Decis Making and NST Expert Group

The rewards of rural training in the Scottish Highlands.

22. Gehanno JF, Bulat P, Martinez-Jarreta B, et al. Undergraduate teaching of occupational medicine in European schools of medicine. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 2013 (EPub ahead of print). doi:10.1007/ s00420-013-0878-5. 23. Rhebergen MD, Lenderink AF, van Dijk FJ, Hulshof CT. An online expert network for high quality information on occupational safety and health: cross-sectional study of use...

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Coordination Analysis Reveals Differences in Motor Strategies for the High Bar Longswing among Novice Adults

Coordination between arm-trunk and trunk-leg is important for effective longswing performance. This research describes inter-segmental coordination changes after a practice period of longswing on high bar in a novice cohort. Novices were divided by initial skill level (talent) into two groups: spontaneously-talented, (ST, n = 10, closer to expert performance) and non-spontaneously-talented (NST...

Calvary Hospital focuses on ethics. Integrating clinical and organizational ethics meets needs of a changing healthcare system.

U Wi are in the second generat ion of heal thcare :thics," said Bart Collopv, PhD, at a conference on "integrated ethics" sponsored by Calvary Hospital, Bronx, NY, April 30. The conference was part of Calvary's program to ensure ethical behavior in the organization's practices as well as in clinical decision making. Collopy explained that the first generation of ethics involved patient rights a...

Enzymatic Activity of the Intestine in Effect of Pesticides of Pyrethroid Group

The purpose of investigation was to study the effect of pesticides from group of pyrethroids (e.g. decis) on the enzymatic function in the homogenate of the mucosal membrane of the proximal and distal segments of the small intestine. Determination of the degree of the activity of hydrolytic enzymes in the homogenates of some parts of the intestine allowed to show effect of pesticide decis on th...