The nationwide breast cancer screening programme using mammography has been in full operation in The Netherlands since 1997. There is concern that the mean glandular doses due to mammography might be differing between different regions of the country due to differences in glandularity and compressed breast thickness. To investigate regional differences, glandularity, compressed breast thickness...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of hearing loss and to analyze the results of newborn hearing screening and audiological diagnosis in private health care systems. METHODS Cross-sectional and retrospective study in a database of newborn hearing screening performed by a private clinic in neonates born in private hospitals of Porto Velho, Rondônia, Northern Brazil. The screening results, the...

BACKGROUND Control of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is difficult in select populations. We used molecular typing to study the effect of universal surveillance and decolonization of carriers, without isolation, on MRSA transmission in a specialized unit. METHODS Patients admitted to the unit were screened for nasal MRSA at admission and discharge. Those who acquired MRSA d...

Introduction: According to World Health Organization (WHO) 2001 statistics, hearing disorders are the most common congenital disease, and the incidence rate among high-risk newborns is as much as ten times as high as that in healthy neonates. However, 78% of screening test failures are well-baby nursery babies. The Joint Committee on Infants’ Hearing (JCIH) has emphasized the importance of earl...

OBJECTIVE A national survey of early hearing detection services was undertaken to describe the demographics, protocols and performance of early hearing detection, referral, follow-up and data management practices in the private health care sector of South Africa. METHODS All private hospitals with obstetric units (n=166) in South Africa were surveyed telephonically. This data was incorporated...

We re-examine the electronic response of the Chevrel phase Mo6S8 upon Mg intercalation. The ground state Mo6S8 is metallic and exhibits strongly localized electronic screening of Mg(2+) ions. This localized screening cloud effectively shields the 2+ charge carried by Mg ions on the length scale of one unit cell and facilitates Mg ion diffusion.

OBJECTIVE To determine changes in the cervical screening service since the introduction of the new general practitioner contract on 1 April 1990. DESIGN Analysis of computerised records of cervical screening both before and after introduction of the new contract. SETTING General practices in Perth and Kinross Unit, Tayside. PATIENTS A total of 30,071 women aged 21-60 on 26 general practit...

Yager introduced a fuzzy screening procedure to select, from a large class of alternatives, a small subset to be further investigated. In his methodology the Kleene-Dienes implication operator was employed to find the unit score of each alternative by each expert. Generalizing Yager’s principle we suggest the use of Sand R-implication operators to find the unit score.

OBJECTIVES This study aimed to evaluate the usefulness of a comprehensive drug screening method as a first line diagnostic tool on clinical decision making in patients attending an emergency department for suspected drug overdose in terms of agreement between physicians on patients' disposal. METHODS Five emergency physicians retrospectively evaluated the records of 142 adult patients, admitt...