In Burkina Faso, women make up nearly 52% of the population, but they account for less than 20% business start-ups. This paper seeks to identify factors that explain entrepreneurial intent Burkinabe women. It is based on socio-cognitive career theory and a quantitative approach involving sample 935 The results multinomial logistic regression show five variables (perception skills, fear failure,...

Introduction: Patient satisfaction is often used as an imperative source of information to evaluate and develop a plan improve health services quality1. Satisfaction can be defined fulfillment or meeting expectation person from service. The World Health Organization established the ultimate goal preserving best possible level for all people providing high-quality care. This eventually could hel...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the association of ward-level differences in the odds of hospital-acquired pressure ulcers (HAPUs) with selected ward organisational variables and patient risk factors. DESIGN Multilevel approach to data from 2 cross-sectional studies. SETTINGS 4 hospitals in Norway were studied. PARTICIPANTS 1056 patients at 84 somatic wards. PRIMARY OUTCOME MEASURE HAPU. RE...

BACKGROUND Delirium is a common complication in patients with hip fractures and is associated with an increased risk of subsequent dementia. The aim of this trial was to evaluate the effect of a pre- and postoperative orthogeriatric service on the prevention of delirium and longer-term cognitive decline. METHODS This was a single-center, prospective, randomized controlled trial in which patie...

BACKGROUND Surgery induces insulin resistance that might be alleviated by a nutritional drink given preoperatively. The authors hypothesized that some of the beneficial effects of the drink could be attributed to the volume component (approximately 1 L) rather than to the nutrients. METHODS Sixty patients scheduled for elective total hip replacement under spinal anesthesia were recruited to a...

Background: Sleep patterns of patients who admitted the intensive care unit (ICU) after surgery have shown fragment and disturbed sleep during early postoperative days. However, there is less information about sleep status in patients after transferred to a surgical ward from the ICU. The aim of this study was to evaluate the sleep patterns in elderly patients after cardiac surgery including st...

Andrea Mazzolini, Marco Gherardi, 3 Michele Caselle, Marco Cosentino Lagomarsino, 3, 4 and Matteo Osella∗1 Physics Department and INFN, University of Turin, via P. Giuria 1, 10125 Turin, Italy Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR 7238, Computational and Quantitative Biology, 15 rue de l’École de Médecine Paris, France CNRS, UMR 7238, Paris, France FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology (...

THE Respiratory Intensive Care Unit (R.I.C.U.) admits post operative patients from neuro-surgery and thoracic surgery. It also admits severely traumatised patients, and those suffering from fat emtbolism or tetanus who require assisted respiration in the form of increased oxygen tension or ventilation. The Unit consists of seven cubicles and seven beds in an open ward. Each cubicle has a sink a...

1Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada S7N 5B4 2Center for Reproductive Medicine and Andrology, University of Münster, Domagkstraße 11, 48149 Münster, Germany 3Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, Magee-Womens Research Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA 4Department of...