The objective was to examine fiber capillarization in relation to fiber mitochondrial volume in the highly aerobic diaphragm of the shrew, the smallest mammal. The diaphragms of four common shrews [Sorex araneus; body mass, 8.2 +/- 1.3 (SE) g] and four lesser shrews (Sorex minutus, 2.6 +/- 0.1 g) were perfusion fixed in situ, processed for electron microscopy, and analyzed by morphometry. Capil...

Young has proposed a schema mode model of borderline personality disorder (BPD), hypothesizing that BPD patients tend to flip from 1 of 4 maladaptive schema modes to another. The present study is the first empirical test of this model, investigating whether these 4 modes are specific for BPD patients and whether BPD-relevant stress specifically increases one of the modes, the detached protector...

OBJECTIVES To assess the cost-efficacy of an intervention program aimed at reducing hip fractures. DESIGN Economic evaluation within an 18-month cluster randomized trial. SETTING Forty-nine nursing homes in Hamburg, Germany. PARTICIPANTS Residents with a high risk of falling (intervention group (IG), n=459; control group (CG), n=483). INTERVENTION Education session for nurses, who subse...

OBJECTIVE To determine if a high compliance rate for wearing external hip protectors could be achieved and sustained in a long-term care population. STUDY DESIGN A 13-month prospective study of daytime use of external hip protectors in an at-risk long-term care population. SETTING One hundred-bed not-for-profit long-term care facility. PARTICIPANTS Thirty-eight ambulatory residents having...

With the increase popularity of individual fit testing and miniaturization of electronic components, the Field-Microphone-In-Real-Ear approach (F-MIRE) is becoming more appealing and well suited for estimating hearing protection devices (HPD) attenuation both in laboratory and in "real world" occupational conditions. The approach utilizes two miniature microphones to simultaneously measure the ...

INTRODUCTION Fixed orthodontic appliances have been regarded as a common causative factor of oral lesions. To manage soft tissue discomfort, most orthodontists recommend using a small amount of utility wax over the brackets in order to alleviate trauma. This in vitro study aimed at evaluating friction generated by two types of bracket protectors (customized acetate protector [CAP] and temporary...

Access Protector is a class behavioral design pattern which distributes the routines of the original class hierarchy to given access-protection layers. The distribution utilizes dynamic binding and automatic upcasting to guarantee that the indended object access policies are transitive while the original runtime behavior between the objects does not change. In more detail, the pattern states ex...

Mixed-function oxidation systems comprised of Fe3+, O2, and electron donors such as thiol compounds, ascorbate, NAD(P)H/NAD(P)H oxidase, and xanthine oxidase/hypoxanthine, catalyze the inactivation of many enzymes. This report describes the isolation and purification of a soluble protein from Saccharomyces cerevisiae, which specifically inhibits the inactivation of various enzymes by a nonenzym...

The paternalistic view that decisions on whether to treat defective newborns are best made by physicians is rejected. It is contended that society should serve as the infant's protector by providing legal standards to govern treatment decisions.