PURPOSE Evaluations of a national radiology continuing medical education (CME) course in thoracic imaging were analyzed to determine what constitutes effective and ineffective lecturing. METHODS AND MATERIALS Evaluations of sessions and individual speakers participating in a fiveday course jointly sponsored by the Society of Thoracic Radiology (STR) and the Radiological Society of North Ameri...

PURPOSE Increasing use of implantable bars for minimally invasive pectus excavatum repair has introduced metal allergy (nickel and chromium) to pediatric surgeons. Metal allergy is a well-recognized entity in neurologic, orthopedic, and craniofacial surgery. This study was performed to evaluate metal allergy and its effects on treatment with the Nuss procedure in 862 patients. METHODS After i...

This article presents a sub-GHz ISM band microstrip patch antenna based on the use of multi-layer compact structure, which overcomes shortcomings typical antennas such as low gain and high resonant frequency. The was simulated using an electromagnetic simulator, ANSYS HFSS, fabricated two different substrates: RT Duroid 5880 FR4 epoxy with size 100 x 8 mm3 (0.29λ × 0.29λ 0.02λ). results were th...

Background: Screening of presumptive cases TB for HIV is a challenge as it requires pre-test counselling and informed consent the patients. This study aims to measure proportion who were screened status their outcome.Methods: The present was record based cross sectional comprising all confirmed tuberculosis patients visited PIMS during period, from June 2019 2021. Percentage proportions used ex...

El objetivo de esta investigación instrumental fue confirmar las propiedades psicométricas la Escala Actitudes hacia Investigación EACIN-R, misma que contiene tres factores con 28 ítems comprendidos en subescalas: interés, vocación y valoración investigación. Participaron 220 estudiantes una universidad peruana, 82 hombres 138 mujeres. Mediante el análisis factorial confirmatorio paralelo Horn ...

We present an astrometric and photometric study of the young open star cluster NGC 2168 its proposed member [NBN2015]77. was investigated by combining data from both Gaia-ESO DR2 2MASS databases. The analysis light curve modeling W UMa [NBN2015] 77 in V R bands performed using Wilson-Devinney (W-D) program. cluster's main parameters: distance, color excess, age ared=862±67pc, E(B−V)=0.290±0.049...