Wenju Cai, Lixin Wu, Matthieu Lengaigne, Tim Li et al.
The El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), which originates in the Pacific, is the strongest and most well-known mode of tropical climate variability. Its reach is global, and it can force climate variations of the tropical Atlantic and Indian Oceans by perturbing the global atmospheric circulation. L...
Robin Boadway, Michael Keen
John Muscedere, Tasnim Sinuff, Daren K. Heyland, Peter Dodek et al.
Background Ventilator-associated conditions (VACs) and infection-related ventilator-associated complications (iVACs) are the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's new surveillance paradigms for patients who are mechanically ventilated. Little is known regarding the clinical impact and prevent...
Andrea Gramegna, C. Addy, Lorna Allen, Egil Bakkeheim et al.
This is the final of four papers updating standards for the care of people with CF. That this paper "Planning a longer life" was considered necessary, highlights how much CF care has progressed over the past decade. Several factors underpin this progress, notably increased numbers of people with CF ...
Elizabeth Hazel, Daniel J. Erchick, Joanne Katz, Anne CC Lee et al.
OBJECTIVE: We aimed to understand the mortality risks of vulnerable newborns (defined as preterm and/or born weighing smaller or larger compared to a standard population), in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). DESIGN: Descriptive multi-country, secondary analysis of individual-level study dat...
Madanmohan Rao, Lunita Mendoza
PART ONE: OVERALL THEMES The Wireless Tsunami - Madanmohan Rao An Asia-Pacific Panorama Mobilising the Internet - Lara Srivastava Asian-style Location-Based Services - Chas Sweeting The Killer App of the Mobile World? Wi-Fi - Subha Rama Will the Asian Tiger Roar? Wireless in the Local Loop - Ashok J...
Elizabeth Hazel, Daniel J. Erchick, Joanne Katz, Anne CC Lee et al.
Abstract Objective To describe the mortality risks by fine strata of gestational age and birthweight among 230 679 live births in nine low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs) from 2000 to 2017. Design Descriptive multi‐country secondary data analysis. Setting Nine LMICs in sub‐Saharan Africa, South...
Nichola Booth, Michael Keenan
Discrete trial teaching, as a teaching method, has been used to teach a variety of skills in many early intervention programmes for children with a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder. Often, parents use these programmes in the absence of supervision by a behaviour analyst. This can cause problems...
Michael Keenan, Janna L. Moore, Karola Dillenburger
Abstract The aim of this study was to reduce disruptive behaviour among a group of boys with 'behaviour problems' using the 'Good Behaviour Game'. The procedure involved dividing the class into two teams, setting a 'winning' criteria for a decrease in the rate of disruptive behaviour and providing c...
Shahriar Mannan, Abdullah Al Momen Sabuj, Modhan Ray, Farzana Rabbi et al.
Sorbitol non-fermenting Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli (SNF-STEC) is considered as a significant emerging pathogen. Though, cattle and buffaloes are the chief reservoir, species like goat, sheep, deer and other ruminants can also harbor this pathogen. Therefore, this pathogen can easily be t...
Karen Bill, Martin Gallagher, Martina Dempsey, I. Pratt et al.
Samuel Brazys, Arusha Cooray, Åshild Kolås, Krishna Chaitanya Vadlamannati
We were honoured to be selected as the new editorial team for the Journal of International Development (JID) and look forward to maintaining the journal's strong tradition as a leading outlet for multi-methodological and transdisciplinary development scholarship. We hope to receive submissions from ...
Pilachowski, Caty, Carles Badenes, S. Bailey, Aaron J. Barth et al.
This document summarizes the results of a community-based discussion of the potential science impact of the Mayall+BigBOSS highly multiplexed multi-object spectroscopic capability. The KPNO Mayall 4m telescope equipped with the DOE- and internationally-funded BigBOSS spectrograph offers one of the m...
Catherine H. Horner, E. R. Arbuthnott, D. Rice, Mark Elliott et al.
David Ngong, Victoria Turner, Jione Havea, Mark D. Chapman et al.