Background Nursing homes fill a vital role in our society — caring for an increasingly frail population, especially for the indigent. About 98,000 mostly elderly Californians are cared for in more than 1,100 freestanding skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) at any given time. And demand for skilled nursing services will increase as baby boomers approach retirement age. California’s age 65-and-over...

We present a first INTEGRAL observation of the 42 s transient X-ray pulsar EXO 2030+375 with IBIS/ISGRI. The source was detected during Cyg X-1 observations in December 2002. We analyzed observations during the outburst period from 9 to 21 December 2002 with a total exposure time of ∼770 kilosec. EXO 2030+375 was almost always detected during single ∼30 min exposures in the 18−45 energy bands. ...

Desai/Fig.2: Growing Burden of HF It is now well established that heart failure (HF) is a growing problem for the American healthcare system and even worldwide. The American Heart Association projects that the total number of prevalent cases of patients with HF will increase from roughly 5 million in the current era to nearly 8 million by 2030 – an increase of about 46%.[1] That means that in 2...

The World Bank Group has recently formulated new goals for ending extreme poverty and for boosting shared prosperity. The main elements of this new vision were laid out in the document entitled " A Common Vision for the World Bank Group, " which was discussed by the Bank's Executive Directors on March 21, 2013. This document sets a target to reduce extreme poverty to 3 percent by 2030, and to p...