The coming decades will provide dramatic new challenges for those of us in clinical cardiology. We will be challenged to provide more accurate and more clinically pertinent information in a more cost-effective manner for patients ranging in age from their teens to their nineties. The spectrum of diseases wiIl range from congenital to valvular to ischemic, with the latter predominating. As such,...

Come on, my Reader, and let us construct a diagram to illustrate the general course of thought; I mean a System of diagrammatiza-tion by means of which any course of thought can be represented with exactitude. 1 Introduction The research field of diagrammatic reasoning investigates all forms of human reasoning and argumentation wherever diagrams are involved. This research area is constituted f...

FISHBEIN, MORRIS (Food and Drug Administration, Washington, D.C.), AND BERNARD F. SURKIEWICZ. Comparison of the recovery of Escherichia coli from frozen foods and nutmeats by confirmatory incubation in EC medium at 44.5 and 45.5 C. Appl. Microbiol. 12:127-131. 1964.-The productivity of confirmatory EC broth for the isolation of fecal Escherichia coli was determined at 44.5 and 45.5 C. A variety...

Genomics and Environmental Regulation is a canonical compilation of fundamental issues of this topic by leaders in the field. This timely work focuses on the potential and problems arising from the application of genomic technologies to toxicology and environmental policy, and is divided into four parts—“Environmental Policy Perspectives,” “Legal Perspectives,” “Occupational Health Perspectives...

Some results of investigations conducted in this laboratory concerned with the influence of x-ray irradiation upon the duration of the prepupal period of Drosophila melanogaster have been reported 1,2 previously. In every instance an extension of the larval period resulted. In the case of high-frequency radiation, investigations of the course of such effects could not be extended as much as was...

Background: Psoriatic Arthritis Quality of Life (PsAQoL) questionnaire was developed to measure quality life (QoL) in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) (1). Objectives: The aim the study assess validity and psychometric properties PsAQoL questionnaire. Methods: translation-back translation method by a bilingual panel used translate original into Turkish (2). Face content validities were e...

Background A reliable self-assessment test to evaluate physical performance could be useful for patients with knee osteoarthritis monitor function over time. However, studies comparing a standardized testing in the clinic supervised by physiotherapist is lacking. The 30 seconds chair stand part of battery which recommended both research and clinical settings [1]. [2, 3]. Objectives purpose stan...

Job reintegration and retention are integral components of vocational rehabilitation (VR) for people with musculoskeletal conditions other physical disabilities. The Work Rehabilitation Questionnaire (WORQ) is a patient-reported outcomes measure that evaluates physical, emotional, cognitive functioning in the VR setting. This was created hope to evaluate work-related identify areas disability m...