Despite the overall national success in reducing infant mortality rate in Ethiopia, infant mortality rate is still high in northwest Amhara region. This study is conducted in one of the high mortality areas with the aim of identifying risk factors that are associated with infant mortality in Northwest Amhara Region, Ethiopia. A prospective open cohort study involving 1752 infants (1472.4518 per...

This study investigates the relationship between the epidemiology of hand fractures and social deprivation. Data were collected prospectively in a single trauma unit serving a well-defined population. The 1382 patients treated for 1569 fractures of the metacarpals or phalanges represented an incidence of hand fracture of 3.7 per 1000 per year for men and 1.3 per 1000 per year for women. Depriva...

Results Alcohol-based hand rub products were made available at each centre. 1730 dispensers accounted for the 3861 available beds (44,8%). Seven out of ten hospitals implemented training about HH, but just four centers trained about the concept of “My Five Moments for Hand Hygiene”. Medical doctors had the lowest level of attendance. Eight out of ten hospitals have performed direct observation ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Career satisfaction among family physicians has declined over the last 15 years. The purpose of this study was to determine what aspects of residency training are associated with family medicine career satisfaction in recent graduates. METHODS This was a cross-sectional national survey of 1000 family physicians who graduated within the last 10 years. Questions were p...

We studied the dermal tolerance (repetitive occlusive patch test; ROPT) and the skin hydrating properties of a new ethanol-based gel [85% (w/w)], Sterillium Gel. For the ROPT, 53 participants were studied. Gel was applied to one site on the back under an occlusive patch during an induction phase (nine applications over three weeks) and two weeks later to a virgin site on the back during a chall...

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains are now common both in the health care setting and in the community. Active surveillance is critical for MRSA control and prevention. Specimens of patients (200 patients with 1119 specimens) as well as medical staff and hospital setting (1000 specimens) were randomly sampled in a level 2 hospital in Shanghai from September 2011 to Augus...

Although mentoring has been regarded as an essential componentin the developmental phase of medical students, it is the nature ofhierarchical relationship and the quality of emotional exchangewhich determine its sustainability. With great enthusiasm, wehad launched our mentoring program for the new entrants of ourmedical school. After an initial faculty development...

In this paper we investigate the evolution of a blackjack player. We utilise three neural networks (one for splitting, one for doubling down and one for standing/hitting) to evolve blackjack strategies. Initially a pool of randomly generated players play 1000 hands of blackjack. An evolutionary strategy is used to mutate the best networks (with the worst networks being killed). We compare the b...

The performance benefits of adopting an external relative to an internal focus of attention have been demonstrated for many different targeting and balance tasks. No study has examined attentional focus effects for interceptive motor skills. Also, the majority of studies have used adult participants. In this study, children (mean age: 8.75 years, SD=0.79; 15 girls, 9 boys) were required to catc...