Exothermic or heated processes create potentially unsafe work environments for an estimated 5-10 million American workers each year. Excessive heat and process contaminants have the potential to cause adverse health effects in exposed workers. Owing to the potential hazards, engineering controls are recommended for these processes. Our understanding of heat transfer and meteorological theories,...

BACKGROUND Feline hypersomatotropism (HST) is a cause of diabetes mellitus in cats. Pasireotide is a novel multireceptor ligand somatostatin analog that improves biochemical control of humans with HST. HYPOTHESIS/OBJECTIVES Pasireotide improves biochemical control of HST and diabetes mellitus in cats. ANIMALS Hypersomatotropism was diagnosed in diabetic cats with serum insulin-like growth f...

BACKGROUND Chiropractors frequently practice within health care systems requiring the business acumen of an entrepreneur. However, some chiropractors do not know the relationship between the level of business knowledge required for practice success and their current level of business knowledge. The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine the relationship between chiropractors' perceiv...

PURPOSE To prospectively and intraindividually compare dedicated breast computed tomographic (CT) images with screen-film mammograms. MATERIALS AND METHODS All patient studies were performed according to protocols approved by the institutional review board and Radiation Use Committee; informed consent was obtained. A breast CT scanner prototype was used to individually scan uncompressed breas...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE All carotid stenosis ratio methods are based on the inability of digital subtraction angiography to measure in millimeters. Each method has potential flaws. The Carotid Stenosis Index (CSI) was designed to reduce ambiguities of NASCET and ECST ratios. We test this method's ability to correctly estimate carotid stenosis using direct computed tomography angiography millimet...

Rationale: Pneumoconiosis 1 , a lung disease caused by the inhalation of dust is mainly diagnosed using chest radiographs. It has been shown 12 that expertise and contralateral symmetry (CS) of the chest radiographs plays a significant role in Pneumoconiosis diagnosis. Here, we present a gaze tracking study aimed at understanding how the CS information and the expertise effect the eye movements...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Spinal dural arteriovenous fistulas are a rare entity that, if left untreated, can lead to considerable morbidity with progressive spinal cord symptoms. The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical outcome of patients with spinal dural arteriovenous fistulas that were primarily treated with endovascular embolization. MATERIALS AND METHODS A retrospective review wa...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to study focal cerebellar pathology in early stages of multiple sclerosis (MS) using ultra-high-field magnetization-prepared 2 inversion-contrast rapid gradient-echo (7T MP2RAGE). MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty early-stage relapsing-remitting MS patients underwent an MP2RAGE acquisition at 7 T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) (images acquired at 2 different ...

This study aims to analyze banking stock prices before and after the announcement of Covid-19 in Indonesia. The price this uses daily closing price. sample was selected using purposive sampling technique. collected 5 national private foreign exchange companies listed ranking with largest number assets, namely Bank Central Asia Tbk, Cimb Niaga Pan Indonesia OCBC NISP Danamon Tbk. Data were analy...

Minat belajar merupakan bentuk penerimaan peserta didik yang diwujudkan dengan adanya dorongan dari dalam diri sehingga merasa senang ketika melakukan aktivitas belajar. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui apakah ada pengaruh signifikan terhadap minat antara sebelum dan sesudah diberikannya treatment layanan bimbingan kelompok teknik problem solving. Penelitian menggunakan pendekatan ...