p0010 While fracture nonunions may represent a small percentage of the traumatologist’s case load, they can account for a high percentage of a surgeon’s stress, anxiety, and frustration. Arrival of a fracture nonunion may be anticipated following a severe traumatic injury, such as an open fracture with segmental bone loss, but may also appear following a low-energy fracture that seemed destined...

p0010 The respiratory muscles are the only muscles, along with the heart, that have to work continuously, though intermittently, to sustain life. They have to repetitively move a rather complex elastic structure, the thorax, to achieve the entry of air into the lungs and thence effect gas exchange. Their great number mandates that they should interact properly to perform their task despite thei...

This article examines the extent and manner to which evaluations of flood-related precautions are affected by an individual's motivation and perception of context. It argues that the relationship between risk perception and flood risk preparedness can be fruitfully specified in terms of vulnerability and efficacy if these concepts are put into the perspective of prevention-focused motivation. T...

Probiotics are viable by definition, and viability of probiotics is often considered to be a prerequisite for the health benefits. Indeed, the overwhelming majority of clinical studies in the field have been performed with viable probiotics. However, it has also been speculated that some of the mechanisms behind the probiotic health effects may not be dependent on the viability of the cells and...

Collective action will be effective in achieving broader social change goals to the extent that it influences public opinion yet the degree to which collective action "works" in changing opinion is rarely studied. Experiment 1 (n = 158) showed that, consistent with a logic of strategic non-violence, non-violent collective action more effectively conveys a sense of the illegitimacy of the issue ...