OBJECTIVE This exposure assessment was conducted in the first large study of mortality and cancer incidence in semiconductor and storage device manufacturing. METHODS Unique combinations of division, department and job codes and names (DDJ) from work history records were assigned to work groups and exposure categories. Agent exposure matrices assessed differences in potential exposures betwee...

BACKGROUND We aimed to evaluate postoperative recovery and short-term outcomes of patients undergoing partial hepatectomy managed with a nonstrict and individual enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) program. METHODS A retrospective analysis of 168 partial hepatectomy patients in our institution was included. The discharged day and the respective impact of element application throughout the ...

Over the past two decades, exponential growth of empirical research has fueled markedly increased concern about health disparities. In this paper, we show the progression of research on socioeconomic status (SES) and health through several eras. The first era reflected an implicit threshold model of the association of poverty and health. The second era produced evidence for a graded association...

In infinitely cyclic cosmology past eras are discussed using set theory and transfinite numbers. One consistent scenario, already in the literature, is where there is always a countably infinite number, א0, of universes and no big bang. I describe here an alternative where the present number of universes is א0 and in the infinite past there was only a finite number of universes. In this alterna...

Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocols is considered a new era in anesthesia and surgery practices. Those protocols are now well developed and published by the ERAS society for different surgical procedures. In this report we are going to focus on the role of regional anesthesia in improving patient outcome and achieving enhanced recovery after surgery guidelines. In particular we are...

Introduction ERAS protocols promote early mobilisation reducing risk of post-operative complication [1,2]. The Southampton Physiotherapy Post-Operative Screening Tool (SPPOST) was introduced onto specialist surgical wards, with physiotherapy withdrawn for low risk patients. An audit concluded that mobility in this patient group was safely led by nurses, with no patients re-referred with pulmona...