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Medical Tourism Abroad : A new challenge to Oman’s health system - Al Dakhilya region experience
Objectives: This study aimed to understand why people seek medical advice abroad given the trouble and expense this entails. The types of medical problems for which treatment abroad was sought, preferred destinations and satisfaction with the treatment were explored. A secondary aim was to give feedback to stakeholders in the health care system on how to handle this issue and meet the needs of the community. Methods: 45 patients who had recently travelled abroad for treatment were asked to complete a questionnaire or were interviewed by telephone. Results: 40 questionnaires were received. 68% of the respondents were male. Orthopaedic diseases were the most common conditions leading patients to seek treatment abroad. Thailand was the most popular destination followed by India (50% and 30% respectively). 85% of respondents went abroad for treatment only, 10% for treatment and tourism and 2.5% were healthy, but travelled abroad for a checkup. Interestingly, 15% of the participants went abroad without first seeking medical care locally. Out of those initially treated in Oman, 38.2% had no specific diagnosis and 38.2% had received treatment, but it was not effective. 73% of respondents obtained information on treatment abroad from a friend. The Internet and medical tourism offices were the least used sources of information. 15% of the patients experienced complications after their treatment abroad. Conclusion: Various facts about medical treatment abroad need to be disseminated to the public. This will necessitate greater effort in public health promotion and education.Â
Exploring English Academic Texts on Language Education and Pedagogy: Structural, Stylistic and Lexical Features
English academic texts on language education and pedagogy refer to texts that reflect features that pertain to educational discourse of language teaching and learning and to its functions in the system of academic and educational communications (Tuzlukova, Stashkova & Pushkina, 2006). These texts serve to construct a common platform for sharing knowledge and ideas in the global socio-cultural continuum. They also allow for presenting individual/local practice and experience of the pedagogical exploration of the world, educational communication, existing academic and language education discourse thus contributing to scientific value and social significance of the local educational communities. Indeed, English academic texts on language education and pedagogy reflect a complex and multifaceted system of the "common" language (Belchik, 1987) that is used globally in the field; nevertheless, their structural, stylistic and lexical constituents have individual/local features (Flottum, 2007). This paper discusses some structural, stylistic and lexical characteristics of the academic texts on language education. The discussion is supported by the examples from the corpus of academic texts on English language education and pedagogy in Oman that reveal both individual/local and internationally recognized common features of these characteristics
To make a nanomechanical Schr\"{o}dinger-cat mew
By an explicite calculation of Michelson interferometric output intensities
in the optomechanical scheme proposed by Marshall et al. (2003), an oscillatory
factor is obtained that may go down to zero just at the time a visibility
revival ought to be observed. Including a properly tuned phase shifter offers a
simple amendment to the situation. By using a Pockels phase shifter with fast
time-dependent modulation in one arm, one may obtain further possibilities to
enrich the quantum state preparation and reconstruction abilities of the
original scheme, thereby improving the chances to reliably detect genuine
quantum behaviour of a nanomechanical oscillator.Comment: For Proc. DICE-2010 (Castiglioncello), to be published in J. Phys.
Conf. Ser., 201
The Power of Options: The Solution for Healthier Society and Better Economy
Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) testing is the practice of obtaining a cellular biopsy sample from a developing human oocyte or embryo, acquired via a cycle of In Vitro Fertilization (IVF); evaluating the genetic composition of this sample; and using this information to determine which embryos will be optimal for subsequent uterine transfer. PGD has become an increasingly useful adjunct to IVF procedures. The ability to provide couples who are known carriers of genetic abnormalities the opportunity to deliver healthy babies has opened a new frontier in reproductive medicine. The purpose of the PGD is enables us to choose which embryos will be implanted into the mother. In the present study we investigate the frequency of application of this technique in the kingdom and GCC to find out, the population awareness of these technique and the advantages which could apply to the community. We also interested to know frequencies of centers and studies in this field. This epidemiological study helps to improve social awareness and community services toward reducing frequencies of genetic disorders
On the 'independence of trials-assumption' in geometric distribution
In this note, it is shown through an example that the assumption of the independence of Bernoulli trials in the geometric experiment may unexpectedly not be satisfied. The example can serve as a suitable and useful classroom activity for students in introductory probability course
Cluster Structure on Generalized Weyl Algebras
We introduce a class of non-commutative algebras that carry a non-commutative
(geometric) cluster structure which are generated by identical copies of
generalized Weyl algebras. Equivalent conditions for the finiteness of the set
of the cluster variables of these cluster structures are provided. Some
combinatorial data, called \textit{cluster strands,} arising from the cluster
structure are used to construct irreducible representations of generalized Weyl
algebras.Comment: in Algebras and Representation Theory, Volume 19, No1, Feb. 201
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