JOURNEYS TO REPATRIATION: 15 Years of NAGPRA Grants, 1994-2008

NAGPRA IS FOREVER: Osteology and the Repatriation of Skeletons

The 1990 Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act requires universities, museums, and federal agencies to inventory their archeological collections to prepare for the repatriation of skeletons to their Native American descendants. The loss of these collections will be a detriment to the study of North American osteology, but the inventory and repatriation process has increased the...

Journeys to Data Mining.Mohamed Medhat Gaber Editor Journeys to Data Mining Experiences from 15 Renowned ResearchersEditor

Office-related antibiotic prescribing for persons aged ≤ 14 years--United States, 1993-1994 to 2007-2008.

In 2003, the Institute of Medicine identified antibiotic resistance as a key microbial threat to health in the United States and recommended promoting appropriate antibiotic use as an important strategy to address this threat. Antibiotic use contributes to development of antibiotic resistance on both the individual and country level. To examine trends in pediatric antibiotic prescribing in phys...

Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network: the first 15 years (1993-2008).

The Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) was established in 1993. One of the first national programmes of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines, it has played a lead role internationally in many of the developments in guideline methodology. The challenges faced from the beginning of the organisation up to its integration into the National Health Service and how they were add...

Death With Tuberculosis in California, 1994–2008

BACKGROUND Identifying factors associated with tuberculosis (TB) deaths will inform efforts to prevent deaths. METHODS We examined deaths among patients with culture-confirmed TB reported to the California TB Registry during 1994-2008. We calculated the age-adjusted percentage of deaths before and during TB treatment and estimated trends. We constructed multivariable logistic regression model...