UNLABELLED Kosovo as a newer state, characterized with political, economical and cultural transition is touched by suicide phenomenon. Aim of this survey is to analyze prevalence of suicide in Kosova for period 2000-2008 and in particular for 2007-2008. METHODOLOGY Survey is retrospective one and data were taken from Statistical Office of Kosova and Kosovar Police Service report. Cases are an...

A total of 72124 fertility records was used to estimate the genetic and phenotypic trend of fertility traits in Iranian Holstein cow from 1981 to 2007. Fertility traits in this study were: days from calving to first service (DFS), number of insemination per conception (INS), days open (DO), interval between first and last insemination (IFL), calving interval (CI) and success to first inseminati...

Investments in elite sport and major sporting events are often justified policy by various rationales, one of which is a ‘trickle-down’ effect whereby successful athletes have positive impact on general participation rates. This likely to be greater when hosting events, as home advantage can contribute success. The purpose this research explore the possibility trickle-down sports club membershi...

BACKGROUND To report on the trend in all-cause mortality in a rural district of Malawi that has successfully scaled-up HIV/AIDS care including antiretroviral treatment (ART) to its population, through corroborative evidence from a) registered deaths at traditional authorities (TAs), b) coffin sales and c) church funerals. METHODS AND FINDINGS Retrospective study in 5 of 12 TAs (covering appro...

BACKGROUND This study was designed as a quasi-experiment to evaluate automatic inoculation of fecal specimens, using the automated specimen inoculator Previ Isola (bioMérieux, France). METHODS We evaluated the quality of cultures, recovery rates of enteropathogenic bacteria (Salmonella, Shigella, Campylobacter, and Yersinia species), and cost-effectiveness in terms of technical time. The Prev...

This study deals with misconduct cases involving solicitors, the largest legal profession in England and Wales. It covers a 20 year period focuses detail on three points during that period: 1994–1996, 2008 2015. These cover different stages evolution of regulatory system from what was arguably height professionalism to post-professional initiated by revolutionary Legal Services Act 2007. Drawin...

The aim of this study was to assess the evolution of survival in patients treated surgically for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) between 2005 and 2012.From January 2005 to December 2012, 34 006 patients underwent pulmonary resection for NSCLC and were included in the French national database Epithor. Patients' characteristics, procedures and survival were analysed. Survival according to the ...

Using the SEC's Regulation SHO as a natural experiment, we examine effect of an increase in short selling pressure on year-over-year modification management discussion and analysis (MD&A) section firms' 10-K reports. We find that elevated threat selling, resulting from removal short-sale constraint, causes randomly selected pilot firms to modify MD&A less relative previous year than non-pilot d...