BACKGROUND Carriage and subsequent infection with methicillin resistant S. aureus (MRSA) and its transmission between hospital and community settings have not been studied in dialysis patients and their contacts. METHODS Surveillance for nasal MRSA carriage and infection among dialysis patients, healthcare workers (HCWs) and their family members in a dialysis centre was prospectively undertak...

RESUME The paper presents the results of land cover and crops identification achieved on the basis of the time series of 27 ENVISAT -1/ ASAR images acquired in Image Mode and Alternating Polarization Mode during the 2003 observing campaign for Malbork test site in northern Poland. The results are compared with those obtained from SPOT -4 multitemporal data. High degree of their similarity has b...

The effects of Burnout in healthcare workers (HCW) are experienced by the worker, other staff, the institution and patients under their care on a daily basis. Workplace violence (WPV) has a spectrum of forms. In more extreme forms it generally is low frequency but has high impact when it occurs. Healthcare systems’ efforts to reduce Burnout are more likely to remain sustained since the impact i...

BACKGROUND Work-related injuries resulting in long-term sickness certification can have serious consequences for injured workers, their families, society, compensation schemes, employers and healthcare service providers. The aim of this study was to establish what factors potentially are associated with the type of sickness certification that General Practitioners (GPs) provide to injured worke...

BACKGROUND In Bihar, India, coverage of essential health and nutrition interventions is low. These interventions are provided by 2 national programs--the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) and Health/National Rural Health Mission (NRHM)--through Anganwadi workers (AWWs) and Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs), respectively. Little is known, however, about factors that predict e...

Abiotically stressful environment in changing climate is predicted to impact negatively the diversity and abundance of insect-pests; and ultimately the extent of damage caused in economically important agricultural crops. This may affect perilously the agricultural production and the livelihood of farmers especially in tropical and subtropical countries where larger proportion of work force is ...

BACKGROUND No national study has investigated whether immigrant workers are less likely than U.S.-workers to seek medical treatment after occupational injuries and whether the payment source differs between two groups. METHODS Using the 2004-2009 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) data, we estimated the annual incidence rate of nonfatal occupational injuries per 100 workers. Logistic reg...

The present study was designed to investigate the effect of industrial pollution on the physical and mental health of the tannery workers as well as the related residential area’s people of Hagaribag in Dhaka city. One hundred and sixty (80 tannery workers and 80 residential area’s people) respondents were selected by purposive sampling method as samples for the present study. Three hypotheses ...

18 Inclusive-fitness theory highlights monogamy as a key driver of altruistic sib-rearing. Accordingly, 19 monogamy should promote the evolution of worker sterility in social insects when sterile workers 20 make for better helpers. However, a recent population-genetics analysis (Olejarz et al. 2015) found 21 no clear effect of monogamy on worker sterility. Here, we revisit this analysis. First,...

Host-plant resistance is an efficient, economical and environmentally benign approach used to manage many pests and diseases of agricultural crops. After nearly a century of research, the resources and tools have become more refined, but the basic tasks in breeding for resistance have not changed. Resistance must be identified, incorporated into elite germplasm, and deployed in a form useful to...