Based on a state of the art analysis of exercise classifications and empirical findings from an Action Research approach this paper presents a classification for command post exercises, that addresses identified shortcomings concerning practical support for goal-achievement and evaluation in exercise design. The authors’ classification distinguishes between Training, Test and Experimentation Ex...

In support of a possible performance standard for radon-resistant construction for the State of Florida, a protocol is needed to provide postconstruction indoor radon measurement. In order to relate the results of short term compliance measurements to inferred annual average concentrations, a study was conducted in four regions of Florida known to have potential for elevated indoor radon. Eight...

BACKGROUND Post-operative hepatic failure is the most important concern for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients undergoing hepatectomy. The aim of this study was to determine the safe line of hepatectomy to prevent liver failure. METHOD Clinical profiles of 117 patients with HCC who underwent hepatectomies in Chang Gung Memorial Hospital from Jan. 2002 through Jun. 2003 were reviewed. Pat...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of the present study was to examine post-exertion (PE) neurocognitive performance among student-athletes following concussion who were asymptomatic and returned to baseline normal neurocognitive test levels at rest. This study examined the neurocognitive performance of a sub-set of student-athletes who 'failed' to perform at baseline levels of neurocognitive function, i.e....

The evaluation of computer software relies on the relationship between the characteristics of the software and the efficiency of its use. To find out which characteristics of the software can influence the level of acquired knowledge, an experiment was carried out with tenth grade students in Estonian schools. Fifty-four students studied 35 units from different multimedia textbooks. Correlation...

Primary aldosteronism is a disorder with hypertension, hypokalemia, increased plasma aldosterone, and suppressed renin activity. A random plasma aldosterone/renin activity (PA/PRA) >65 (conventional units ratio [CUR] >30) has been proposed as a screening test. We have retrospectively determined the value of the post-captopril plasma aldosterone/renin activity (CAPT PA/PRA) test for the diagnosi...

Tracheoesophageal (TE) speech is a possibility to restore the ability to speak after total laryngectomy, i.e. the removal of the larynx. The quality of the substitute voice has to be evaluated during therapy. For the intelligibility evaluation of German speakers over telephone, the Post-Laryngectomy Telephone Test (PLTT) was defined. Each patient reads out 20 of 400 different monosyllabic words...

Background: Neural mobilization techniques leads to facilitation of nerve gliding, reduction of nerve adherence, dispersion of noxious fluids, increased neural vascularity and improvement of axoplasmic flow. It has pronounced effects on monosynaptic H-reflex, which is an electrically induced reflex analogous to mechanically induced spinal stretch reflex. Thus, it is a reliable tool for the asse...

We study Chern-Simons (CS) gravity in the parametrized post-Newtonian (PPN) framework through a weak-field solution of the modified field equations. We find that CS gravity possesses the same PPN parameters as general relativity, except for the inclusion of a new term, proportional to the CS coupling and the curl of the PPN vector potential. This new term leads to a modification of frame draggi...