3:00 PM Session 1 DisClose: Discovering Colossal Closed Itemsets via a Memory Efficient Compact Row-Tree Nurul F. Zulkurnain, David J. Haglin and John A. Keane Triangular Kernel Nearest-Neighbor-based Clustering Algorithm for Discovering True Clusters Aina Musdholifah and Siti Zaiton Mohd Hashim An Improved Genetic Clustering Algorithm for Categorical Data Hongwu Qin, Xiuqin Ma, Tutut Herawan, ...

189. Hospital onset Clostridium difficile infection not a predictor of increased antibiotic use in small hospitals: an evaluation of 54 hospitals Roy Guharoy, PharmD, MBA; Mohamad G. Fakih, MD, MPH; Jeffrey Seggerman, MBA; Angelo Bufalino, PhD; Michelle Heavens, BSN, MHA; Ann Hendrich, RN, PhD; Clinical Excellence, University of Massachusetts Health Care, St. Louis, MO; Infection Prevention and...

Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad was a medical student at the King Edward VII College of Medicine from 1947 to 1953. He described his student days with fondness; he made many friends while he was at the College. He recounted his early days as a doctor before he entered politics in 1964. He became the fourth and longest serving Prime Minister of Malaysia for 22 years from 1981 to 2003. He concluded "The ...

Steel-reinforced elastomeric isolators (SREIs) are considerably more expensive than unbonded steel-reinforced elastomeric bearings like those typically used in bridge applications to accommodate thermal expansion/contraction of the bridge deck. SREIs are vulcanized to thick steel end-plates (25 mm or thicker) that are bolted to the supports, while unbonded elastomeric bearings do not have thick...

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The recent report on fine needle aspiration was very interesting. Akhavan-Moghadam noted that “fine needle aspiration (FNA) is a useful atraumatic diagnostic technique with high diagnostic accuracy, which can provide a highly sensitive and low false positive diagnosis in patients with nonthyroidal masses” (1). It is interesting to discuss the diagnostic properties of FNA and its harmfulness. Ac...