scription of the study was published in the May issue of the Archives of Pathology, 1971 (2). The authors have been invited to write an editorial summarizing their experience for this journal. First of all, we would like to say a few words as to the genesis of such a research project. One of our group, Dr. K. Biss, served in a “mobile hospital” (a medically equipped Volkswagen) in Masailand as ...

We present a class of parallel preconditioning strategies utilizing multilevel block incomplete LU (ILU) factorization techniques to solve large sparse linear systems. The preconditioners are constructed by exploiting the concept of block independent sets (BISs). Two algorithms for constructing BISs of a sparse matrix in a distributed environment are proposed. We compare a few implementations o...

Recent research has confirmed that between 25% and 33% of all hospitalized patients experience unacceptable levels of pain. Studies further indicate that this reduces patient satisfaction levels, lengthens hospital stays, and increases cost. Hospitals are aiming to discharge patients earlier, and this can interfere with adequate pain management. Therefore, the pain service at Chelsea and Westmi...

The relapse rate after discharge from inpatient detoxification is high. The objective of this pilot study is to assess the sociodemographic, clinical and therapeutic factors associated with maintaining abstinence in patients who participated in a brief motivational interviewing group during admission for detoxification. A total of 46 patients, diagnosed substance dependent according to DSM -IV,...

JONATHAN SILVERTOWN, PAUL POULTON*, EDWARD JOHNSTON*, GRANT EDWARDS†, MATTHEW HEARD‡ and PAMELA M. BISS Department of Biological Sciences, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, UK, * Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire AL5 2JQ, UK, † Agriculture Group, Field Services Centre, PO Box 84, Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand, and ‡ Centre for Ecology and Hydrol...

OBJECTIVE To assess the impact of allergic diseases on the subjective well-being and life satisfaction of primary-school children. DESIGN Population-based cohort. SETTING Finnish sample of children ages 10 and 12 from the International Survey of Children's Well-Being. PARTICIPANTS Nationally representative sample of 1947 school children. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE Two different instruments to...

A correlational study examined the suppositions of Headey and Wearing’s fourdimension model of subjective wellbeing (SWB) and psychological distress amongst people experiencing psychosis. The research objective was to replicate the model with the studied sample and to examine how emotional distress resulting from psychosis affects the individuals’ satisfaction with life and positive affect leve...

Background: The implementation of patient education within a hospital is a difficult task that plays a key role in improving and controlling diseases and providing quality healthcare services. Objective: The current study evaluated the effect of patient education on the quality of nursing care and inpatient satisfaction in surgical wards of selected hospi...