Results Of 20536 participants, 2835 died during trial follow-up, of whom 2778 (98%) were recorded by UK mortality registers. Among these registered deaths, 1260 were adjudicated to coronary heart disease(CHD). Certified UCD agreed with 1152 of these, attributed 108 adjudicated CHD deaths to other causes (including 71 non-vascular causes) and wrongly ascribed 81 non-CHD deaths to CHD (ĸ=0.86, 95...

BACKGROUND AND AIM: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the sensitometric characteristics of Ultraspeed, Ektaspeed Plus and Insight dental radiographic films using manual and automatic processing systems. METHODS: In this experimental invitro study, an aluminum step-wedge was used to construct characteristic curves for D-, Eand F-speed radiographic films (Kodak Eastman, Rochester, USA). A...

The Catalyst participation in the manual at home Total Recall Track was both limited and quick, a TREC submission of practicality over research. The group’s decision to participate in TREC was made three weeks, and data was not loaded until six days, before the final submission deadline. As a result and to reasonably simulate an expedited document review process, a number of shortcuts were take...

Warfighter exposure to high terrestrial altitude continues to be a reality for the modern fighting force. Understanding the negative effects of altitude on cognitive performance is essential as the cognitive demands of many warfighting tasks are becoming increasingly complex. To date, little research has investigated the performance of multiple cognitive tasks in a high altitude environment. Th...