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..This renders audit and quality improvement of the medical responses difficult. Quality tools and use of such tools for improvement is necessary to ensure that the design of medical systems facilitates the best possible response to MCI...

..In order to monitor trends in illicit drug use among youth, surveillance of drug use behaviours among a variety of populations in different settings is required. We monitored drug use among music festival attendees...

..Transmission to 8% of their unvaccinated household contacts occurred within the first few weeks, but no late transmission took place. Public health interventions are needed to protect household contacts...

..To describe the development of the public health surveillance system for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games; document its major findings; and discuss the implications for public health surveillance for future events...

..In this study, GIS technology was used to help county departments of Public Health to implement environmental health surveillance for the Athens 2004 Olympic and Para Olympic Games...

..No generally accepted procedure exists for detecting outbreaks in syndromic time series used in the surveillance of natural epidemics or biologic attacks...

..Public health agencies should take the lead in organizing and implementing a system for preventing and managing public health issues at future large-scale public events such as the Olympics...

..The Olympic Games are a difficult assignment that demands extensive planning, appropriate resources, and timely reporting and coordination among the various public health agencies...

..Twenty-four patients (0.5/10,000) were transferred to off-site hospitals. CONCLUSIONS: This report on the EMS response, outcomes, and role of the physicians at a large single-day mass gathering may assist EMS planners at future events...

..In the second part of the paper, I discuss how the editorial process has changed and the many people who participate in the review process and help to publish the journal. RQES has continued to produce high-quality research for 75 years...

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..A look at the past, present and possible future of these important programs begins on Page 6...

..During the 2004 festival, for the first time, a medical care system that coordinated a medical team, an emergency medical service, related agencies, and local hospitals was constructed...

..As AVA/Lifeline is poised to launch a campaign for an endowment fund, we hope this report will let the members of the SVS know what has been accomplished, what we plan to do, and, most importantly, what we need to do in the future...

..Medical City, Dallas, celebrated its 30th anniversary with a special edition of its internal publication. Called "The City That Doctors Built," the substantial book honors the physicians that people this unique specialty hospital...

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..11 terrorist attacks.And its been one year since two hurricanes ripped through the Gulf Coast. How can you remember the heroes who gave so much of themselves during those tragic events? By being one. Every day...

..This article describes the pathophysiology of heat-related illnesses and their recognition and treatment at mass gatherings and special events. Interventions to prevent heat-related illnesses at these events are discussed...

..This surveillance, structured around routine and ad-hoc systems, allowed the establishment of the foundations of a network to be used in case of outbreak or environmental pollution...

..The potential for permanent implementation of the program was examined...

..For the future, however, questions remain as to whether the current arrangements of separate but supposedly equal festivals assist the continuing development of the Paralympics or perpetuate difference...

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..The level of services available to both athletes and spectators was more than adequate for the injuries and illnesses encountered...

..Nevertheless, we recommend full on-site physician and nurse staffing with advanced trauma and cardiac life support available during similar events...

..What began as a 10-page, industry-sponsored bulletin has evolved into a major anesthesiology and pain journal. This history article chronicles the journal's growth and development over 3 decades...

..In addition, about 1,000 IHC employees applied to be general volunteers during the games...

..Many of the variables that affect the level and types of medical needs, have not been fully researched. This review examines these variables...

..The project arose from a need to more accurately predict the workload for first-aid providers at mass gathering events. A formal analysis of workload patterns and the determinants of workload had not been performed...

..Echoes of the historical forces shaping group practice remain; modern pressures continue to influence it. Medical group practice has proven a necessary, responsive and adaptable segment of the health care delivery system...

..As one of the most important developments in mass gathering medicine, this article highlights and discusses key areas of the document...

..In this study, the level and quality of medical care were evaluated at a mass gathering of approximately 100,000 children. The event was a television-sponsored fun fair...

..A new element, the latent potential for injury and illness, is introduced as a mechanism for describing a biomedical precursor state important in assessing health risk during mass gatherings...

..To analyze the availability and level of medical services for fans at Professional Golfer Association (PGA) Tour events...

..Understanding this broad context provides a solid basis for analysing the specific proposals for occupational support during the Olympic Park construction...

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..Nevertheless, negative effects are also evidenced in the greater imbalance between rural and urban sports development, and the high fees for using the new water sports facilities...

..In particular, it is estimated that 89-97% of annual counts of the highly allergenous Olea originates from extra-regional sources in southern Iberia and northern Africa...

..The aim of this research was to assess the appropriateness and effectiveness of the intervention plan implemented from 1992 to 2001 to abate industrial air pollution...

..Adherence to protease inhibitor-containing antiretroviral therapy is crucial, but difficult to measure...

..The objective was to establish how an underlaid fascia graft can form the middle layer of a reconstructed tympanic membrane...

..To explore the nature of corporate gifts directed at PharmD programs and pharmacy student activities and the perceptions of administrators about the potential influences of such gifts...

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..We were mainly interested in getting information about incidence, reason and clinical course of peritonitis. The results should give more information about diagnostic and therapy of sepsis in the surgical intensive care...

..The purpose of the current research was to examine the impact of both maternal and paternal alcoholism on the relationship functioning of husbands and wives over the early years of marriage...

..In the paper are described Turkish military and Turkish civil hospital established in June 1866 and in October 1866...

..Bicycles may be useful in the delivery of out-of-hospital emergency medical services. The use of bicycles in providing emergency medical services was investigated by surveying currently existing bicycle-medic systems...

..Since founding and until 1902, Prof Peter Salcher held important positions in the Club; he founded the Röntgen Committee and the Photography Section; he himself gave 31 lectures and was editor of the German part of the Bulletin...

..Implications with respect to marriage and the drinking partnership are discussed...

..Although rural medicine interest groups (RMIGs) are prevalent in Canadian medical schools, there is little research on their contribution to rural education, training and careers...

..In 2006 and 2007, we celebrate the 100th anniversaries of the publication of the exciting discovery of the AV and sinus nodes, truly landmarks in our understanding of cardiac structure and physiology...

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..With an estimated budget of 3.1 million dollars, the first year of the campaign focuses on breast and cervical cancer screening and early detection...

..When comparing the results after merging with the basic watershed segmentation, we obtain 1.5% better coverage (increase in F-measure) and up to 27% better precision in correct cell segmentation...

..This study describes social activities of survivors and evaluates the psychometric properties of the Social Activity Log (SAL) in a cohort of long-term survivors of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) for cancer...

..On the other hand, 'unwillingness of family members' and 'poor adherence' were the main factors precluding introduction of this therapy for those aged over 6 years...

..This work examined how one spouse's alcohol involvement and alcohol-related problems affect his/her spouse's depressive symptomatology over time...

..Finding maternal factors and hospital characteristics responsible for postpartum length of stay in hospital, as well as assessment of impact of the factors...

..After considering the impact of time and individual risk factors, a spouse's use of marijuana prior to marriage was a strong predictor of increased risk for marijuana use during the first four years of marriage...

..In addition, the quality of the marriage was longitudinally protective from the experience of alcohol problems for both men and women, although it was not related to changes in heavy drinking...

..Our aim is to assess, using the EMECAM methodology, the acute impact of SO2 and particle air pollution on the daily death rate of the city of Cartagena in the 1992-1996 period...

..To encourage nurses to retain ALS skills and knowledge, regular practices are recommended as an alternative to assessments. However, further research is required to support this notion...

..Nevertheless, they are not frequently used in clinical routine. Because of its simplicity and easy handling the ASA classification has worldwide popularity and recent studies demonstrated at least equal prognostic performance...

..Finally in 1959 the new dental departments moved to a once residential building at Mikszáth Kálmán Square converted into dental clinics. This site had been in operation until the opening of the New Dental Education Center in 2007...

..The dynamic effects of special events, such as room defrosting or changes in chamber relative humidity, were well described by the model, especially in terms of kinetics (mass loss rates)...

..The outstanding challenge for the Museum, as a not-for-profit institution, is to meet the increasing demands of the annual operating budget and to establish an Endowment Fund to assure long-term financial stability of the Museum...

..The Paediatric Cardiology a paper entitled collaborated in these festivities with Service of Santa Marta Hospital Paediatric Cardiology, 25 years. Hospital de Santa Marta-Lisbon-Past, Present, Future. This paper is now published...

..These anniversaries allow us to appreciate the milestones achieved thus far and those yet to be achieved. Only a collaborative global effort will stop the epidemic from overwhelming efforts to contain it...

..To study the metabolic difference of body influenced by active stress and passive stress under special events...

..On June 29, 2004, professor Schreiber himself, still full of vigour celebrated his 80th birthday. That day, too, is a significant anniversary in the history of Czech endocrinology...

..They lived long enough to see their ideas take hold, but not long enough to see the emerging revolution currently under way in toxicity testing, toward the use of non-animal methods...

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..This study explores the significance of these acts for bereaved parents...

..The final talk explored the application of phylogenetic analysis to non-biological systems...

..The changing structure of general practice in Australia lends itself well to the requirements for early detection of CKD...

..The aim of this study is to examine the care requirements for children at a large, outdoor music festival in the United Kingdom...

..Such a process was targeted to help integrate the life experience of an aged woman in a military housing community and confirm the meaning, value, and contribution of her own life...

..To describe obesity prevention practices and environments in Head Start, the largest federally funded early childhood education program in the United States...

..A simple test is recommended to check whether the weighting coefficients are suitable. However, uncertainties in the data divert PMF solutions even when the optimal weighting coefficients and number of factors are in place...

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..The team brings expertise in PA program design, PA and fitness assessment, formative assessment, behavior theory and curriculum development, intervention delivery, process evaluation, and data management. ..

..Marijuana use disorders have increased and continue to affect a significant portion of the population, thus necessitating continuing efforts to develop more efficacious behavioral interventions. ..

..Marijuana use disorders have increased and continue to affect a significant portion of the population, thus necessitating continuing efforts to develop more efficacious behavioral interventions. ..

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..The conference proceedings will be distributed to attendees in printed form and as a CD-ROM. ..

..This meeting also provides educational and career support to younger investigators who are interested in joining the field of experimental pathology. ..

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..This research has the potential to establish a new prevention paradigm for problem drinking among college students. ..

..The results will provide important insights with respect to the role of women's drinking, alone and in combination with men's drinking, on the occurrence of IPV. ..

..In the next award period, we will be able to examine these issues longitudinally and integrate information concerning coworker drinking into models of family/work conflict and drinking. ..

..The results will provide important insights with respect to the role of women's drinking, alone and in combination with men's drinking, on the occurrence of IPV. ..

..The results will provide important insights with respect to the role of women's drinking, alone and in combination with men's drinking, on the occurrence of IPV. ..

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..The mentorship program proposed in this grant is critical to this long-term goal. ..

..Campus awareness will increase and campus culture will be changed. Evaluation/analysis plan is included. ..