Context Although the effectiveness of methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) is well-established in many countries, it is a relatively new therapy for heroin users in China.Jiangsu Province, a relatively wealthy province, set up 4 MMT clinics in February 2006.No previous studies have evaluated the impact of MMT in a wealthy Chinese province.Objectiv
Lipid droplets (LDs) are spherical accumulations of apolar lipids and other hydrophobic substances and are generally surrounded by a thin cortical layer of specific amphiphilic proteins (APs).These APs segregate the LDs from the mostly polar components of the cytoplasm.We have studied LDs in epithelium-derived cell cultures and in particular charac
Abstract Well-being is a continuous process requiring decisions and actions to maintain or build health.This study examines the indirect effect of health locus of control on life satisfaction via healthy behaviors based on living systems theory.Participants were 730 students of various majors related to medicine and health, aged between 19 and Clot
From the recent literature review, it is evident that existing agile methodology lacks the method to evaluate the requirement understanding of agile team members for a given set of requirement chosen for agile software development.Hence, there is a need to introduce a requirement understanding check to ensure every agile team member follows the giv