A 26-year-old primigravida with breech presentation came to the emergency in 2nd stage of labor with meconium stained per vaginal leak. Patient was initially taken to a primary health centre were artificial rupture of membrane was done to augment labor but later referred here since labor did not progress. After an emergency cesarean section, a female baby was delivered who on examination had a ...

BACKGROUND Perinatal mortality is reported to be five times higher in developing than in developed nations. Little is known about the commonly associated risk factors for perinatal mortality in Southern Nations National Regional State of Ethiopia. METHODS A case control study for perinatal mortality was conducted in University hospital between 2008 and 2010. Cases were stillbirths and early n...

The economy is populated by a large number of infinitely lived agents. These agents are identical, and so we can effectively treat them as one. These agents consume, save in physical capital, and supply one unit of labor each period inelastically. Time runs from t = 0, . . . ,∞. The population at each point in time is Nt = (1+n) N0, with N0 given. Households get flow utility from consumption, C...

We model technological progress as an external effect of organizational design, focusing on how factories, based on labor division, could spawn the industrial revolution. Dividing labor, as Adam Smith argued, facilitates invention by observers of production processes. However, entrepreneurs cannot internalize this benefit and choose labor division to facilitate monitoring. Equilibrium with few ...

The Top Management Challenges identified by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) for the Department of Labor (DOL) are discussed below. The Department’s responses and presentation of its progress on the Top Management Challenges are shown following the OIG report. 2009 Top Management Challenges Facing the Department of Labor For 2009, the OIG considers the following as the most serious m...

Economists have long thought of technological progress as a primary determinant of rising living standards over time. One might think of technological progress as increasing the “effectiveness” of labor, thereby raising the amount of output that each unit of labor can produce. The purpose of this paper is to ask whether, as an empirical matter, technological progress increases the productivity ...

BACKGROUND Newborns are at the greatest risk for dying during the intrapartum period, including labor and delivery, and the first day of life. Fetal heart rate monitoring (FHRM) and partogram use to track labor progress are evidence-based techniques that can help to identify maternal and fetal risk factors so that these can be addressed early. The objective of this study was to assess health wo...

This paper analyzes technology choices and unemployment in search equilibrium. In contrast to standard search models, the presence of technology choices makes the decentralized equilibrium inefficient; there is too httle investment in skills, too little job creation and there can be multiple equilibria. The paper also shows that technological progress is likely to be slower in labor markets whe...