background :reduction of neonatal mortality rate can improve health and newborn status of the society. this study was done to evaluate the prevalence and patternof causes for neonatal mortality in gorgan, north of iran. methods: this descriptive, cross-sectional study was carried out on all birth in the maternity dezyani hospital in gorgan, north of iran during 1 september 2008 -31 march 2011 ....

Quality Developmental Screenings Are Essential to Quality Surveillance There is much to praise in the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Clinical Report, “Motor Delays: Early Identification and Evaluation” (Pediatrics. 2013;131:e2016– e2027). The expert panel provided helpful guidance, useful resources, and placed invaluable emphasis on a 48-month visit to evaluate fine motor and other skills esse...

Perinatal HIV infection and congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection may increase the risk for hearing loss. We examined 1,435 infants enrolled in the Surveillance Monitoring of ART Toxicities (SMARTT) study of the Pediatric HIV/AIDS Cohort Study (PHACS) network, a prospective study of the safety of in utero antiretroviral (ARV) exposures. We determined the proportion of perinatally HIV-expos...

In the pioneering paper [FF], Feigin and Fuchs have constructed intertwining operators between ”Fock-type” modules over the Virasoro algebra via contour integrals of certain operator-valued one dimensional local systems over top homology classes of a configuration space. Similar constructions exist for affine Lie algebras. Key ingredients in such a construction are the so called ”screening oper...

OBJECTIVE To present current scientific statements and practice on mammography, ultrasonography in pregnancy, and PSA within the Italian National Health Service (NHS). METHODS Information on the three screenings was found in several position papers prepared by working groups at national and regional levels. RESULTS For mammography the adjusted mortality rate for breast cancer increased in t...

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