Calculation of osmolal gap in plasma and urine samples from patients after acute myocardial infarction was carried out to see whether changes in these variables support the concept of a "sick-cell" mechanism being responsible for the hyponatremia associated with acute myocardial infarction. Some supportive evidence was found on the first day after admission but, overall, the evidence was not co...

In a manuscript found among the papers of Robert Campbell by the late William S Campbell we find the words, "1898 I joined the staff of the Belfast Hospital for Sick Children". This is an error, for it was on 22 September 1897 that Robert Campbell was appointed honorary assistant surgeon on the occasion of the promotion of J S Morrow to be an honorary attending surgeon. This appearance of "John...

background: precarious employment is a major social determinant of health and health inequalities with effects beyond the health of workers. objective: to investigate the association between precarious employment and sickness absence in 4 nordic countries, denmark, finland, norway, and sweden. methods: logistic regression analyses were conducted separately for each country on data from 4186 res...

This study aims to find out and describe how the strategies that teachers can use develop practical value of fifth principle Pancasila in thematic learning process for first grade students at SDN 121/I Muara Singoan. uses a qualitative research method where data is obtained from observation, interviews documentation techniques sourced teachers, students, principals parents students. Then were a...

BACKGROUND Short term illnesses, usually caused by respiratory or gastrointestinal diseases are disruptive to productivity and there is relatively little focus on preventative measures. This study examined the effect of the probiotic Lactobacillus reuteri protectis (ATCC55730) on its ability to improve work-place healthiness by reducing short term sick-leave caused by respiratory or gastrointes...

In this paper, a method based on association rules that support medical image diagnosis is developed. The proposed method has important characteristics that make it different from other computer assisted diagnosis methods: the process is completely automatic, having the possibility to define a great number of diagnoses; the method could be applied to any medical domain, because the visual featu...