 The introduction of the full-replacement HSA plan reduced total spending by 25 percent in the first year. Each category of health spending experienced statistically significant reductions in the first year of the HSA plan with the exception of spending on inpatient hospital stays. Spending on laboratory services and prescription drugs had the largest statistically significant declines (36 per...

Endometriosis is commonly found in 10 to 15 percent of women aged between 25 and 44 years,! and it has been estimated that 25 to 40 percent of infertile women have endometriosis.! In this report, we describe a patient with endometriosis whose signs were massive bloody ascites. The purpose of this report is to increase awareness among physicians of the varied clinical manifestations of intestina...

We have earlier shown that clumping factor A (ClfA), a fibrinogen binding surface protein of Staphylococcus aureus, is an important virulence factor in septic arthritis. When two amino acids in the ClfA molecule, P(336) and Y(338), were changed to serine and alanine, respectively, the fibrinogen binding property was lost. ClfAP(336)Y(338) mutants have been constructed in two virulent S. aureus ...

The supercritical fluid extraction of essential oil from rosemary leaves and its subsequent impregnation in linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) films were studied. effects temperature (318 338 K), pressure (15 25 MPa) particle size (0.9 0.15 mm) on the yield investigated. Impregnation assays developed at two different values (12 20 MPa), (308 328 time (1 5 h). was increased by increasing de...

This paper presents the effect of ‘schedule compression’ on software project management effort using COCOMO II (Constructive Cost Model II), considering projects which require more than 25 percent of compression in their schedule. At present, COCOMO II provides a cost driver for applying the effect of schedule compression or expansion on project effort. Its maximum allowed compression is 25 per...