During the year ended March 31, 1957, all absences from duty, whether for sickness or non-sickness reasons, were recorded systematically for student, trained, and other nursing staff employed in the hospitals of the United Oxford Hospitals and the Oxford Regional Hospital Board. Altogether 6,232 persons (732 males and 5,500 females) were observed in 103 hospitals having almost 15,000 beds. The ...

At present, one of the most serious issues in medicine is increasing resistance of bacterial pathogens to antimicrobial agents. This fact is associated with higher mortality and morbidity rates, prolonged hospital stays and increased treatmentrelated costs (Senkyrikova et al., 2013). Such negative trends have been observed in Acinetobacter baumannii which is responsible for a variety of nosocom...

The beginning of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae HIS4 gene has been fused to the structural gene for Escherichia coli beta-galactosidase. This construction, which contains HIS4 DNA from -732 to +30 relative to the translation initiation codon, has been integrated into the yeast genome at two chromosomal locations, HIS4 and URA3. At both locations, this 762-base-pair stretch of DNA is sufficient fo...

Thyroxmn-bmnding prealbumin (TBPA), also called lransthyretin, has been proposed as one of the most sensilive nutritional markers (Clin Chim Acta 1975;63:61-7; Lancet 1979;ii:230-2) and is widely used to monitor the afficiency of nutritional rehabilitation in malnourished paLients (Cliii Chim Acta 1975;65:61-7, Am J Clin Nuts 1975;28:732-8, Ann Chin Lab Sci 1982;12(3):153-62). Weekly sampling i...

■ Evidence summary A recent meta-analysis included 25 randomized controlled trials involving tacrolimus and pimecrolimus. This review included trials of tacrolimus and pimecrolimus in comparison with placebo, topical corticosteroids of varying strengths, and each other. They reported on both safety and efficacy. Fifteen vehiclecontrolled trials of pimecrolimus and tacrolimus were reviewed. Both...

References 1. Piche ME, Lemieux S, Perusse L, Weisnagel SJ: High normal 2-hour plasma glucose is associated with insulin sensitivity and secretion that may predispose to type 2 diabetes. Diabetologia 48:732–740, 2005 2. Gastaldelli A, Ferrannini E, Miyazaki Y, Matsuda M, DeFronzo A: Beta-cell dysfunction and glucose intolerance: results from San Antonio Metabolism (SAM) Study. Diabetologia 47:3...

The research problem lies in the low involvement of local residents processes developing tourist attractiveness territories, insufficient support for initiatives authorities to develop domestic tourism. authors their study set goal - possibilities and barriers attracting representatives communities development key method is a questionnaire survey population (N=732). results showed that presence...