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The World Health Organisation (WHO) was estimated that 65 million people have moderate o severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). WHO was stated that more than 3 million people died of COPD in 2005 that corresponds to 5% of all deaths globally. COPD is characterised by airflow obstruction. The airflow obstruction is usually progressive, not fully reversible and does not change markedly over several months.

In this paper the research deals with appropriate methods of estimation and the important of using techniques estimating the parameter of nonlinear regression of linear regression with nonlinear regression models using robust methods .The possible of non-normal distribution and infinite variance in particular, has led to development of alternative estimation methods to the least square. Provided that one knows the generating distribution a well established procedure is the method of maximum likelihood, which has several optimal properties.

Introduction: There is a substantial increase in the coincidence of diabetes mellitus and cardiomyopathy. The cardiomyopathy may occur in patients who have no evidence of large vessel disease or abnormalities.

One of the roots of vehicle vibrations and shakes is the road roughness. Shocks due to bumps on the road are transferred to the vehicle body through the wheels and not only make discomfort for passengers but also reduce the quality of driving. In this paper, a vehicle suspension system will be designed. Then its performance will be shown through analysis and simulation. The main idea is based on the combination of a nonlinear energy sink and a skyhook.

A bizarre form of bacterial necrosis in gills of tilapia, Tilapia niloticus and skin lesions in common crap, Cyprinus carpio were identified during the late summer season of the year 2015. Flavobacterium columnare was found to be responsible for pathogenesis in the selected fish of river Yamuna at Allahabad in the eastern region of Uttar Pradesh, India. It was a gram-negative, rodshaped aerobic bacterium. The pattern of infection was very specific and sporadic to host and seasonality.

Breast cancer is the most frequent women cancer and is their first cause of cancer death. . This cancer is mostly sporadic, but familial aggregation was found in about 20% of cases. It is a heterogeneous disease with several subtypes.

This is a cross-sectional study gathering 1277 breast cancer cases supported between 2013 and 2014 at the Mohammed VI Center for the treatment of cancers. The statistical analysis was made by the Epi Info software.

Objective: To analyze the relationship of socio-demographic, clinical and care aspects changing the quality of life of people with venous ulcers (VU). Method: a Cross-sectional study conducted in a primary health care with 101 people with VU. Data was collected by a structured interview form and the Medical Outcomes Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36). The Friedman test, Mann-Whitney test, and Logistic Regression Binary test were applied. The study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee (CAAE Nº 07556312.0.0000.5537).

Spinal cord injury (SCI) results not only in a devastating change to a person's physical functioning and independence, but predisposes the individual to various secondary medical complications throughout life, which may interfere with health and well-being, social activity, productive employment and quality of life. After the primary treatment and discharge the patient needs to be readmitted for these secondary medical complications. The high costs associated with rehospitalisation after SCI is a matter of concern and should be highlighted.

Aim of study: To evaluate clinical and immunological response after starting antiretroviral therapy (ART) in HIV positive patients without initial active opportunistic infections and to look for unmasking type of IRIS cases.

Study design: continuous, longitudinal, prospective cohort, comparative study.

Place of study: ART centre, New Civil Hospital, Surat.

Malaria is a major health problem in India. It can be associated with many complications. Thrombocytopenia Is a common feature in malaria. In Patients having fever with thrombocytopenia, malaria should be on top of differential diagnosis. This was a study of admitted patients in Nandyal, rural area of Rayalaseema region of Andhra Pradesh, diagnosed with malaria and they were assessed for hrombocytopenia using automated quantitative D3 Analyzer .The data was analyzed using SPSS version 16.0. The results were obtained in numbers and percentages.