the pediatric risk of mortality (prism) score is a measure of illness severity based on abnormalities observed on bedside examination and laboratory assessment at pediatric intensive care unit (picu) admission to predict mortality probability. our study was performed on 205 patients who were admitted to picu of children’s medical center (cmc) over a period of 6 months.data were recorded prospec...

Methods employed in the construction of prediction bands for continuous curves require a different approach to those used for a data point. In many cases, the underlying function is unknown and thus a distribution-free approach which preserves sufficient coverage for the entire signal is necessary in the signal analysis. This paper discusses three methods for the formation of (1-α)100% bootstra...

Electrical discharge machining has the capability of machining complicated shapes in electrically conductive materials independent of hardness of the work materials. This present article details the development of multiple regression models for envisaging the material removal rate and roughness of machined surface in electrical discharge machining of Hastelloy C276. The experimental runs are de...

Background: The readmission rate for neonatal jaundice has been increased in recent years. This has been attributed to shorter length of postpartum hospital stays without comprehensive follow-up. The purpose of this study was to determine the diagnostic value of pre-discharge transcutaneous bilirubin (TcB) levels for prediction of subsequent hyperbilirubinemia in healthy term neonates. Metho...

[Purpose] This study investigated whether it is possible to predict return to home at discharge from a rehabilitation hospital in Japan using the home care score of patients with cerebrovascular or osteoarticular disease and low activities of daily living at admission. [Subjects and Methods] The home care score and functional independent measurement were determined for 226 patients at admission...

An experimental investigation is conducted on simultaneous flow through culvert and over broad-crested weir. The flow at the culvert outlet is considered as submerged flow. Both the culvert and the broad-crested weir (BCW) widths are smaller than the channel width. The characteristics of the simultaneous flow through both structures and the effects of flow and geometrical parameters of the stru...

BACKGROUND The Affordable Care Act creates financial incentives for hospitals to minimize readmissions shortly after discharge for several conditions, with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) to be a target in 2015. We aimed to develop and validate prediction models to assist clinicians and hospitals in identifying patients at highest risk for 30-day readmission after PCI. METHODS AND RE...