I read with interest the paper by Chaudhari, et al.(1) in the March 2009 issue of Indian Pediatrics and would like to congratulate the authors for broaching and researching on retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). Oxygen administration, septicemia and apnea were found to be the significant risk factors reported. This is in agreement with a retrospective study from Pakistan at a tertiary care centre...

The territorial transformation being undergone by the Rural Department of Iglesia in San Juan? ?Argentina opens up “opportunities” for development that may represent threats to its sustainability. con? solidation Central Bio?Oceanic corridor foresees new scenarios such as construction Paso de Agua Negra International Tunnel, aimed at promoting integration and demanding, a result, provision util...

Taking as its point of departure the place vegetal realm within Jane Campion’s filmmaking, this article attends to both living and artificial plants, homing in on exquisitely crafted paper flowers The Power Dog explore their entanglement with human power relations. Manmade are clearly distinct from garden or prairie, but Western, they form part a broader floral aesthetic kin. Drawing upon thoug...

Dialogue is essential for transforming institutions into learning organizations, yet many well-known characteristics of academic health centers (AHCs) interfere with open discussion. Rigid hierarchies, intense competition for resources, and the power of peer review in advancement processes all hamper difficult conversations, thereby contributing to organizational silence, and at great cost to t...

BACKGROUND There is low uptake of chlamydia screening in general practices registered with the English National Chlamydia Screening Programme (NCSP). Aims. To explore staff's attitudes and behaviour around chlamydia screening and how screening could be optimized in general practice. METHODS A qualitative study with focus groups and interviews, in general practices in seven NCSP areas. Twenty-...