The serum protein pattern of Africans is usually found to differ from that of Europeans, being characterized by lower albumin levels and higher total globulin levels. There is evidence that this may be due to a number of possibly interrelated factors, viz. parasitism, malnutrition, liver disease, and, to a limited extent, genetic considerations. There is no unambiguous evidence that diet plays ...

HOURS OF WORK. It took some time before agreement was reached on this subject. Many surgeons consider sixteen hours operating, with eight hours sleep, gave the maximum output: others preferred twelve hours.work with twelve hours sleep. Finally, it was agreed that eight hours on and eight hours off, these times strictly adhered to, gave not only the maximum, but also the most efficient turnover,...

But my diagnosis says otherwise. Depression oozes under door: the destroying angel visits:until I can't get out of bed. One week later I'm waving bloody hyssop like glow sticks at a ravenudging sushi on plate convinced it might multiply as rests against hillside rice.I stare back orderlies who marinate within interminable silence eyebrows raised to square.Tally marks wall: counting how many Jes...

UNLABELLED To reduce the risk of transmission of microorganisms standard precautions are taken for all patients expected to be exposed to blood, body fluids, or have contacts with mucous membranes and non-intact skin. These preventive measures are by far the best way to protect healthcare workers from adverse infections. AIM To analyze occupational risk exposure of healthcare workers occurrin...

Introduction The Cusichaca Project is a five-year Archaeological Project, 1979 being its second year, which, under the Directorship of Dr Ann Kendall, goes out to an area in the Andean highlands in Peru 90 km north-west of Cusco, for four months every summer. The project team consists of 35 civilians, mostly archaeologists and archaeological volunteers, two thirds British and one third Peruvian...

This dissertation is a collection of three essays on hospital response to regulation and risk preferences. Chapter 1 analyzes the Medicare Flex Program which allowed rural hospitals with fewer than 25 beds to convert to "Critical Access Hospital" status and receive cost-based Medicare reimbursement. Converting hospitals decrease their inpatient capacity by 30 percent on average to satisfy the b...

A media surveillance analysis was conducted to identify COVID-19 workplace outbreaks and associated transmission risk for new emerging occupations. We identified 1,111 unique using the Factiva database. Occupations in articles were coded 2016 National Occupational Classification (V1.3) compared contrasted with same occupation Vancouver School of Economics (VSE) COVID Risk/Reward Assessment Tool...

To the Editor: After the emergence of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus, measures for its control were taken quickly (e.g., isolation of affected patients and use of gowns, gloves, and N95 respirators) when a clinical suspicion of pandemic infl uenza was established (1). One population group frequently exposed to this virus is health care staff. These circumstances prompted us to implement a screening...

BACKGROUND Over the last decades, converging forces in hospital care, including cost-containment policies, rising healthcare demands and nursing shortages, have driven the search for new operational models of nursing care delivery that maximize the use of available nursing resources while ensuring safe, high-quality care. Little is known, however, about the distinctive features of these emergen...

Lung function tests have been of increasing interest in the use for qualitative and quantitative evaluation of pulmonary function in patients with abnormalities of cardiorespiratory system (1). Petroleum refining products are constituted by cycloalkanes, straight and branched chain alkenes which are continued source of pollution in various occupational settings (2). With the increasing use of p...