With the widespread and increasing use of data warehousing in industry, the design of effective data warehouses and their maintenance has become a focus of attention. Independently of this, the area of temporal databases has been an active area of research for well beyond a decade. This article identifies shortcomings of so-called star schemas, which are widely used in industrial warehousing, i...

OBJECTIVES Stroke is the third largest cause of death and a major factor in permanent disability. Disparities in access to healthcare services exist due to geographical barriers and limited resources. Rural locations often lack the resources for adequate acute stroke care. Telestroke is intended to enable the transfer of knowledge of acute stroke management to areas with limited neurological se...

Background Currently various management approaches are described in the literature for Mirizzi's syndrome. But, there is no clear guidelines for the safe management approach for this rare syndrome. Aim of the Study To conduct a systematic review of management of Mirizzi syndrome. Methods We have conducted a literature search in Medline and Embase data bases using Ovid search engine using the fo...

OBJECTIVE To systematically review empirical evidence regarding the efficacy of depression self-management support (SMS) interventions for improving depression symptomatology and preventing relapse. METHODS Pubmed and PsycINFO databases were searched for relevant articles on depression SMS interventions. Scanning of references in the articles and relevant reviews and communications with field...

Abstract Project management in construction industry, in many cases, is imperfect with respect to the integration of Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) risks. This imperfection exhibits itself as complications affecting the riskiness of industrial procedures and is illustrated usually by poor awareness of OHS within project teams. Difficulties on OHS regularly came about in the construction i...

BACKGROUND Using management algorithms or pathways potentially improves clinical outcomes. We undertook systematic reviews to examine various aspects in the generic approach (use of cough algorithms and tests) to the management of chronic cough in children (aged ≤ 14 years) based on key questions (KQs) using the Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome format. METHODS We used the CHEST E...

INTRODUCTION Granular myringitis is a chronic disorder characterised by lateral squamous de-epithelialisation and granulation of the tympanic membrane. Untreated, granular myringitis can lead to post-inflammatory medial external auditory canal fibrosis, acquired canal atresia and inflammatory infiltration of the deep canal. AIM This study aimed to establish optimal management strategies which...