UNLABELLED BACKGROUNDAND PURPOSE: The etiology of spontaneous cervical artery dissection (CeAD) is poorly understood in most patients. Mild cervical trauma preceding the dissection event is a common finding, but many CeAD occur spontaneously. It is likely that genetic factors may increase the risk for CeAD. However, familial cases are excedingly rare. Familial clustering of CeAD may be accident...

OBJECTIVE to generate a translated and validated version of the Clavien-Dindo Classification of Surgical Complications (CDC) to Brazilian Portuguese (CDC-BR). METHODS the process of translation and adaptation followed the guideline of Beaton et al., 2000. We divided 76 participating surgeons, in different levels of experience, from the Department Surgery of the Hospital de Clínicas de Porto A...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the effect of low-level laser on bone remodeling during induced tooth movement in rats. MATERIALS AND METHODS A diode laser (808 nm, 100 mW, 54 J on an area of 0.0028 cm(2)) was used. The application was continuous, punctual, and with contact. Forty-two 70-day-old Wistar rats had the maxillary left first molar moved using a force level of 25 g. In two experimental subgrou...

The main objective of this study is to explore differences on the adoption of mobile Internet services on a sample of Chilean users. A survey based on constructs of individual acceptance models is the tool used to measure the acceptance of mobile Internet of the respondents. We used Kruskal–Wallis one-way analysis of variance to compare differences between groups. In summary, results show that ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the relationship between patients' body mass index (BMI) and the degree of radiographic severity of knee osteoarthrosis. METHOD 117 patients with gonarthrosis were evaluated prospectively. The patients' BMI was calculated and their knee arthrosis was classified in accordance with the modified Ahlbäck criteria. Kruskal-Wallis analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to evalu...

Methods Thirty-three out of forty-six enrolled first-year podiatry students completed surveys at a large, culturally diverse university in Sydney, Australia. Demographic data and standardised measures of English language acculturation, acculturative stress, universe diverse orientation and professional and institutional identities were collected. Surveys were also administered to first-year phy...