BACKGROUND The goal of this study was to determine the self-reported breast cancer screening practices of American plastic surgeons and the degree to which those practices adhere to the American Cancer Society guidelines. An independent analysis of subgroups divided by gender, years in practice, and practice setting was performed and the implications of the results are discussed. METHODS The ...

complications and difficulties in modern nursing resulted in a need of continuing education and familiarity with new developments in biological and social sciences. this need is responded by participation in educational courses in organizations and high educational institutes. based on this trend and the observable and continually changes in nursing care methods providing a high level caring se...

As the sub-title says, this is not a scientific or engineering paper. It is intended for general readership, more specifically for people already interested in pulsejets. I found it difficult to predict the level of knowledge of the audience with any precision. My own knowledge represents an accumulation of over 30 years of tidbits read or heard here and there, on top of high-school level of fa...

Expert ensemble musicians produce exquisitely coordinated sounds, but rehearsal is typically required to do so. Ensemble coordination may thus be influenced by the degree to which individuals are familiar with each other's parts. Such familiarity may affect the ability to predict and synchronize with co-performers' actions. Internal models related to action simulation and anticipatory musical i...

Zero-knowledge proofs are a well developed field of cryptography. To date however, overviews have assumed familiarity with cryptographic and number theoretic results that may not be familiar to the general reader, and practical issues involved in implementing such schemes have often been given little explanation. This article presents a general and practical zero-knowledge protocol with an expl...