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The current treatment approaches for allergic rhinitis are practiced over decades, but the patient quality of life has not yet changed so much. The reasons are research gaps in pathophysiology of the disease, proper management of the disease. Fexofenadine HCl is a second-generation antihistamine drug which has a half-life of about 14.4 h. It is useful in the management of common symptoms like sneezing, itchy throat, and red eyes in individuals suffering from allergic rhinitis. Fexofenadine immediate release or sustained release formulations are available in the market as suspension, tablet and capsule. In this research paper, we have discussed the symptoms associated with allergic rhinitis and treatment approaches. Fexofenadine HCl is being used for the treatment of this disease. But as it has a long half-life, we have discussed the importance of the introduction of sustained-release microsphere formulation of Fexofenadine HCl in the market.

IntroductionThe Banned Drinker Register (BDR) was reintroduced in the Northern Territory (NT) in September 2017. The BDR is a supply reduction measure and involves placing people who consume alcohol at harmful levels on a register prohibiting the purchase, possession and consumption of alcohol. The current study aims to evaluate the impacts of the reintroduction of the BDR, in the context of other major alcohol policy initiatives introduced across the NT such as Police Auxiliary Liquor Inspectors and a minimum unit price for alcohol of US$1.30 per standard drink.Methods and analysesThe Learning from Alcohol (policy) Reforms in the Northern Territory project will use a mixed-methods approach and contain four major components: epidemiological analysis of trends over time (outcomes include health, justice and social welfare data); individual-level data linkage including those on the BDR (outcomes include health and justice data); qualitative interviews with key stakeholders in the NT (n≥50); and qualitative interviews among people who are, or were previously, on the BDR, as well as the families and communities connected to those on the BDR (n=150). The impacts of the BDR on epidemiological data will be examined using time series analysis. Linked data will use generalised mixed models to analyse the relationship between outcomes and exposures, utilising appropriate distributions. Qualitative data will be analysed using thematic analysis.Ethics and disseminationEthics approvals have been obtained from NT Department of Health and Menzies School of Health Research Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC), Central Australia HREC and Deakin University HREC. In addition to peer-reviewed publications, we will report our findings to key organisational, policy, government and community stakeholders via conferences, briefings and lay summaries.

Questionanaire used at child age 9 mo. (PDF 1192 kb)

Adoption of Human Resource Information System is the significant issue in banking sector from last decade though it is the challenge for developing countries like Bangladesh to adopt HRIS successfully. The purpose of this study is to find out different driving and restraining factors that affect the adoption of HRIS in Bangladesh from private banking perspective. Data were collected from 52 respondents of 18 private banks operating in Bangladesh through a structured questionnaire including 12 questions. Different statistical tools such as correlation, regression analysis , anova, co-efficients, hypothesis tests have been used that has showed that there is a positive relationship between driving factors and HRIS adoption in private banking sector in Bangladesh that refers these driving factors support the organization to adopt the HRIS in its function and explore the benefits of its usage successfully while there exists negative relationship between restraining factors and adoption that becomes the challenge for the banking sector to adopt HRIS specially by developing countries like Bangladesh. The study suggests that as HRIS is both the beneficial and challenging issue for Bangladesh, the organization should concern about the adoption and proper usage of HRIS so that it can lead to the better performance of the organization.

Table S2. Correlates of pneumonia deaths compared to other causes of deaths in children aged 4Â weeks to 59Â months in rural Bangladesh. (DOC 56Â kb)

Table S1. Correlation between pneumonia and co-variates. (DOC 42Â kb)

Foreign direct investment (FDI) plays a leading role in the economy of Bangladesh through accelerating Gross Domestic Product and overall economic growth. So FDI is vital for a developing country like Bangladesh to take effective measures in attracting the potential foreign investors and enhancing a FDI friendly atmosphere in the country. The focus of this study is on the relevant factors which influenced the FDI inflow in Bangladesh. The study shows how a number of factors influence the FDI inflows in the country. The study used 15 years of panel data from year 2000 to 2014. It found that FDI inflow in Bangladesh has positive correlation with the GDP, Inflation, Infrastructure, Labor cost productivity, Trade openness and Trade performance and negative correlation with tax while political stability has a non-significant negative relationship with FDI inflow.