor Akt inhibitor group cited more often the use of bed nets and insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) compared to poorer groups. The mean number of individuals reporting the use of bed nets and LLINs was different between groups with different educational level. Moreover,

the mean number of LLINs in a household was influenced by the presence of children below five years of age.

Conclusion: The study not only confirmed that education and SEP play important roles in the prevention and control of malaria and promotion of health in general,

but pointed at the basic essential knowledge and the key behavioural elements that should guide education and learning processes among the poorer segments of the population. In turn, such knowledge may change behaviour and lead to an increased utilization of LLINs.”
“Objective

To assess the diagnostic validity of rapid prescreening (RPS) as a quality control method in our laboratory.

Study Design

All consecutive routine conventional Pap smears (n = 2,521) underwent RPS before full screening. Thirty to 60 seconds were allowed to prescreen each slide. The threshold for pathologic smear was atypical squamous Selleck SNX-5422 cells of undetermined significance (ASCUS) or more. Smear adequacy, infections and presence of endometrial cells, if observed, were not noted on the work-sheet. All smears subsequently underwent routine full screening. Results of RPS and full screening were compared.

Results

Of a total of 2,521 smears, 294 Were diagnosed its abnormal (ASCUS and more) after final diagnosis. Of those, 158 were also detected on RPS. The average sensitivity, of RPS was 62.2%. Twenty-five cases were detected on RPS only, among them 15 ASCUS, S low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions

and 2 high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions.

Conclusion

RPS is an efficient quality control method. It reduces false negative rate, but in our case, it affects the work flow in our laboratory, and in case of its implementation to the routine praxis the daily workload of 50 smears per day should be lowered. (Acta Cytol 2009;53:268-270)”
“PURPOSE: MAPK inhibitor To evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of the new low-addition (add) (+3.00 diopter [D]) ReSTOR multifocal IOL compared with the preceding ReSTOR model with +4.00 D add.

SETTING: University Eye Hospital, Tuebingen, Germany.

DESIGN: Comparative case series.

METHODS: Patients with a +3.00 D or +4.00 D add multifocal IOL were examined for uncorrected and distance-corrected visual acuity at distance, intermediate, and near. A defocus profile was assessed, individual reading distance and the distance for lowest intermediate visual acuity were determined.