DEPRESSION AND SUICIDAL IDEATION AMONG INDIVIDUALS WITH TYPE-2 DIABETES MELLITUS, A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY FROM AN URBAN SLUM AREA OF KARACHI, PAKISTAN

BackgroundSuicidal thoughts and depression are associated with patients with diabetes, especially patients with low socioeconomic backgrounds and prolonged illness.ObjectiveWe aimed to estimate suicidal thoughts and depression among patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) in the slums of Karachi.MethodsThis cross-sectional study was conducted across 38

The article considers the main functions performed by heraldic symbols due to their verbalization in blazons as descriptions of coats of arms by a specific set of language constructs.Heraldic symbols as the quintessence of culture are analyzed in the communicative-functional aspect.There are some special characteristics of heraldic symbolic units,

In Sweden, parents receive a parental-leave allowance of a high percentage (currently 80%) of their pre-birth salary for about a year in connection with any birth.If they space their births Apparel sufficiently closely, they avoid a reduction in the allowance caused by any reduced income earned between the births.The gain is popularly called a "spe

Background: Ciliary body size may be objectively assessed by ultrasound scanning and near-infrared transpalpebral transillumination.Purpose: To investigate the dimensions of ciliary body structures in various axial eye lengths in patients with rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD).Materials and Methods: This study included 35 RRD patients (35 eye

The article deals with the working-out of Cat Food an adequate attitude towards history as the past.It has nothing in common with retrophobia (a snobbish disregard of the past) and retrophilia (a thoughtless flirt with the past).The author proposes for discussion the well-known idea of deconstruction in its application to the historical flux of eve