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One of the main challenges faced by local governments in developing countries is to allocate scarce resources effectively to achieve the community’s highest priorities. This challenge relates to government’s effort to reduce regional inequality. This paper examined the relationship between priority-based budgeting policy and local…

Pneumococcal meningitis still remains a serious global threat for children and adolescents. The aim of this study was to assess main epidemiological features of Pneumococcal meningitis, some risks for fatality and major pneumococcal serogroup/serotypes and their potential coverage by the available pneumococcal conjugate vaccines. An…

The study considered the potentials and economic feasibility of solar and wind energy resources for rural-electricity and distributed generation from six selected sites of Nigeria. Remote communities cut off from the central grid and made up of 200 homes, a school and health centre were…

Single coronary artery is a rare congenital coronary artery anomaly. It can be associated with myocardial ischemia, increased risk of sudden cardiac death or other congenital cardiac anomalies.  The authors present a case of isolated single coronary artery with origin of the right coronary artery…

Introduction: Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is defined as intracranial hypertension in the absence of other intracranial pathology such as space occupying lesion or CNS infection based on clinical, radiological and laboratory evaluation. Objective: To report on a mother and son with IIH who also share…

Treatment of mandibular fractures requires a different approach in children than in adults. The growth potential of jaw bones and the presence of tooth buds are the main concerns during treatment. Management of such cases is mostly by closed reduction, and long term monitoring is…

The aim of this study was to determine if the behavior of redox status indicators and their relation to birthweight, previously reported, was dependent only on the period between 30 and 36 weeks gestation, or if it was a characteristic of the third trimester. The…

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are increasingly faced with competitive pressure due to swift and constant change to the dynamic and highly interconnected environment in which they operate. Competing in this dynamic ecosystem, SMEs need a strategic tool for managing co-evolution with the dynamic environment…

Urothelial bladder tumors in children are an uncommon pathology, and they are not usually associated with exposure to carcinogenic factors. We report the case of a 12 year-old child diagnosed with a bladder carcinoma after performing ultrasound for microhematuria. The transurethral resection revealed a low…

Ameloblastic carcinoma is characterized by rapid, painful expansion of the jaw, unlike conventional ameloblastoma. The tumor most frequently involves the mandible. The expanding lesion causes perforation of buccal and lingual plates of the jaw and invades the surrounding soft tissue. Rapidly growing large tumor mass…