The production of radioisotopes for use in biomedical procedures such as diagnostic imaging and/or therapeutic treatments is achieved through nuclear reactions in reactors or from charged particle bombardment in accelerators. In reactors the nuclear reactions are initiated with neutrons while in accelerators the typical charged particle reactions utilize protons although deuterons and α−particl...

With growing calls for scaling back medical spending in the United States, cardiac treatments in general, and revascularization procedures in particular, are receiving scrutiny. The American Heart Association estimates that in 2009, $93 billion in direct cost of care was attributed to ischemic heart disease in the United States.1 Much of this expense was due to an estimated 7 million cardiac pr...

Filler injections are among the most popular cosmetic procedures performed worldwide. Although fillers have a safety profile, there has been a rise in litigation as a result of treatments in the USA. In the Brazilian scenario, the number of non-surgical procedures has increased in the past years, mainly due to the increase of filler options available in the Brazilian market, as well as in the t...

Consider the problem of sequentially testing which of two normally distributed treatments has a larger mean response. A Bayesian formulation of this problem, where the treatment means have conjugate priors, is used. If we restrict our attention to the class of procedures using the Kiefer and Sacks stopping time then we will not exceed the minimum Bayes risk by more than the cost of a fixed numb...

objective: to report a case of trichotillomania that was resistant to pharmacological treatment but responded well to a behavioral therapy program based on habit reversal. method: the patient was a 47-year-old lady. her problem had started at the age of seventeen. she had experienced several treatments including full doses of antidepressants, mood stabilizers, antipsychotic, and benzodiazepines...

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BackgroundTotal joint arthoplasty (TJA) cost containment has been a key focus for the Centers Medicare and Medicaid Services spawning significant research programmatic change, including move toward early discharge outpatient TJA. TJA outpatients receive few, if any, medical interventions before discharge, but type quantity of provided patients who stay overnight in hospital is unknown. This stu...

Objective- The objective of the present work was to investigate the effects of tramadol administration on sperm quality and testicular tissue in mice. Design- Experimental study Animal- Sixty-three mature male mice Procedures- Mice were randomly divided into three experimental groups (n=21) and the following treatments were intraperitoneally administered, 3 times a week, for 6 weeks: Control...

Background: The phenomenon of vapor lock, characterized by the formation gas bubbles, poses challenges in achieving effective cleaning and debridement during endodontic treatments. This study aimed to evaluate presence lock quantify its volume root canal system. Methods: Ten single-rooted teeth were selected, their canals shaped using Protaper Next system irrigated with 5% NaOCl 17% EDTA. Then,...