Under 5 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 5.9 5 to 9 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 9.2 10 to 14 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 9.3 15 to 19 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 6.7 20 to 24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

Twenty-six patients affected by Parkinson's disease were treated with a 2-Br-alpha-ergocriptine (CB 154): 14 cases were given CB 154 alone, and 12 were given CB 154 along with L-dopa plus benserazide (Madopar). Both CB 154 and combined therapy (CB 154+Madopar) induced a significant improvement in total disability score, tremor, rigidity, akinesia, self-sufficiency, and some motor performance te...

Recent protest movements brought attention to the one percent, a segment of the population that is critical to understanding inequality and social mobility but that attracts relatively little research attention. In this article, I survey current research on the one percent in the United States. I distinguish income from wealth and show that both are very concentrated but that the concentration ...

BACKGROUND Patient care may be inconsistent during off hours. We sought to determine whether victims of major trauma admitted to hospital on evenings, nights, and weekends suffer increased mortality rates. All victims of major trauma admitted to all four major acute care hospitals in the Calgary Health Region between April 1, 2002 and March 31, 2006 were included. Clinical and outcome informati...

A simple multiple system organ failure (MSOF) score may predict mortality of patients who have sepsis syndrome. Using an MSOF scoring system, we prospectively determined the presence or absence of respiratory, cardiovascular, renal, hepatic, gastrointestinal, hematologic, and neurologic organ failure on day 1 of sepsis syndrome in 154 consecutive patients who had sepsis syndrome in the ICU of a...

BACKGROUND Child mortality rates have been declining in most developing countries. We studied child and maternal mortality risk factors for child mortality in Beira city in July 1993, after a decade of conflict in Mozambique. METHODS A community-based cluster sample survey of 4609 women of childbearing age was conducted. Indirect techniques were used to estimate child mortality ('children eve...

OBJECTIVES To identify gender differences in left ventricular remodeling, hypertrophy, and function in response to pressure overload due to ascending aortic banding in rats. BACKGROUND Gender may influence the adaptation to pressure overload, as women with aortic stenosis have greater degrees of left ventricular hypertrophy and better left ventricular function than men. METHODS Fifty-two we...

The most frequently quoted epidemiological studies cite lifetime adult prevalence rates varying from50% to 80%, and point prevalence rates from15% to 30%.Yet even these statisticsmay underestimate the problem.A recent prospective studyof 154 reserve soldierswithno priorhistoryofbackpain found that64%of this lowrisk group developed at least moderate back pain over an 18 month period when queried...

This paper examines the possible presence, distribution, nature and sources of 18 Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) as constituent of the muds pool collected in Vulcano Aeolian Island. PAHs are important from environmental and toxicological point of view. Analysis was performed by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) in selected ion monitoring (SIM). The total concentration of Pol...