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Abstract Aim Delayed start times in the CEPOD theatre were observed locally and a ‘Golden Patient’ initiative was proposed, whereby patient is identified day before as first case for following day. We aimed to increase percentage of list patients sent 08:15. Method conducted retrospective analysis on each between 18th May 2021 8th August timings recorded. introduced concept 9th 2021. The propos...

Address correspondence to: Dr. Homero A. Monsanto, Merck Sharp & Dohme, PO Box 3689, Carolina, PR 00984-3689. Tel: (787) 474-8181 • Fax: (787) 474-8211 • E-mail: [email protected] Osteoporosis is an established and well-defined disease that affects millions of people around the world and is a major cause of morbidity. Not much is known about the level of awareness of the condition among...

Address correspondence to: Cristina Palacios, PhD, Nutrition Program, Graduate School of Public Health, PO Box 365067, San Juan, PR 00936-5067. Email: cristina. [email protected] Objective: To explore the association of social-environment (SE) factors and diet quality (DQ) with weight status in a group of children in Puerto Rico (PR). Methods: A cross-sectional study in a sample of 114 12-year-o...

An enduring concern of Robert Dreeben’s work is the conditions of classroom instruction (Dreeben [1968] 2002; Barr and Dreeben 1983; Dreeben and Barr 1988). Whether it is the conditions influencing classroom goodwill (Bidwell, Chapter 3, this volume) or the compositional effects on instructional methods, Dreeben repeatedly brings readers’ attention to how the social organization of schools rela...

Introduction: many surgical techniques –both through the perineal and abdominal routes– have been described for the treatment of rectal prolapse. The aim of this work is to evaluate the clinical and functional outcome with Delorme’s perineal procedure. Patients and methods: twenty-one patients with complete rectal prolapse were studied from July 2000 to October 2005. Age, gender, anesthetic ris...

Fragile X mental retardation protein (FMRP) is a neuronal translational repressor and has been implicated in learning, memory, and cognition. However, the role of Bacopa monnieri extract (CDRI-08) in enhancing cognitive abilities in hypoxia-induced memory impairment via Fmr-1 gene expression is not known. Here, we have studied effects of CDRI-08 on the expression of Fmr-1 gene in the hippocampu...

Newcastle disease (ND) is one of the most important diseases of poultry, negatively affecting poultry production worldwide. The disease is caused by Newcastle disease virus (NDV) or avian paramyxovirus type 1 (APMV-1), a negative-sense single-stranded RNA virus of the genus Avulavirus, family Paramyxoviridae. Although all NDV isolates characterized to date belong to a single serotype of APMV-1,...