This paper deals with the structural modeling of a family of similar, actual structures taking into account uncertainties and modeling errors. Only errors of the ”structural stiffness” type are considered. We develop a new theory in which what we call the Lack Of Knowledge (LOK) is defined through an internal variable, whose upper and lower bounds are stochastic, associated with each substructu...

For a very impaired population needing multiple interrelated services, the case management approach used by On Lok Senior Health Services in San Francisco, California, produces a responsive, flexible service system. Case management in On Lok's consolidated model has three key characteristics: (1) a true multidisciplinary team of medical as well as nonmedical personnel who separately assess, the...

An outbreak of Acinetobacter spp infection in the neonatal unit at Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, India, is described. During a 6-month period, 68 strains of Acinetobacter baumannii were isolated from the blood and CSF of 47 neonates admitted to the intensive care unit. Diagnosis of clinically significant bacteremia was made in 36 patients. On environmental/personnel sampling, Acinetobacter spp...

We would appreciate if corrections to Tables 2 and 10 in Lok and McMahon (HEPATOLOGY 2007;45:507-539) and a cautionary note on the use of entecavir in patients with hepatitis B virus (HBV)/human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) coinfection not simultaneously receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) be brought to the attention of our readers. We deeply regret that Table 2 regarding who...