BACKGROUND Ice pack therapy has been widely used in treatment for soft tissue injuries. However, no studies have yet explored the most appropriate and effective duration for ice therapy with ice packs. PURPOSE This study explored the antiswelling and analgesic effects of different ice pack therapy durations on soft tissue injuries as well as patient discomfort. METHODS An experimental desig...

Two graphs G1 and G2 of order n pack if there exist injective mappings of their vertex sets into [n], such that the images of the edge sets are disjoint. In 1978, Bollobás and Eldridge, and independently Catlin, conjectured that if (∆(G1)+1)(∆(G2)+1)≤ n+1, then G1 and G2 pack. Towards this conjecture, we show that for ∆(G1),∆(G2)≥ 300, if (∆(G1)+1)(∆(G2)+1)≤0.6n+1, then G1 and G2 pack. This is ...

The e-Bug Project provides useful educational tools that can be implemented in primary and secondary schools, and plays important role in reducing the burden of community-acquired infections. Consideration of the Polish education system and educational programmes in schools facilitated the selection of the best age groups for the implementation of e-Bug materials in Poland. The Polish version o...