OBJECTIVE Area 7 of the autonomous region of Madrid has one of the highest incidences of tuberculosis (23/100,000 population per year 2004). This study aimed to identify tuberculosis control in this area. METHODS A descriptive study of tuberculosis cases diagnosed in area 7 from January 1, 1999 to December 31, 2004 was carried out by analyzing the incidence of tuberculosis and the management ...

In clinical research, questionnaires are an important tool available for population and large family studies to gather information on a patient’s medical history. In 1989, we described a large kindred of FrenchCanadian descent with an 8-fold increased risk of venous thrombosis due to the 3363C insertion in the protein C gene [1]. We developed a questionnaire for use in this family to assess gen...

A new score statistic is derived, which uses information from registries (age-specific incidences) and family studies (sib-sib marginal correlation) to weight affected sibling pairs according to their age at onset. Age at onset of sibling pairs is modelled by a gamma frailty model. From this model we derive a bivariate survival function, which depends on the marginal survival and on the margina...

We conducted a tuberculosis contact investigation for a female military recruit with an unreported history of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDRTB) and subsequent recurrence. Pertinent issues included identification of likely contacts from separate training phases, uncertainty on latent MDRTB infection treatment regimens and side effects, and subsequent dispersal of the contacts after exposure.

The focus of this unique publication is on Ethiopian languages and linguistics. Not only major such as Amharic Oromo receive attention, but also lesser studied ones like Sezo Nuer are dealt with. Gurage languages, that often present a descriptive sociolinguistic puzzle to researchers, have received ample coverage. And for the first time in history linguistics, two chapters dedicated studies Sig...

This sociolinguistic study investigates the variation in pronunciation of variable (āʔ) variety Hatim, north-west Jordan. is studied relation to five factors: age, gender, education, outside contact and following linguistic environment. Data were collected via informal interviews. Sixty-four participants (30 males, 34 females) recorded spontaneously by researchers (duration=2227 minutes). Two v...

The purpose of this study is to analyze the translation greeting words in Indonesian Japanese, especially as a mark sociolect. resources used are novel Burung-Burung Manyar by Y.B Mangunwijaya and its translation, Arashi no Naka Manyaru Megumi Funachi. data identified much 176 but author only 48 data. theory from Harimurti Kridalaksana (1982) Sociolinguistic Sumarsono Paina Partana (2002). appr...