IntroductionPlatelet count estimation is an important element of the diagnostic and treatment process in many disorders. The present study aims to determine the incidence of improper impedance platelet count in severe microcytosis and to state the sensitivity and specificity of various parameters like histogram, red cell distribution width (RDW), mean platelet volume (MPV), platelet flags Metho...

PURPOSE Despite increased 161-km ultramarathon participation in recent years, little is known about those who pursue such an activity. This study surveyed entrants in two of the largest 161-km trail ultramarathon runs in North America to explore demographic characteristics and issues that affected race performance. METHODS All entries of the 2009 Western States Endurance Run and the Vermont 1...

This study investigated views held about mathematics education by parents of a small inner-city primary school. Similarities in responses indicated consistency of ideas. Respondents demonstrated a broad understanding of mathematics and disagreed with a number of stereotypical statements about mathematics and mathematics education. They were keen to increase their knowledge and understanding of ...

A panel discussion on controversies in breast cancer screening held recently at the NCCN 21st Annual Conference included only a few controversies. Representatives of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, American Cancer Society, and NCCN disagreed primarily on 2 main areas: when to start screening (ages 40, 45, or 50 years) and frequency of screening (annual vs biennial). Panelists from thes...

Kanner opens his pioneering 1943 paper on autism by making a mysterious mention of the year 1938. Recent letters to the editor of this journal have disagreed over a particular interpretation-does 1938 refer to an early paper by Asperger, effectively meaning Kanner plagiarised Asperger? I argue 1938 refers to a paper by Louise Despert. This was not plagiarism but a case of building on Despert's ...

False nearest neighbors (FNN) method is examinated with respect to equivariance of individual observables. The aim is to reveal the most appropriate observable for phase space reconstruction. Results calculated for benchmark systems are compared with symbolic observability degrees. The FNN method resulted in different values of embedding dimensions when calculated for various observables of the...

Robert Boyle maintained that proper natural philosophical knowledge should be generated through experiment and that the foundations of such knowledge were to be constituted by experimentally produced matters of fact. Thomas Hobbes disagreed. In Hobbes's view Boyle's procedures could never yield the degree of certainty requisite in any enterprise worthy of being called philosophical. This text i...

ENWEndNote BIBJabRef, Mendeley RISPapers, Reference Manager, RefWorks, Zotero AMA F. Wronowski M, Kotowska Wanke Kotowski A, Bukowski J, Albrecht P. Awareness, attitude and usage of probiotics for the prevention antibiotic-associated diarrhoea among caregivers HCPs in Poland: a cross-sectional study. Pediatria Polska - Polish Journal Paediatrics. 2021;96(3):157-161. doi:10.5114/polp.2021.109299...