Gaining economic benefits from substantially lower labor costs has been reported as a major reason for offshoring labor-intensive information systems (IS) services to low-wage countries; however, if wage differences are so high, why is there such a high level of variation in the economic success between offshored IS projects? This study argues that offshore outsourcing involves a number of extr...

background : ulcerative colitis an inflammatory bowel disease (ibd) and chronically idiopathic immune related that associates with extraintestinal manifestations such as arthritis. despite of the highly specificity ofanti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (ccp) antibodies for rheumatoid arthritis, their role in ibd remains unclear . there are only a few studies on the prevalence of anti-ccp antibodi...

objective: the aim of this study is to further compare the efficacy of pge2 suppository, the intracervical foley catheter and extra-amniotic saline infusion in nulliparous women referred for labor induction. materials and methods: totally 368 nulliparous women with a bishop score ≤ 4 with singleton gestation, vertex presentation and intact membrane referred for labor induction were randomly ass...

BACKGROUND As the world's largest developing country, China has entered into the epidemiological phase characterized by high life expectancy and high morbidity and mortality from chronic diseases. Cardiovascular diseases, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, and malignant tumors have become the leading causes of death since the 1990s. Constant payments for maintaining the health status of a ...

For reprints and permission queries visit SAGE’s Web site, http://www.sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav. © 2016 The Author(s) March 2016 | NASN School Nurse 81 I feel like the newspaper street vendor, selling papers on the corner—yelling out the breaking news, “Extra! Extra! Read all about it! School nurses are included in the language of Every Student Succeeds Act.” After years of advocating...