In the present study seismicity of Southern Marmara Region before and after 1999 İzmit earthquake are analyzed compared. A homogeneous catalogue that have completeness above MC=2.9 covers time period between 1978 2020 is used. Comparison spatial mapping frequency-magnitude distribution revealed b-values demonstrate a general increase indicating stress decrease in region. The shortest computed T...

OBJECTIVE To investigate time trends in socioeconomic inequalities in cause specific neonatal mortality in order to assess changing patterns in mortality due to different causes, particularly prematurity, and identify key areas of focus for future intervention strategies. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. SETTING England. PARTICIPANTS All neonatal deaths in singleton infants born between...

BACKGROUND Recent reports of the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO), the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), and the Office of Inspector General (OIG) expressed significant concern with overall fiscal sustainability of Medicare and exponential increase in costs for interventional pain management techniques. Interventional pain management (IPM) is an evolving special...