Background Colorectal cancer screening reduces colorectal cancer morbidity and mortality.Identifying the factors associated with screening participation is needed to overcome barriers to screening.While several of those factors have been identified, the impact of mental and physical health on screening behaviour is not well understood.Methods This

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has come with many challenges for healthcare providers and patients alike.In addition to the direct burden it has placed on societies and health systems, it had a significant impact in the care of patients with chronic diseases, as healthcare resources were deployed to fight the crisis, and major tra

Melioidosis is an emerging zoonotic disease caused by the saprophytic Burkholderia pseudomallei, which infects human and a wide range of animal species.Melioidosis may lead to septicemia and pneumonia in human patients, which can be fatal if the patient is not treated accordingly.The disease is spread in tropical areas and is highly endemic to Sout

Background: During the past several years, there has been a growing interest in the negative effects that providing therapy may have on therapists.Of special interest is a phenomenon called secondary traumatization, which can arise while working with traumatized clients.To develop a simple screening tool for secondary traumatization, a quantitative

In wireless sensor networks, secure MAX/MIN query processing is a challenging issue, and it is useful in fields, where security is necessary.In this paper, we propose a secure MAX/MIN query processing method in two-tiered wireless sensor networks.To the best of our knowledge, it is the first work that can achieve data privacy protection and query r