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National recommendations on physical activity for health are an important element of a comprehensive strategy to promote physical activity and sport. Switzerland has developed recommendations for adults in 1999 and for young people in 2006. International experts have recommended that in view of new global and international recommendations, countries in Europe should review their national recomm...

These evidence-based guidelines have been produced after a literature review of the laboratory diagnosis and susceptibility testing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). We have considered the detection of MRSA in screening samples and the detection of reduced susceptibility to glycopeptides in S. aureus. Recommendations are given for the identification of S. aureus and for sui...

OBJECTIVE To discuss the American Academy of Neurology (AAN)'s Top Five Recommendations in the Choosing Wisely campaign promoting high-value neurologic medicine and physician-patient communication. The AAN published its Top Five Recommendations in February 2013 in collaboration with the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation and Consumer Reports. METHODS A Choosing Wisely Working Grou...

This paper summarizes some aspects of data compression and describes how it can be used to increase the throughput of a computer communications link. The popular IZW algorithm is studied in detail, and special consideration is given to the problems that arise when using LZW to compress interactive traffic. An LZ’W implementation for the KA9Q Internet package for compression of interactive data ...

Stress and burnout among gynecologic oncologists: A Society of Gynecologic Oncology Evidence-based Review and Recommendations Ilana Cass ⁎, Linda R. Duska , Stephanie V. Blank , Georgina Cheng , Nefertiti C. duPont , Peter J. Frederick , Emily K. Hill , Carolyn M. Matthews , Tarah L. Pua , Kellie S. Rath , Rachel Ruskin , Premal H. Thaker , Andrew Berchuck , Bobbie S. Gostout , David M. Kushner...

We demonstrate how we can take advantage of employee information and digital traces of interaction in order to provide personalized recommendations of content to enterprise users. In particular, we focus on the cold start problem encountered when a service lacks relevant data to base recommendations. Our recommendation service – Steer – first seeks out user preference data. In the absence of su...

INTRODUCTION Unfavorable lipid profile is associated with developed cardiovascular diseases. It is necessary to know the beneficial effects of different mode exercises to improve lipid profile. OBJECTIVE To investigate, in obese men and women, the effect on lipid profile of hypocaloric diet combined with structured exercise programs or recommendations of physical activity. METHODS Ninety si...

Recommender Systems have been traditionally utilized in online environments to personalize product and service offerings and can contribute towards the persuasion of a user to select or consume the recommended items. The present study examines the aforementioned systems in ubiquitous environments and focuses on the persuasive role of customer’s motivational conditions to consume a product as we...

Objective To provide evidence-based recommendations to practicing physicians and others regarding the efficacy of oocyte cryopreservation (OC) for donor in vitro fertilization planned OC. Methods The American Society Reproductive Medicine conducted a literature search, which included systematic reviews, meta-analyses, randomized controlled trials, prospective retrospective com...