Diabetes mellitus has been associated with an increased risk of mortality and stent thrombosis after implantation of drug-eluting stents (DES). Little is known about the prognostic impact of diabetes on clinical outcomes in an Asian population treated with DES. We compared adverse outcomes between 865 patients with diabetes and 2,295 patients without diabetes treated with DES after adjustment f...

BACKGROUND Data on the association between myocardial infarction (MI) and fractures are scarce. Recent changes in the epidemiology of MI justify exploring this relationship. We evaluated whether MI constitutes a risk factor for osteoporotic fracture and examined secular trends in this association. METHODS AND RESULTS Consecutive Olmsted County, Minnesota, residents with incident MI diagnosed ...

the percent of normal precipitation index (pnpi) is a widely used drought index to provide good estimations about the intensity, magnitude and spatial extent of droughts. the objective of this study was analyzing spatial pattern of drought by pnpi index. in this paper, according to the data of 40 stations in iran, during 1967-2009, the pattern of drought hazard is evaluated. influenced zone of ...

In this article we introduce a relatively new method for deciding contingency provisions in insurance ratemaking by the use of proportional hazard(PH) transforms. This method is easy to understand, simple to use, and supported by theoretical properties as well as economic jnstification. After an introduction of the PH-transform method, we show through examples how it can be used in pricing ambi...

the identification of natural hazard prone areas for future planning requires an efficient decision support tool to provide the appropriate weights for the various topographical, geological, and seismological factors responsible for the expected hazards. in the present study, an analytical hierarchy process (ahp) with six earthquake hazard parameters (ehps) was used as a decision support system...

AC interference from high voltage power lines can constitute an electric shock hazard and a threat to equipment integrity during both normal operation conditions and fault conditions. Simplified analysis methods can lead to millions of dollars in excess expenses due directly to overdesign or resulting from the consequences of underdesign. This paper presents a costeffective AC interference miti...

A recent proposal that leatherworkers might face a reproductive hazard was tested using data from a large survey in Montreal of occupational factors in pregnancy. The outcome ofpregnancy in almost 400 women employed in the manufacture of leather products, some 6000 employed in other types of manufacture, and nearly 50 000 employed but not in manufacture were compared. There was little differenc...

INTRODUCTION Emerging non-AIDS related causes of death have been observed in HIV-positive subjects in industrialized countries. We aimed to analyze overall and cause-specific excess of mortality of HIV-positive patients compared to the general population and to assess the effect of prognostic factors. MATERIAL AND METHODS We used generalized linear models with Poisson error structure to estim...

background: to assess the status of occupational hazards and their prevention among the practicing dentists in chandigarh city, india. materials and methods: a closed-ended questionnaire was prepared to record demographic status, types of occupational hazards encountered, and status of measures used for their prevention. a total 113 out of 130 dentists completed the questionnaire and the respon...

BACKGROUND The excess risk of death from any cause and of death from cardiovascular causes is unknown among patients with type 1 diabetes and various levels of glycemic control. We conducted a registry-based observational study to determine the excess risk of death according to the level of glycemic control in a Swedish population of patients with diabetes. METHODS We included in our study pa...