BACKGROUND AND METHODS We sought to review established prognostic indicators applied to Asian population, and to identify new risk factors for deterioration in patients who talked and deteriorated after traumatic brain injury (TBI). This retrospective study used our prospectively maintained TBI database. From August 1999 to July 2001, 324 patients were admitted to the neurosurgical intensive ca...

Studies in Southern Africa have shown that even when microbiologically safe water is supplied to developing communities at communal standpipes, contamination by high numbers of pathogenic microorganisms may occur during the processes of fetching water from the supply source and storage during use at home, rendering such waters unsafe for human consumption. This study investigated the occurrence...

critical, because true progressors require a change in treatment, but pseudoprogressors should continue with adjuvant temozolomide. Currently, there are no definitive radiologic criteria to differentiate between true progression and pseudoprogression. The response criteria for brain tumours developed by the Response Assessment in Neuro-Oncology Working Group state that apparent radiologic progr...

BACKGROUND Cystic fibrosis (CF) patients are predisposed to infection and colonization with different microbes. Some cause deterioration of lung functions, while others are colonizers without clear pathogenic effects. Our aim was to understand the effects of Nocardia species in sputum cultures on the course of lung disease in CF patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS A retrospective study analyzing t...

While hierarchical structures have many advantages for the effective running of organizations, they also pose major drawbacks both for organizations and for individuals lower in a hierarchy. Research in kibbutz industry and in its social organizations shows that kibbutzim are not much different from other organizations because within kibbutzim hierarchical structures are common, differentials i...

background and objectives: in the last few decades, losses of our cultural heritage due to biodeteriorationare beinghighly recognized. from museum objects to rock monuments, the microbial biodeterioration agents are found to be the most destructive. possibilities for proper preservative measure(s) are always more when it is only a monument, statue, museum article, or pre-historic art in any sma...

nonlinear static procedure (nsp) is a common technique to predict seismic demands on various building structures by subjecting a monotonically increasing horizontal loading (pushover) to the structure. therefore, the pushover analysis is an important part of each nsp. accordingly, the current paper aims at investigating the efficiencyof various algorithms of lateral load patterns applied to the...

a new mathematical model for the optimal production isformulated for the inventory management system under time-varyingand stochastic inflation environment for deteriorating items. the timehorizon is finite and demand rate is dependent to the inflation. in thereal situation, some but not all customers will wait for backlogged itemsduring a shortage period, such as for fashionable commodities or...

This study integrates ground spectrometry, imaging spectrometry, and in-situ pavement condition surveys for asphalt road assessment. There is strong spectral evidence for asphalt aging and deterioration processes, hence field spectra showed that asphalt aging and deterioration produce measurable changes in spectra as these surfaces undergo a transition from hydrocarbon dominated new roads to mi...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy of two office-based treatments designed to prevent deterioration in glycemic control in young adolescents with type 1 diabetes in a randomized clinical trial. An individualized, more intensive family teamwork Coping skills program was compared with a diabetes Education treatment. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS A baseline assessment was followed by four brief tr...