To increase knowledge of leptospirosis in the Netherlands and identify changing trends of this disease over time, we analyzed historical passive surveillance reports for an 84-year period (1925-2008). We found that 2,553 mainly severe leptospirosis cases were diagnosed (average annual incidence rate 0.25 cases/100,000 population). The overall case-fatality rate for patients with reported leptos...

This chapter presents an automatic translation system from Spanish language into Spanish Sign Language (LSE) based on the use of grammar and morphology rules in order to ensure its versatility. The system accepts input from spoken or written Spanish and the output corresponds to a representation format adaptable and interpretable by any other system capable of producing animations. The translat...

The objective of this study was to determine the changing trend of leptospirosis over time in Thailand using two prospective hospital-based studies conducted amongst adult patients with acute undifferentiated fever (AUFI) admitted to Maharat Nakhon Ratchasima Hospital, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Thailand between July 2001 to December 2002 and between July 2011 to December 2012. During the firs...

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introduction: breast feeding is universally and traditionally practicised in india. experts advocate breast feeding as the best method of feeding young infants. objective: to assess the role of various factors in determining colostrum feeding in block r. s. pura of district jammu. materials and methods: a stratified two-stage design with villages as the primary sampling unit and lactating mothe...

according to quranic verses, the principles and religious values are taken as being in harmony with human nature. these values have emphasized on unique religion, that is, islam. reviewing recent revolts in arab-muslim countries shows that their request are in harmony to principles and values of islam factualism, trend to moral values and perfectionalism are parts of human natures. these natura...

background: the secular trend in growth is a well-documented and recurrent phenomenon in many developed and developing countries. in this study, we examined the secular trends in birth length and weight among iranian neonates. methods: this cross-sectional population-based survey was conducted between 1991 and 2011. using a two-stage stratified cluster sampling, the birth weights and heights of...

conclusions many contributing factors of drug abuse obtained in this study can influence on tendency towards drug use for new students. it is evident that the period of residency in dormitories is one of the most critical periods in students' life. thus, the concerned authorities take necessary measures to overcome the students’ mental and social problems. results different percentages of parti...

Human populations are well known to have undergone secular trends in height. Due to the sensitivity of stature to nutrition in early life, these trends in height imply complementary trends in birth weight, albeit displaced in time by a few generations. This article presents a simulation of birth weight in past populations, based on the assumption of an inherent association between birth weight ...

From online news and blog articles, a human can often deduce information and knowledge needed for the prediction of market movements or sociological trends. However, this recognition and comprehension process is very complex and requires experience as well as some context knowledge about the domain in which trends are to detect. In order to support human experts in trend analysis, I propose an ...