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Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractHospital-Based Antibiotic Therapy in Benin: A Point Prevalence Survey at the Departmental and Teaching Hospital of Borgou-Alibori in 2022Cossi Angelo Attinsounon, Aldin Gnaha, Carine Laurence Yehouenou et al.Antimicrobial resistance is a public health problem. The main factor favoring the development of antibiotic resistance is the abusive or inappropriate use of antibiotics. This study is the first to take all services into account and aims to describe antibiotic therapy practices in the Departmental and Teaching Hospital of Borgou-Alibori (DTH-BA). Patients and methods: This was a cross-sectional, descriptive survey … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 19, Issue 4 · 10 Feb 2024 · 6,095 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractCharacteristics and Incidence of Candidemia in Hospitalized Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) PatientsNaana A Boachie, Jackie P. Johnston, Simi A. Philip et al.Management of Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) with high-dose corticosteroids and interleukin-2 inhibitors has potential benefits, but is associated with immunosuppression and risk of secondary infections. This single-center, retrospective, cohort study evaluated the incidence of candidemia and associated risk factors in hospitalized COVID-19 patients. Twenty-three patients developed candidemia and were matched to 77 non-candidemic COVID-19 controls. The primary outcome was incidence of … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 18, Issue 1 · 18 Jan 2022 · 7,598 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractPrevalence and Clinical Correlates of COVID-19 Outbreak Among Health Care Workers in a Tertiary Level Hospital in DelhiAnkit Khurana, GP Kaushal, Rishi Gupta et al.COVID-19 has been shown to spread rapidly among Healthcare Workers (HCWs) and there is an urgent need to find and implement various mitigation strategies for these individuals. In this study, we summarize the epidemiological characteristics of the COVID-19 outbreak among HCWs in a tertiary care hospital and compare various parameters and preventive measures taken by infected and uninfected subjects. A … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 17, Issue 3 · 7 Jun 2021 · 7,879 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractInvestigate the Extrinsic and Intrinsic Motivational Factors of Knowledge Transfer in the HospitalsAhmad Aabed Al-Hayy Al-Dalaien, Sulfeeza Mohd Drus, Hairoladenan Kasim, Ali Taha Al-OqailyThe value of services in knowledge-intensive organizations like the hospitals is created by the tacit knowledge of the health staff. The weak knowledge transfer activities among the health staff effects on the performance level of the health care services. Hospitals are dependent on continuously learning from mistakes and to make improvements and then to transfer this newly acquired knowledge between … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 16, Issue 1 · 21 Jan 2020 · 7,728 accessesView PDF Cite

Review ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractImmunology of Septic Shock and Traumatic Injury: A ReviewWilliam Heuser, Marianne Frieri, Krishan Kumar, Anthony BoutinSepsis remains a major worldwide cause of morbidity and mortality and remains amongst the leading causes of death in medical Intensive Care Units (ICUs). Increasing injury severity associated with trauma is a significant independent risk factor for sepsis and many of these patients require intensive care unit resource utilization with increased rates of mortality. There are many postulated theories regarding … …American Journal of Immunology, Vol. 11, Issue 4 · 31 Dec 2015 · 7,003 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractGene Expression of FADS2 mRNA Linked to Intelligence in Exclusively Breast Milk Fed PretermsNaglaa F. Alhusseini, Amal Idris Ali, Azza M.A. Abul-Fadl et al.Breastfeeding is important for brain development and was shown by many studies to result in higher scores Intelligent Quotient (IQ). However, the exact mechanism whereby Breastfeeding influences cognitive development remains unclear. This study aimed to study the expression of genetic code FADS2 linked to the cognitive function in relation to the mode of feeding. The study comprised 30 preterm infants … …American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Vol. 10, Issue 4 · 25 Nov 2014 · 6,857 accessesView PDF Cite

EditorialOpen accessIn the abstractTREATMENT FOR ANOREXIA NERVOSA: ARE WE MISSING THE MARK?Peta Stapleton, Amy BannatyneAPA, 2013. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edn., Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Publishing. APA, 2014. Anorexia nervosa. www.psychologicaltreatments.org Ben-Tovim, D., K. Walker, P. Gilchrist, R. Freeman and R. Kalucy et al., 2001. Outcome in patients with eating disorders: A 5-year study. Lancet, 357: 1254-1257. DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)04406-8 Beumont, P.J.V. and S. Touyz, 2003. What kind of illness is … …Current Research in Psychology, Vol. 5, Issue 2 · 20 Sep 2014 · 9,541 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA LIGHT-WEIGHT CRYPTOGRAPHY ANALYSIS FOR WIRELESS BASED HEALTHCARE APPLICATIONSS. Sangari, Martin Leo ManickamPatient health monitoring devices are flexible. Powerful ECG acquisition system is used at anytime and anywhere in the patient monitoring system. The increasing feasibility and convenience of mobile healthcare has already introduced several significant challenges in hospitals, healthcare providers, policy makers and patients. This study provides adaptive humming bird algorithm of light weight cryptography. This method has higher level of … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 10, Issue 10 · 28 Jun 2014 · 6,893 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractUTILITY OF A COMBINATION ANTIBIOGRAM FOR TREATING PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSALindsay Thurman, Nathan Fewel, Michael Rose, Eileen StockEmpiric combination antibiotic therapy is often used to treat severe P. aeruginosa infections. Combination antibiograms have been employed to assist clinicians in selecting the most effective two-drug antibiotic regimens. The objectives of this study were to develop a combination antibiogram in order to compare beta-lactam monotherapy versus dual-therapy with a fluoroquinolone or aminoglycoside, identify optimal combination regimens, describe the differences … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 10, Issue 2 · 16 Jun 2014 · 8,970 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractMODELING AND SIMULATION OF FUZZY BASED AUTOMATIC INSULIN DELIVERY SYSTEMSunithaKarnam Anantha, Senthil Kumar Natarajan, Subransu Sekar DashThe aim is to design a complete online, automatic, intelligent and independent insulin delivery system. The proposed system calculates the amount of insulin by formulation based upon two linguistic factors i.e. weight and blood glucose levels. These factors have been used to develop a rule based fuzzy system in LabVIEW. The fuzziness brings a better regulation into the regime than … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 9, Issue 9 · 6 Aug 2013 · 6,623 accessesView PDF Cite