The incidence of candidemia--a common and potentially fatal nosocomial infection--has risen dramatically, and this increase has been accompanied by a shift in the infecting pathogen away from Candida albicans to treatment-resistant non-albicans species. Prophylactic azole antifungals, such as fluconazole, may play an important role not only in the management of candidemia but also in the prolif...

Abstract I consider a generalizarion of Vanderschraaf's correlated conventions to Quasi-Conventions, using the concept coarse equilibria. discuss possibility improved payoffs and question learnability by simple uncoupled learning dynamics. Laboratory experiments are surveyed. The generalization introduces strains commitment, which can be see from different points view. conclude that commitment ...

The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between the ratification status of occupational safety and health (OSH)-related ILO conventions and reported occupational fatality rates of ILO member countries, while controlling for possible confounding factors. ILO member states were divided into 4 levels of income status, based on the gross national income per capita. Seventeen convention...

in the framework of non-proliferation treaty (npt) it has been enumerated three objectives as follow: 1) peaceful use of nuclear energy; 2) non-proliferation of nuclear weapons and 3) nuclear disarmament. the writers in this article have studied and analyzed multilateral aspects of the right of peaceful use of nuclear energy, and interpretation of some npt articles (1, 2 and 4).in the conclusio...

AIMS Reference ranges of ascending aorta diameters (AAoD) for two-dimensional echocardiography (2DE) using inner edge (IE) convention are lacking, preventing the comparison of AAoD measurements by 2DE with those obtained by other imaging modalities. METHODS AND RESULTS We used harmonic imaging 2DE to prospectively study 218 healthy volunteers (56% women, 42 ± 15 years, 18-80 years). Measureme...

Multiagent models of the emergence of social conventions have demonstrated that global conventions can arise from local coordination processes without a central authority. We further develop and extend previous work to address how and under what conditions emerging conventions are also socially efficient, i.e. better for all agents than potential alternative conventions. We show with computatio...