IMPORTANCE Based on older analyses, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that cesarean delivery rates should not exceed 10 to 15 per 100 live births to optimize maternal and neonatal outcomes. OBJECTIVES To estimate the contemporary relationship between national levels of cesarean delivery and maternal and neonatal mortality. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Cross-sectional, ecol...

UNLABELLED The purpose of this study was to assess the quantitative accuracy of truncal FDG PET with a postinjection transmission scan. METHODS Ten subjects with lung cancer were recruited for this study. Prior to the emission scan, a transmission scan was performed for 10 min. All subjects received 370 MBq of intravenous administration of FDG prior to a 60-min emission scan. Immediately foll...

BACKGROUND Elite controllers (EC) are a rare subset of HIV infected individuals who control viral load below 50 copies/ml of plasma without treatment. METHODS Thirty four EC were studied. The slope of CD4 count change was available for 25 of these subjects. We assessed immune activation by measuring the percent of CD38+HLA-DR+CD8+ T cells in the EC group and comparing it with that in 24 treat...

This paper describes estimation of stream channel geometry with multiple regression analysis of GISderived watershed characteristics including drainage area, catchment-averaged precipitation, mean watershed slope, elevation, forest cover, percent area with slopes greater than 30 percent, and percent area with north-facing slopes greater than 30 percent. Results from this multivariate predictor ...

Artificial recharge can be an effective method to raise the groundwater table and to resolve the groundwater crisis in Sefid dasht plain. The most important step to successful accomplishment of artificial recharge is locating suitable areas for artificial recharge. Hence this research carried out with purpose of determining suitable areas for artificial recharge in Sefid dasht plain. Slope, sur...

This study investigated the relationship between the hydrological response of a river basin to anticipated urbanisation and its subbasin characteristics by applying a hydrological model (HSPF) with land use scenarios generated by an urban growth model (LEAM). The hydrological model was set up and run for the Kishwaukee River basin in northeastern Illinois, USA. The results show that the subbasi...

MCNAB, W.H. 1993. A topographic index to quantify the effeet of mesoscale landform on site productivity. Can. J, For. Res. 23: 1100-l 107. Landform is related to environmental factors that affect site productivity in mountainous areas. 1 devised a simple index of Iandform attd tested this index as a predictor of site index ín the Blue Ridge physiographic province. ‘fhe landform index is the mea...

Landslides are major natural hazards which not only result in the loss of human life but also cause economic burden on the society. Therefore, it is essential to develop suitable models to evaluate the susceptibility of slope failures and their zonations. This paper scientifically assesses various methods of landslide susceptibility zonation in GIS environment. A comparative study of Weights of...