Background: When caring for a family member who suffers a brain injury, family members often need to share the care. While the family is learning to cope with the injury, each member must rearrange his or her own schedule as well. We envision a computer system that can aid in this transition period, and continue to support family members in managing care amongst themselves in the years to come....

There is a major shortage of doctors in rural areas in South Africa. An example is Mount Frere district, where the doctorto-population ratio is 1:30 000. About 46% of the population in South Africa live in non-urban areas. Achieving equity in the distribution of health workers between urban and rural areas is an important priority for the Department of Health. In other countries with large rura...

Abst rac t . The inference of genome rearrangement requires detailed gene maps of related species. For most multichromosomal species, however, knowledge of chromosomal assignment of genes outstrips mapping data. Comparison of these species is thus a question of comparing sets of syntenic genes, without any gene order or gene orientation information. Given synteny data from present-day species, ...

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Aim: To translate the Perinatal Grief Scale questionnaire (short version) into the Czech language, assess its reliability and validate its use for measuring perinatal grief intensity in the Czech Republic. Design: A validation study. Methods: The Perinatal Grief Scale was, with the authors’ consent, translated using the translation/back translation method. The focus group translation method was...

In the absence of interventions to reduce mother-to-child transmission (MTCT), studies show that between 25% and 45% of HIV-infected breast-feeding women pass the virus to their infants. The rate of HIV transmission through breast-milk ranges from 12% to 26%, depending on the duration of breastfeeding, the time since HIV infection and the presence of mastitis or other systemic infections. HIV c...

BACKGROUND: The clinical signs and symptoms such as swelling, pain, and redness are unreliable markers of deep vein thrombosis (DVT). As a consequence, venous duplex scanning (VDS) has been heavily used in DVT detection. The purpose of this study was to determine if a combination of D–dimer testing and pretest clinical score could reduce the use of VDS in symptomatic patients with suspected DVT...