1 Vinod Lohani, Assistant Professor, Department of Engineering Fundamentals, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, [email protected] 2 Binaya Regmi, Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, [email protected] 3 Randy Dymond, Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 240...

Patient safety events (PSEs) are common in healthcare and may be particularly prevalent in complex care settings such as emergency departments (EDs). Systems for reporting, analyzing, learning from and responding to incidents are promoted as a means to reduce adverse events by facilitating feedback, learning and system change. However, only 4-50% of PSEs are reported. Under-reporting masks the ...

BACKGROUND There is strong evidence indicating that gut microbiota have the potential to modify, or be modified by the drugs and nutritional interventions that we rely upon. This study aims to characterize the compositional and functional effects of several nutritional, neutraceutical, and pharmaceutical cardiovascular disease interventions on the gut microbiome, through metagenomic and metabol...

Based on the construction strategy of PSE with Web service, the framework of land suitability assessment PSE is created, and a prototype of land suitability assessment information system is designed and developed partially. The land suitability of Huangpi district Wuhan city is taken as a case to test the prototype system, and the result shows that the method is valid and efficient.

A case of partial splenic embolisation (PSE) that was performed in a girl with severe leucothrombocytopenia due to hypersplenism is described. Treatment with PSE is a safe and effective alternative to splenectomy that prevents clinical complications due to haematological disorders and improves hypersplenism before liver transplantation.

Ž . Ž . Normal, pale soft exudative PSE , and dark firm dry DFD pork Longissimus dorsi muscles were vacuum-packaged, irradiated at 0, 2.5 or 4.5 kGy, and stored at 4 C for 10 days. The pH, color and lipid oxidation of pork were determined at 0, 5 and 10 days of storage. Volatile production from pork loins was determined at Day 0 and Day 10, and sensory characteristics at Day 7 of storage. Irrad...

BACKGROUND Elevated concentrations of LDL cholesterol are associated with the development of atherosclerosis and therefore are considered an important target for intervention to prevent cardiovascular diseases. The inhibition of cholesterol absorption in the small intestine is an attractive approach to lowering plasma cholesterol, one that is addressed by drug therapy as well as dietary supplem...

Early intervention is a systematic approach for identifying and co‐ordinating support children up to five years of age with developmental delay. The increasing number needing early leading longer waiting lists assessment, treatment diagnosis. Through mixed‐methods approach, this study examined the impact on parental self‐efficacy (PSE). An online survey was completed by 197 mothers special educ...