HUMAN MATERNAL BEHAVIOR AT THE FIRST CONTACT WITH HER YOUNG
To explore and eamine maternal behavior in human mothers at the first postnatal contact with their young, we quantitatively analyzed photographs taken every second during the fi...
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Nosocomial infections among patients with COVID-19, SARS and MERS: a rapid review and meta-analysis
The proportion of nosocomial infection in patients with COVID-19 was 44% in the early outbreak. Patients attending hospitals should take personal protection. Medical staff shoul...
States of excellence.
Research from the individual-differences tradition pertinent to the optimal development of exceptional talent is reviewed, using the theory of work adjustment (TWA) to organize ...
Assessment of radiologic tests: control of bias and other design considerations.
The assessment of new radiologic tests can be seriously hampered by the presence of systematic bias. Biases can arise from incomplete verification of the sample population; omis...
Corticosteroids as Adjunctive Therapy in the Treatment of Influenza: An Updated Cochrane Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Objectives: Corticosteroids may be beneficial in sepsis, but uncertainty remains over their effects in severe influenza. This systematic review updates the current evidence rega...
Global Unmet Needs in Cardiac Surgery
More than 6 billion people live outside industrialized countries and have insufficient access to cardiac surgery. Given the recently confirmed high prevailing mortality for rheu...
An empirical study of contemporary beliefs about work in American society.
The underlying concepts or beliefs people hold about work were studied by first developing a conceptual framework consisting of five different belief systems. The framework was ...
On Operationalizing the Concept of Commitment
In this study of 318 school teachers and 395 hospital employed nurses, commitment to profession or organization is operationalized as the willingness to leave each system when o...
Impaired Glucose Tolerance in the U. S. Population
Impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) constitutes two-thirds of all glucose intolerance in the United States and is a major risk factor for diabetes. Despite these findings, the clin...
Comparative effects of personal and situational influences on job outcomes of new professionals.
We investigated the relative and combined effects of personal and situational variables on job outcomes of new professionals. The personal variables were cognitive ability, soci...
Scope, quality, and inclusivity of clinical guidelines produced early in the covid-19 pandemic: rapid review
Abstract Objective To appraise the availability, quality, and inclusivity of clinical guidelines produced in the early stage of the coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19) pandemic....
SARS in Hospital Emergency Room
Thirty-one cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) occurred after exposure in the emergency room at the National Taiwan University Hospital. The index patient was link...