Materials and methods This two-part study included an questionnaire completed by food allergic families to explore what information they received on food allergy, their confidence around self-management, and their learning needs; and a qualitative interview with allergists to explore their perception of teaching priorities, and the challenges and strategies in food allergy management. Using con...

Methods 254 cases of ICU January 1 to December 31, 2013 were reviewed, demographic variables, height, weight ingress and egress, ingress and egress BMI, admission diagnosis, APACHE II, SOFA recorded , TISS, presence of acute kidney injury (AKI), acute respiratory failure (ARDS), mechanical ventilatory support days (MVS), length of stay in ICU and reason for ICU discharge. The correlation betwee...

The use of confidence intervals in reporting results of research has increased dramatically and is now required or highly recommended by editors of many scientific journals. Many resources describe methods for computing confidence intervals for statistics with mathematically simple distributions. Computing confidence intervals for descriptive statistics with distributions that are difficult to ...

Mouse local lymph node assay (LLNA, OECD TG429) is an alternative test replacing conventional guinea pig tests (OECD TG406) for the skin sensitization test but the use of a radioisotopic agent, (3)H-thymidine, deters its active dissemination. New non-radioisotopic LLNA, LLNA:BrdU-FCM employs a non-radioisotopic analog, 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine (BrdU) and flow cytometry. For an analogous method, ...

The main objective of this paper is to investigate the influence of network dimensions on the performance of Kenyan manufacturing Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). There is evidence from literature that SMEs have positively impacted global economies, are agents of poverty alleviation and are seeds of large companies. Further, networking has been recognized as a vital element for enhancing co...

Methods: A descriptive and quantitative retrospective cross-sectional study was made of the main causes for amputations performed in the period from January 1998 to January 2008 in Hospital de Base, São José do Rio Preto in under 15-yearold individuals. Data, including the age of the patient, gender, rehospitalizations or further procedures and the reason for surgery were obtained from hospital...

Objective To determine operating room professionals'attitudes towards patient safety and the influencing factors. Methods This study was conducted in research hospitals in Izmir, Turkey using descriptive, cross-sectional and correlation research designs. The sample of this study consisted of 477 individuals including nurses, physicians and anesthesia technicians. Data were collected using the...

This study was conducted to explore the relationship between emotional intelligence and creative thinking with academic achievement .This descriptive correlation study was performed on 156 male and female students of Torbat-e-Heydarieh who were selected by census method during 2012-2013. Data was collected using Bradberry Greaves' questionnaire of emotional intelligence and Abedi's questionnair...

Throughout the past 100 years, family budgets have been produced using a variety of methodologies; these budgets are compared with new budgets that have been derived using actual expenditures of families and Lucilla Tan are economists in the Division of Consumer Expenditure Surveys, Bureau of Labor Statistics. T he measurement of family budgets and budget standards dates back to the late 19th c...

This study used descriptive correlation to examine factors affecting empathy in nurses, specifically, how empathy relates to adult attachment, self-esteem, and communication self-efficacy. Data were collected from March 16until March 27, 2015. A survey was administered to 100 nurses working in two university hospitals located in D city and K province. All data were analyzed using IBM SPSS Stati...