BACKGROUND Bias of clinical examiners against some types of candidate, based on characteristics such as sex or ethnicity, would represent a threat to the validity of an examination, since sex or ethnicity are 'construct-irrelevant' characteristics. In this paper we report a novel method for assessing sex and ethnic bias in over 2000 examiners who had taken part in the PACES and nPACES (new PACE...

The Federation of Royal Colleges of Physicians introduced the new MRCP(UK) Part 2 Clinical Examination (PACES) in June 2001. This paper reviews the academic rationale for the development of this new examination and discusses the preliminary results from the first four diets (new style examination sessions).

Inflammatory events during Leishmania braziliensis infection in mice were investigated. Large lesions were directly correlated with the inflammatory reaction but not with parasite burden. Different L. braziliensis strains induce different paces of chemokine expression patterns, leading to diverse cell recruitment and differential inflammatory responses.

This paper proposes an energy-efficient approach for programming languages that support work stealing. The key insight is that thieves and victims in the work stealing algorithm can coordinate their execution paces for more energy efficiency, through dynamic adjustment of CPU frequencies.

The variability of the length and frequency of steps was measured in sighted and visually impaired walkers at three different paces. The variability was low, especially at the preferred pace, and similar for both groups. A model incorporating step counts and step frequency provides good estimates of the distance traveled. Applications to wayfinding technology are discussed.

Aim: To verify the effects of a 2-week high-intensity interval training (HIIT) on physical performance in young female athletes. Methods: rugby players (n = 13; 15.92 ± 0.76 years old) participated an 8-session HIIT supervised through online video calls for two weeks. They were evaluated pre- and post-HIIT 3-min burpees, 1-min sit-ups, maximum push-ups, squats. Perceptions related to protocols ...