The information has always been a valuable patrimony for the information systems that every company tries to capitalize as much as possible. With the web, the amount of information is increased and several problems arise for instance for the safety of the exchanged data but also to the semantic heterogeneity: the same information is very often represented in different ways in different informat...

OBJECTIVE Current data on hospitalization and prognosis of acute asthma and status asthmaticus are inconclusive. We aim to analyze the rate of first-time hospitalizations for status asthmaticus among patients of all ages, the proportion admitted to intensive care units (ICU), and the 30-day mortality over a 16-year period. METHODS In this population-based cohort study, we used medical registr...

background: obesity and overweight among children is a major public health problem in developed and developing countries and has important health and economic implications. this longitudinal study aimed to assessing the prevalence trend of overweight and obesity in west azerbaijan in north west of iran. methods: this study was a longitudinal follow-up study and was conducted in school children ...

Abstract Information related to Land use and Cover (LULC) change is important for conservation of natural resources sustainable development an area. Siliguri one the populated metropolitan West Bengal, India that has witnessed rapid urbanization. The major challenge identify reason pattern urbanization due inadequate insufficient data in small cities like Siliguri. This paper mainly assessed LU...

BACKGROUND In order to inform meningococcal disease prevention strategies, we analysed the epidemiology of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) in the province of Quebec, Canada, 10 years before and 10 years after the introduction of serogroup C conjugate vaccination. METHODOLOGY IMD cases reported to the provincial notifiable disease registry in 1991-2011 and isolates submitted for laborator...

Modified three-taxon analysis (m3ta), a method in which three-taxon statements are produced from a nonadditive binary coding of the original data, has been proposed as a model-free way of assessing monophyly of groups, utilizing the taxic concept of homology. In fact the taxic concept amounts to a model, and, further, one that seems to conflict directly with evolution. M3ta is a type of groupin...

Overall Equipment Efficiency (OEE) by Pepperl+Fuchs GmbH, TE Connectivity, and Software AG The increase in overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) is one of the most important applications of Industrie 4.0. However, retrofitting existing production systems poses major challenges for plant operators. For this reason, Pepperl+Fuchs, TE Connectivity, and Software AG – companies that are technologica...

BACKGROUND The inverse equity hypothesis asserts that new health policies initially widen inequality, then attenuate inequalities over time. Since 2004, the UK's pay-for-performance scheme for chronic disease management (CDM) in primary care general practices (the Quality and Outcomes Framework) has permitted practices to except (exclude) patients from attending annual CDM reviews, without fina...

While antimicrobial resistance (AMR) continues to be a major public health problem in Pakistan, data regarding trends of among pathogenic bacteria remains scarce, with few studies presenting long-term AMR. This study was therefore designed analyze AMR at national level Pakistan. We report here results comprehensive analysis resistance, pathogens isolated from blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)...