Nasal and throat swab samples were collected from 400 subjects with influenza-like illness during June to September, 2012 from two heavily crowded slums, Rayerbazar and Hazaribagh, situated southeast of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Forty-one samples were positive for influenza B virus using quantitative RT-PCR, but no influenza A virus was detected. Antigenic characterization revealed that the influenza ...

BACKGROUND The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended teaching patients to remind health care workers to disinfect their hands. However, cognitive impairment among patients may hamper such efforts. METHODS The St. Louis University Mental Status (SLUMS) Examination was administered to randomly selected inpatients at the Omaha VA Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. We asked p...

1 The views expressed in this paper are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of Microsoft Corporation or any other organization. Abstract In this paper, we present a proposal for supporting lots of unicast multiplexed sessions (SLUMS). We take the position that TCP provides a good basis for SLUMS. Applications are given the flexibility to open as many TCP connections a...

We examine the impact of a programme designed to raise the psy-chosocial skills (self-esteem and self-e¢ cacy) and aspirations of chil-dren in the slums of Bombay. We use a cross-cutting design with twocomparison groups of peers for young adults who have attended theprogramme until leaving high school to analyse whether, compared tothose from a similar environment and backgr...

Tujuan dari penelitian ini ialah untuk menganalisis tingkat kekumuhan, mengetahui faktor-faktor determinan dan merumuskan strategi pencegahan peningkatan kualitas permukiman di Kawasan Cimpu, Kecamatan Suli, Kabupaten Luwu. Jenis merupakan mix method. Untuk kekumuhan Luwu menggunakan analisis skoring baseline, faktor yang menyebabkan digunakan Regresi Linear Berganda pengaruh kekumuhan. Kesimpu...