Research into the effects of group diversity usually posits intra-group, interpersonal mechanisms to explain why more diverse work groups would have better or worse processes or performance than less diverse ones. Research into the causes of group diversity on the other hand usually downplays the importance of interpersonal judgment and bias and instead focus on the structural demography that f...

In the context of the European Union ban on battery cages by 2012, a survey was conducted among Flemish egg producers (60% response rate, 140 completed questionnaires) about the introduction and opinion of alternative housing systems. Belgium appears to be among the countries in the European Union that are slower to adopt alternative housing. Belgium's egg industry is thus likely to undergo dra...

BACKGROUND The obstetric practice environment is evolving to include more laborists staffing obstetric units, with the hope of improving quality of care and provider satisfaction, yet there are scant data on the impact of a laborist care model on patient satisfaction or delivery outcomes. We sought to assess patient satisfaction after implementation of the laborist model of obstetric care in a ...

Background: Many techniques have been proposed to relieve labor pain, one of which is hypnotherapy, which can be defined as the usage of hypnosis during labor to alleviate pain or anxiety. The aim of this systematic review was to examine the possible relationship between hypnosis and neonatal outcomes based on the available reports. Methods: Major databases, including PubMed, Web of Science, S...

Regular maintenance keeps roads in a good working condition for users. Road can be conducted using labor and machine based methods. In this study, applicability costs of labor-based, namely employment intensive (EI), (LI), labor-based equipment-supported (LBES) road methods were investigated with case study Tigray region, northern Ethiopia. The objectives therefore to (a) identify defects outli...

The oft-observed inverse relationship between farm size and productivity is generally explained by labor market imperfections. Although other explanations exist (e.g., size-sensitive cropping patterns and variable soil quality), the literature ignores uncertainty as an explanation. Using a simple two-period model of an agricultural household that both produces and consumes under price uncertain...

BACKGROUND Since large randomized clinical trials comparing the effectiveness of nifedipine and ritodrine in the suppression of preterm labor are lacking, we performed a meta-analysis on the subject. METHODS We searched the databases Medline and EMBASE using the keywords 'nifedipine', 'ritodrine' and 'randomized' or 'randomised'. The studies were scored for blinding, method of randomization a...

The goal of this research is to test the Heckscher-Ohlin’ theorem of comparative advantages on the sample of the Republic of Croatia and other European Union member countries. Heckscher-Ohlin theorem of comparative advantages can largely explain international trade in cases where the sample of countries is heterogeneous, in terms of the achieved level of development and the production factors a...

Conjoined twins are very rarely seen. We present a case of thoracopagus that was undiagnosed prior to delivery and combined with eclampsia and obstructed labor in a low-resource setting in sub-Saharan Africa. A 27-year-old pregnant woman was presented to the maternity emergency unit of Princess Christian Maternity Hospital (PCMH) in Freetown at term in labor. Upon admission, the patient was awa...