This study focuses on the employment effects of military spending versus alternative domestic spending priorities, in particular investments in clean energy, health care and education. We first present some simple alternative spending scenarios, namely devoting $1 billion to the military versus the same amount of money spent on clean energy, health care, and education, as well as for tax cuts w...

We introduce pretty clean modules, extending the notion of clean modules by Dress, and show that pretty clean modules are sequentially CohenMacaulay. We also extend a theorem of Dress on shellable simplicial complexes to multicomplexes.

The Precautionary Principle provides a framework for action to protect human health and the environment in the face of uncertainty. The central premise of the precautionary principle is that when an activity poses threats of serious, irreversible harm to human health or the environment, we should act to prevent that damage – even if science has not fully worked out the details of the relevant c...

Introduction / objectives Root Cause Analysis (RCA) is an analysis method which aims to identify the root causes of preventable Health care associated infections (HCAIs). It is based on the concept that problems are best solved by attempting to address and take corrective action by eliminating the root causes rather than merely addressing the immediately obvious issues. The RCA tool developed b...

OBJECTIVES For very preterm births, to compare alternative policies for umbilical cord clamping and immediate neonatal care. DESIGN Parallel group randomised (1:1) trial, using sealed opaque numbered envelopes. SETTING Eight UK tertiary maternity units. PARTICIPANTS 261 women expected to have a live birth before 32 weeks, and their 276 babies. INTERVENTIONS Cord clamping after at least ...

Background: Fetal asphyxia and the consequent neurological damages could be avoided if the risk factors are controlled at earlier stages. Umbilical cord arterial blood gas (UCABG) seems to be related to the Apgar scores, as well as the neonatal morbidity and mortality rates. Therefore, we designed this study to assess the correlation between the Apgar score and UCABG i...

This study was designed to ascertain the level of knowledge and degree practice components Essential New-born care (ENC), effects a training programme on ENC among nurses in rural Primary Health Cares (PHCs) South East Nigeria. one group pre-test post-test intervention design. The considered were: New-Born Initiation Breastfeeding, Thermoregulation, Cord Care, Newborn Eye Breathing Administrati...