A 32-year-old man without previous medical problems had acute global aphasia and right-sided hemiplegia (National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale [NIHSS] score 16 points) shortly after carrying a heavy mirror. Smoking (8 pack-years) was his only vascular risk factor. Computed tomographic angiography demonstrated a left carotid T occlusion (occlu-sion of the carotid artery, middle and anterior...

Blood cyanide concentrations were measured in samples obtained from a pathologist before and after carrying out a necropsy on the body of a victim of cyanide poisoning. There was no significant increase in his blood cyanide concentration after carrying out the procedure. It is suggested that an important factor in determining the risk to those carrying out necropsies of the bodies of victims of...

Purpose] We examined the improvement of hand function and activities of daily living in stroke patients after carrying out task-oriented training. [Subjects] Thirty-two patients who had been diagnosed with stroke and underwent rehabilitation therapy participated in the task-oriented training. [Methods] The participants carried out task-oriented training for 30 min per day for 4 weeks. Their han...

purpose to find out the effect of training on selected physiological and biochemical variables of indian soccer players of different age groups. methods a total of 120 soccer players volunteered for the study, were divided (n = 30) into 4 groups: (i) under 16 years (u16), (ii) under 19 years (u19), (iii) under 23 years (u23), (iv) senior (sr). the training sessions were divided into 2 phases (a...

BACKGROUND We assessed the efficacy of low-dose aripiprazole added to antidepressant therapy (ADT) in major depressive disorder (MDD) patients with inadequate response to prior ADT. METHODS As per the sequential parallel comparison design, 225 MDD subjects were randomized to adjunctive treatment with aripiprazole 2 mg/day or placebo across two 30-day phases, with a 2:3:3 randomization ratio t...

Value Stream Mapping technique involves flowcharting the steps, activities, material flows, communications, and other process elements that are involved with a process or transformation. In this respect, Value stream mapping helps an organization to identify the non-value-adding elements in a targeted process and brings a product or a group of products that use the same resources through the ma...