Introduction: The Serology section of the Microbiology Department performs Rubella immunity screening mainly from antenatal patients and staff health clinics, with a small number of tests being performed for the diagnosis of Rubella infection. Since the implementation of the NSW Department of Health Circular 2003/91 “Occupational Screening and Vaccination against Infectious Diseases”, the numbe...

Molecular epidemiology is an emerging science. The development of new and rapid protocols to isolate and identify pathogens, coupled with the sophisticated phylogenetic analysis of their gene sequences, is providing a new and fascinating insight into the biology, origin and spread of infectious diseases. In this essay, I describe some of the ways in which the techniques of modern molecular biol...

BACKGROUND About a third of the countries affected by shortage of human resources for health are the emerging market economies (EMEs). The greatest shortage in absolute terms was found to be in India and Indonesia leading to health system crisis. This review identifies the patterns of migration of health workers, causes and possible solutions in these EMEs. METHODS A qualitative synthesis app...

Abstract There is a multifaceted relational revolution afoot in International Relations (IR) and the social sciences more widely. This article suggests, via engagement with varied forms of thought practice IR, but particular ‘relational cosmology’ associated ‘natural’ as well ‘social’ sciences, that there are important reasons for IR around it to be attentive dialogues on relationality across n...

emerging technologies such as biotheraputics are widely view as the source of new types of competitive advantage. despite their huge potential gaining advantages from these technologies requires adopting different types of managerial skills and insight than those utilized in the context of incremental improvements. this makes established firms particularly vulnerable to the challenges of these ...

It is often said that progress in science is characterized by successive steps of measurement, arithmetization, algorithmization, and algebraization – each step representing in a succinct manner the intuitions collected in the earlier step. In sciences, various breakthrough in technology, e.g., sequencing, high-throughput measurement of DNA/RNA abundance, electron and scanning tunneling microsc...

aims: non-communicable diseases have become an emerging pandemic globally with disproportionately higher rates in developing countries. this study aimed to design a representative model of non-communicable diseases determinants in iran according to the viewpoint of experts. participants & methods: the statistical population of this qualitative study was experts and academic member informants, w...