In this issue Health by Numbers explores asthma hospitalizations and emergency department (ED) visit rates in relation to Healthy People 2010 (HP2010) goals. Two HP2010 objectives for asthma are specific to hospitalizations and ED visits. Objective 24-2 sets the following targets for asthma hospitalizations by age group: (1) an age-specific rate of 25 per 10,000 children under age 5 years, (2) ...

to National and International Conference 1. Bagalà F, Klenk J, Chiari L, Cappello A (2011) Accelerometer-based algorithms on real falls database, Proceedings of SIAMOC 2011, September 28 October 1, Bosisio Parini, Italy, Gait & Posture (in press). 2. Bagalà F, Cedraro A, Chiari L, Cappello A (2010) Non-linear re-calibration of force platforms, Proceedings of GNB 2010, July 8-10, Torino BOLOGNA,...

in this paper, we study the existence of generalized solutions for the infinite dimensional nonlinear stochastic differential inclusions $dx(t) in f(t,x(t))dt +g(t,x(t))dw_t$ in which the multifunction $f$ is semimonotone and hemicontinuous and the operator-valued multifunction $g$ satisfies a lipschitz condition. we define the it^{o} stochastic integral of operator set-valued stochastic pr...

The liver fluke, Fasciola hepatica, is considered as the most common cause of fasciolosis in both domestic livestock and human. This study was carried out to detect the prevalence of the larval stages of F. hepatica in the snails Galba truncatula and Lymnaea stagnalis in West Azarbaijan, Iran. Snail collection was performed through searching 28 freshwater habitats from May to December 2010. Fol...

The likelihood of a crash or crash potential is significantly affected by short-term turbulence of traffic flow. For this reason, crash potential must be estimated on a real-time basis by monitoring the current traffic condition. In this regard, a probabilistic real-time crash prediction model relating crash potential to various traffic flow characteristics which lead to crash occurrence, or “c...

We study consequences of regulatory interventions in limit order markets that aim at stabilizing the market after an occurrence of a "flash crash". We use a simulation platform that creates random arrivals of trade orders, that allows us to analyze subtle features of liquidity and price variability under various market structures. The simulations are performed under continuous double-auction mi...

The rare species Lymnastis novikovi Michailov, 1998, described from the single female specimen collected in Ukraine, is redescribed on the basis of new material. We provide the illustrations of the general habitus, the median lobe and its internal sac and describe the habitat of L. novikovi, to increase information about this species. A key to European Lyinastis species is given. The current di...