BACKGROUND It has been suggested that an adult 8.0 endotracheal tube (ETT) connected to a neonatal meconium aspirator would improve suctioning during emergent endotracheal intubation compared to the Yankauer suction instrument, the standard tool used by emergency physicians. OBJECTIVES This study was designed to compare the effectiveness of a Yankauer vs. an ETT-meconium aspirator set-up in s...

Social Comparison is important as it can be either encouraging or discouraging for the person who makes it. Although studies concerning social comparison in the classroom context abound, few deal with the relationship between the role of social comparison orientation and tendencies in academic achievement in a competition based educational context. Adopting a non- experimental ex-post facto des...

We compared classification accuracy of post-concussion test data against baseline and normative data, accounting for baseline level of performance. Athletes (N = 250) completed baseline and post-concussion ImPACT assessments, within 7 days of concussion (verified by sports medicine professionals and self-reported symptoms). Athletes were classified as "below average," "average," or "above avera...

this paper examines the accuracy of valuation models in providing reasonable estimation of the market values of listed companies in tehran stock exchange (tse). six valuation models including gordon growth model, two stage dividend discount model, adjusted present value, price to earning ratio and residual income were examined in this study. in addition, three proxies represent the market value...

OBJECTIVE We assessed the accuracy of the FreeStyle Mini (FSM) meter for use in glycemic clamp and meal protocols in comparison with the HemoCue Glucose 201 DM Analyzer (HemoCue) and the YSI 2300 STAT Glucose Oxidase Analyzer (YSI). METHODS Seven volunteers with type 2 diabetes mellitus, 35-69 years old, underwent a frequently sampled meal test and a graded hyperglycemic test, on two separate...

In order to prevent ground bounce, Automatic Test Pattern Generation (ATPG) algorithms for wire interconnects have recently been extended with the capability to restrict the maximum Hamming distance between any two consecutive test patterns to a user-defined integer, referred to as Simultaneously-Switching Outputs Limit (SSOL). The conventional approach to meet this SSOL constraint is to insert...