OBJECTIVES MRSA poses a considerable public health threat to the community. The objectives of this study were to assess the prevalence of MRSA carriage and determine factors that were associated with MRSA carriage among outpatients who had used antibiotics in the previous three months and who lived in a high-density livestock farming area along the Dutch-German border. METHODS Cross-sectional...

In 2007, the 5-year survival rate for children with acute leukemia in Baja California, Mexico was estimated at 10% (vs. 88% in the United States). In response, stakeholders at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Rady Children's Hospital San Diego, and the Hospital General de Tijuana (HGT) implemented a transcultural partnership to establish a pediatric oncology program. The aim was to improv...

: Sera from 1,448 adult ewes in 91 flocks, representing all 26 counties in the Republic of Ireland, were examined for pestivirus antibodies using a commercially available ELISA which detected IgG1 antibody to border disease virus. Eighty-one sheep (5.6%) in 42 flocks (46.0%) were antibody-positive. Within infected flocks, the mean seroprevalence level was 11.4% with a range of 6.3% to 30.0%. Th...

using modern irrigation methods such as border irrigation is one way for an optimum usage of water. potato, for this study, was cultured in a farm located at kermanshah faculty of agriculture to evaluate the efficiency of border irrigation. the culture potato was the agria variety and the applied treatment were 50, 75, and 100 percent of potato plant`s water requirement. tapes were 12 m and the...

The paper focuses on the tourism development strategy of the Amur Oblast called “Twin Cities”. Said initiative became the first attempt of the Russian Far Eastern regions to create the hospitality industry towards Chinese tourists in the Sino-Russian borderlands. Bringing together such sub-disciplines as border tourism, urban planning and territorial development helps to find out the peculiarit...

Background: Ischemic heart disease remains a leading cause of death. Improved, non-invasive detection of viable myocardium would lead to more effective therapy for ischemic cardiomyopathy. Delayed enhancement MRI (DE-MRI) with gadolinium (Gd) identifies the scarred, non-viable morphology of the myocardium. This signal does not provide any direct cell viability information. On the other hand, ma...

Background: The fertility tourism is a term refers to the cross-border movements made by infertile patients in order to receive reproductive treatment through assisted reproductive technology. In recent years the number of countries involved in medical tourism has been increased. The aim of this study is to provide an overview of the research that has explored aspects of crossborder reproductiv...