Among 186 retrospectively evaluated patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, 33.9% were cured, 6.6% completed treatment, 25% died, 18.3% were lost to follow-up, 2.2% failed treatment, and 13.8% were still undergoing treatment by the end of the study period. Rural residence was a risk factor for loss to follow-up (odds ratio [OR], 3.315; P = .016), whereas baseline body weight <40 kg (OR,...

56 Correspondence to: Won Jun Choi, Department of Surgery, Konyang University Hospital, 685, Gasoowon-dong, Seo-gu, Daejeon 320-718, Korea. Tel: 042-600-8956, Fax: 042-543-8956, E-mail: [email protected] Received July 29, 2010, Accepted December 7, 2010 This paper was presented at the 61th annual meeting of the Korean Surgical Society, November 11∼13, COEX, Seoul, Korea. Extension of Nonoperative ...

 This paper aims to determine whether the working environment that bank employees perceive is related to their affective responses and their perception about the service quality that is provided at their bank. More specifically, the study extends and links previous works by researching into the relationships between the organizational obstacles perceived, the employees’ psychological cl...

There are many barriers to implementation of knowledge management (KM) strategies. These include a lack of time and financial resources allocated to sharing knowledge, a lack of organizational understanding of the philosophy and the benefits of KM and a lack of skills in KM. However survey data shows that greatest acknowledged obstacle to the implementation of a KM strategy is the management cu...

In this paper, path planning of a mobile robot by using a modified Hopfield neural network is studied. An area, which excludes obstacles and allows gradually changing of activation level of neurons from a starting point to a goal, is derived. Path can be constructed in this area by searching the next highest activated neuron. Even though asymmetric weight matrix is used, decreasing of system en...

In the nursing profession, leadership plays a significant role in creating motivation and thus enabling nurses to provide high quality care. Ethics is an essential component of leadership qualifications and the ethical leader can help create an ethical atmosphere, offer ethical guidance, and ensure the occupational satisfaction of personnel through prioritizing moralities. However, some issues ...

in order to achieve sustainable development, nowadays, many countries have been paying attention to bottom-up planning and planning for smallest urban :union:s (residential communities). this paper aims to promote sustainability level of sarab and sajjad residential communities and provide appropriate solutions for promoting quality of these communities. the results related to indicators of the...

The objective of this study was to evaluate how weight classification relates to meeting task constraints. Using a cross-sectional design, three-dimensional motion data were collected while children crossed obstacles of various heights. Twelve normal-weight (≥5th and <85th percentile on growth charts) and 12 overweight or obese (≥85th percentile on growth charts) 4- to 13-yr-olds participated. ...

Configuration management (CM) is not a new set of ideas, what it does represent is an effective way for project managers to use a formalized methodology in order that they can manage status and changes to it throughout the lifecycle. This research sets out to identify and prioritize the obstacles in the effective implementation of the CM practices, categorize these obstacles into more manageabl...