background: lead-based radiation shields are widely used in radiology departments to protect both workers and patients from any unnecessary exposure to ionizing radiation. recently there has been a great deal of concern expressed about the toxicity of lead. human lead toxicity is well documented. in that light, production of environmentally-friendly lead-free radiation shields with less weight ...

introduction: screening of patients with anterior abdominal penetrating trauma in need for laparotomy is an important issue in management of these cases. this study aimed to compare the accuracy of abdominal wall ultrasonography (awu) and local wound exploration (lwe) in this regard. methods: this diagnostic accuracy study was conducted on ≥ 18 year-old patients presenting to emergency departme...

introduction: external root resorption (err) is associated with physiological and pathological dissolution of mineralized tissues by clastic cells and radiography is one of the most important methods in its diagnosis. the aim of this experimental study was to evaluate the accuracy of conventional intraoral radiography (cr) in comparison with digital radiographic techniques, i.e. charge-coupled ...

introduction : the aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between the dimensions of perfectionism and abnormal personality dimensions introduced in the fifth edition of diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, and to address this issue that to what extent each personality dimension can predict the dimensions of to perfectionism. method: the present study is descripti...

PURPOSE Cognitive psychology research supports the notion that experts use mental frameworks or "schemes", both to organize knowledge in memory and to solve clinical problems. The central purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between problem-solving strategies and the likelihood of diagnostic success. METHODS Think-aloud protocols were collected to determine the diagnostic r...