71 I would strongly recommend this book as an historical reference text for all Obstetrician and Gynaecologist' s shelves. It is a fascinating book into which to dip and browse and to quote Baskett' s quotation of Sir Isaac Newton: "If I have seen farther ... it is by standing on the shoulders of giants". In these days of political correctness when admitting links to the tobacco industry would ...

Studies have documented operator drowsiness, sleepiness, or fatigue as causal or contributing factors in aviation, maritime, and trucking accidents. However, estimates of the prevalence of drowsy drivers on the road and of the proportion of motor vehicle crashes that involve drowsy drivers vary widely. This study presents new estimates of the prevalence of drowsy drivers on U.S. roads and of th...

The Canadian innovation system is composed of four main sectors: university, hospital, government, and industry. This paper analyzes each sector’s strengths and weaknesses in terms of its scientific production. It is shown that Canadian science is increasingly produced in international collaboration and that all sectors are collaborating increasingly with each other.

doi: 10.3967/bes2015.113 This work was supported by the Research Special Fund for Public Welfare Industry of Health (201402008). 1. Beijing Neurosurgical Institute, Beijing 100050, China; 2. Neurosurgical Department of Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Beijing 100050, China; 3. Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders Brain Tumor Center, Beijing 100050, China; 4. Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050...

Australian Broadcasting Authority Australian Broadcasting Corporation Australian Private Hospital Association Broadcasting Industry Technical Advisory Group College of Biomedical Engineering, Institution of Engineers, Australia Department of Human Services, Victoria Federation of Australian Commercial Television Stations Medical Applications (a joint venture of Philips and Siemens) Monarch Medi...

Jointly developed over 5 years by Atira A/S and a number of university libraries, the commercial repository system PURE is a tool in the research administration and dissemination effort at 11 Danish and Swedish universities. Also the hospital sector, the pharmaceutical industry and other research institutions use PURE.

Singapore’s limited resources have caused severe labor shortage and brought adverse impact on the construction industry. Prefabrication, the crucial part of the integrated construction automation processes, has appeared to be the ideal and most practical way to sustain the long-standing strategy of reducing the reliance on labor resource. In this paper, the potential of prefabrication in resolv...

During the 1990s, the hospital industry was transformed by mergers and acquisitions. This synthesis looks at why this rapid consolidation occurred and what impact it had on the price and quality for patients, and the cost of care for hospitals. Key findings include: Managed care was not a main driver of consolidation, but fear of managed care may have played a part. Other factors, including tec...

This study evaluates the efficiency of small and large for-profit hospitals using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). For this study, small for-profit hospitals are 35 beds or less which is consistent with the Federal designation of critical access hospitals (CAH). Large for-profit hospitals are 36 beds and greater. Results indicate overall efficiency in small for-profit hospitals was 60% in 2013....