background and purpose: birth outcomes and fertility measures are commonly evaluated in maternal and child health integrated program (mchip) in the field of public health. given the key role of time- trend study in the projection of current data to the future, this population-based study aimed to describe the significant changes of birth outcomes and fertility measures in the rural population o...

Protecting children in motor vehicles with safety seats and seat belts has become a national priority. Since the first child restraint legislation enacted by Tennessee in 1978, 49 states have adopted similar requirements.l Mandatory child restraint laws are a practical approach to reducing injuries and deaths caused by motor vehicle accidents, the leading cause of death and injury to young chil...

Neovascularization of the outer membrane plays a critical role in the development and enlargement of chronic subdural hematomas (CSHs) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) may promote their progression. However, the precise mechanisms remain to be determined. We focused on the signaling pathway upstream of VEGF, transforming growth factor β (TGF-β), and activin receptor-like kinase 1 (...

aims: fatalistic employees take serious risks because they have limited knowledge of risks and accidents, leading them to under estimate the possibility of their occurrence. this research examined the effectiveness of safety training on changing employees’ fatalism with attention to the mediating role of attitude toward safety issues. methods: 204 employees was selected according to the stratif...

We investigated the hypothesis that diaphragm compliance was abnormal in cardiomyopathic Syrian hamsters (CSH), an experimental model of myopathy. The passive elastic properties of isolated diaphragm muscles were analyzed at both the muscle and sarcomere levels. We used the following passive exponential relationship between stress (sigma) and strain (epsilon): sigma = (Eo/beta) (ebetaepsilon - ...

INTRODUCTION Development of hypocalcaemia is a serious complication to total thyroidectomy (TT). The measurement of intact plasma parathyroid hormone (iPTH) has been internationally described as a good predictor of hypocalcaemia. Despite this, consensus in the field has yet to be reached among clinicians. We aimed to evaluate if measurement of iPTH 24 hours post-operatively (24-iPTH) can identi...

Drawing on a significantly updated version co-authored by Reynolds and the originator of Critical Systems Heuristics (CSH), Werner Ulrich, CSH is regarded as part of a ‘systems thinking in practice’ framework for evaluating complex situations from different stakeholder perspectives. The situation under evaluation (e.g. a purposeful activity like a report, programme or project etc.) is framed as...

Drawing on a significantly updated version co-authored by Reynolds and the originator of Critical Systems Heuristics (CSH), Werner Ulrich, CSH is regarded as part of a ‘systems thinking in practice’ framework for evaluating complex situations from different stakeholder perspectives. The situation under evaluation (e.g. a purposeful activity like a report, programme or project etc.) is framed as...

The primary objective of this paper was to synthesize a porous calcium silicate hydrate (CSH) with enhanced phosphate recovery property using polyethyleneglycol (PEG) as pore-generation agent. The formation mechanism of porous CSH was proposed. PEG molecules were inserted into the void region of oxygen-silicon tetrahedron chains and the layers of CSH. A steric hindrance layer was generated to p...

children under 5 years old are the most vulnerable age group in car accidents. researchers showed that application and correct use of child safety seats can reduce the risk of fatal injury by 71 percent for infants and 54 percent for toddlers. the purpose of this review is to identify factors and procedures that declare the correct use of child car seats which prevent children head injuries tha...