BACKGROUND This study was designed as a quasi-experiment to evaluate automatic inoculation of fecal specimens, using the automated specimen inoculator Previ Isola (bioMérieux, France). METHODS We evaluated the quality of cultures, recovery rates of enteropathogenic bacteria (Salmonella, Shigella, Campylobacter, and Yersinia species), and cost-effectiveness in terms of technical time. The Prev...

BACKGROUND Limited data on mortality from malignant lymphatic and hematopoietic neoplasms have been published for Serbia. METHODS The study covered population of Serbia during the 1991-2010 period. Mortality trends were assessed using the joinpoint regression analysis. RESULTS Trend for overall death rates from malignant lymphoid and haematopoietic neoplasms significantly decreased: by -2.1...

The aim of this study was to assess the evolution of survival in patients treated surgically for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) between 2005 and 2012.From January 2005 to December 2012, 34 006 patients underwent pulmonary resection for NSCLC and were included in the French national database Epithor. Patients' characteristics, procedures and survival were analysed. Survival according to the ...

objectives this study aimed to measure road traffic fatality rates and years of lost life, and also to depict a view of trends in road traffic deaths from 2004 to 2010 in yazd city, a province in central iran. materials and methods this retrospective case study analyzed road traffic deaths that were classified under the v01 - v99 codes of the icd-10 in yazd province from march 2004 to march 201...

This article aims to description food security and its measurement method analyse the agricultural production status self-sufficiency in 2010–2020. Currently, Poland 2020 ranks 59th globally fifth European Union terms of utilised areas. Considering population workers, are first Union. Results studies concerning consumption basic raw materials indicate that is a country mostly featuring surplus....

always mazandaran province had been exposed to development and changes because of location in coastline of the caspian sea and having unique conditions. gis and remote sensing can be used to monitor in order to manage this sensitive province. then, this study is trying to detect land cover changes in coastal areas of mazandaran province using lcm. land cover changes detection have done using la...

IMPORTANCE Patterns and trends of subthreshold DSM-IV mental health diagnoses for youth within US community treatment settings merit systematic research. OBJECTIVE To quantify and assess temporal patterns of DSM-IV diagnoses not otherwise specified (NOS) among youth during physician office visits. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS We conducted a retrospective study using psychiatric diagnos...

BACKGROUND The purposes of this study were to investigate the prevalence of psychotropic (hypnotic, antidepressant, and anxiolytic) drug use among adolescents aged 15-16 years during the period 2006-2010 according to gender and subcategories of psychotropics, and to study psychotropic drug use over the period 2007-2010 among incident users in 2007. METHODS This was a one-year prevalence and f...

This study examines the trends in air temperature, precipitation and flow rates over a 50-year observation period (1961–2010) compares two periods, 1961–1985 1986–2010. The research was carried out terms of annual monthly values. area is Hornad River Slovakia. main aim to examine evolution precipitation, temperature flows catchment area, as well identify regions (sub-catchments) most vulnerable...