Introduction Rheumatic valvular disease, especially mitral stenosis (MS) and atrial fibrillation (AF), are the main factors related to the formation of left atrial (LA) thrombi1-6. Its incidence can range from 16 to 64%, and the most affected site is the left atrial appendage1,7. Systemic embolism is responsible for 10 to 45% of the complications, being the most frequent clinical presentation1....

Abstract Rasch testlet and bifactor models are two measurement that could deal with local item dependency (LID) in assessing the dimensionality of reading comprehension testlets. This study aimed to apply real response data Iranian EFL tests compare validity corresponding parameters unidimensional multidimensional models. The collected from section national university entrance examinations 2016...

Despite research studies on TESOL materials and textbooks addressing a wide range of pedagogical issues as well evaluation strategies, reference books for examination preparation have received little attention from researchers. This study reports an attempt to develop checklist evaluating the Hong Kong Diploma Secondary Education (HKDSE, college entrance requirement secondary school students in...

PURPOSE To assess the impact of structured reporting templates on the objective and subjective quality of radiology reports for brain MRIs in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). METHODS A HIPAA-compliant prospective quality improvement initiative was undertaken to develop and implement a 12-item structured reporting template for brain MRI examinations in patients with known or suspected MS...

BACKGROUND The Local Diagnostic Reference Levels (LDRLs) form an efficient, concise and powerful standard for optimizing the radiation protection of a patient. OBJECTIVES To calculate the Entrance Surface Doses (ESDs) received by patients undergoing PA chest X-ray examinations in major public hospitals in Addis Ababa, thereby to establish the first Ethiopian LDRLs as part of ongoing dose redu...

background: one of the means of assessing dose to patients from computed tomography (ct) procedure is through the determination of the skin entrance dose (esd) with the appreciation of the concern that ocular exposure effects from ct scan includes possible induction of cancer and cataract. due to the relatively more recent introduction of ct scans, little work has been done in this area in the ...

Background: Paroxysmal movements in the form of tonic spasms, dystonia, choreoathetosis and hemidyskinesia have been reported in patient with multiple sclerosis (MS). Intracranial hypertension with headache and papilledema resembling idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) exceptionally occurs in patient with MS. Conversely, IIH may rarely present as movement disorder in children. Aims of th...

From the Finnish Twin Cohort (n = 27,100 pairs with known zygosity) all cases of diagnosed multiple sclerosis (MS) were reviewed and those with clinically verified MS were invited for further examinations at the Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, with their co-twins. Twenty one cases (19 pairs, of which 17 were discordant) fulfilled the strict criteria of MS. Detailed occupational hist...

With the rapidly increasing entrance examinations for the School of Continuing education of CUGB, there is an urgent need of the examination papers that have the parallel testing ability for the same academic program. Based on the analysis of parallel factors and the comparison of the manual generated mode and the computer generated mode, the most time-consuming and experience-consuming steps a...

BACKGROUND This study was planned to investigate the relationship between musculoskeletal problems, depression, and quality of life in students preparing for university entrance exams. METHODS A total of 180 students were included in the study, 104 were female (57.77%), and 76 were male (42.22%). Students were reached through the cram schools ("dershane") in Denizli. Musculoskeletal system pr...