BACKGROUND The focus of this long-term study (entry 1950-1989, follow-up to 1996) on hyperthyroid patients treated with 131I was on all-cause mortality and some specific causes other than cancer. The study was carried out on 7209 patients who were residents of the Midlands area around Birmingham, England. In a total exposure of 105,028 patient-years, 3611 deaths were observed, compared with 318...

OBJECTIVE To determine the diagnostic accuracy of tuning fork tests for detecting fractures. DESIGN Systematic review of primary studies evaluating the diagnostic accuracy of tuning fork tests for the presence of fracture. DATA SOURCE We searched MEDLINE, CINAHL, AMED, EMBASE, Sports Discus, CAB Abstracts and Web of Science from commencement to November 2012. We manually searched the refere...

The paper shows that the excessive value of the dead load factor in the ultimate load requirements of the current structural design code implies a size effect. The size effect implied, however, does not have a rational form; it cannot distinguish among various types of failure in which very different size effects apply. This size effect partly compensates for the absence of the actual size effe...

Determining a calving law valid for all glaciological and environmental regimes has proven to be a difficult problem in glaciology. For this reason, most models of the calving process are semiempirical, with little connection to the underlying fracture processes. In this study, I introduce methods rooted in statistical physics to show how calving laws, valid for any glaciological domain, can em...

Evidence-based patient and consumer health information (EBPI) implies unbiased presentation of the scientific evidence aimed at consumers' informed decision making. A number of consumer information brochures on fall prevention in the elderly have been developed. However, none of these fulfil the criteria of EBPI. It is almost unknown how elderly people respond to EBPI. We performed three focus-...

a 3-year-old arabian colt was presented for a major gingiva wound at the right rostral part of mandible. after clinical assessments, rostral mandibular fracture was determined. stabilization of fractured region was achieved via cerclage wire application under general anesthesia. fixation wires were left in place for 6 weeks. a 3 -month follow up revealed complete fracture healing. the purpose o...

absractall perilunate fracture-dislocations combine bone avulsions, ligament disruptionand fractures in different forms. the most frequent pattern is the dorsal transscaphoidperilunate fracture-dislocation. the reported risk of missed initial diagnosisin perilunate dislocations is as high as 20%. concerning pathomechanics of theperilunate fracture-dislocation, it should be noted that most dorsa...

During the last decades, the production enterprises have gone through a strong global change in terms of shorter product life cycles, fluctuations in the order income and increased demand of customized products. Basically, a company needs to develop appealing products in terms of cost and quality that are brought to the market in timely manner. As many studies show that over 70% of the total li...