W hen will it be done? " Senior managers will ask their software project managers this question more than 250,000 times this year. Corporations, which collectively commit over US$300 billion annually toward new software project initiatives, 1 will want to know the answer. However, when you consider Barry Boehm's claim that early software life-cycle estimates vary by a factor of four (25 to 400 ...

OBJECTIVE To assess current microvascular training strategies in otolaryngology residency programs. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING U.S. otolaryngology residency programs. SUBJECTS AND METHODS A total of 104 U.S. otolaryngology program directors received surveys inquiring about program size, the presence of fellowship training in microvascular surgery, the number of microvascu...

OBJECTIVE To examine the effect of a change in U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) screening guidelines on mammography rates in the United States. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS In 2010, the year following the change in guidelines, 12-month mammography prevalence among women aged 40-49 years fell by 2.09 percentage points (95 percent confidence interval [CI]: -2.87 to -1.31) from 54.63 percent i...

GORMLEY, S. E., D. P. SWAIN, R. HIGH, R. J. SPINA, E. A. DOWLING, U. S. KOTIPALLI. and R. GANDRAKOTA. Effect of Intensity of Aerobic Training on VO 2,•1,. Med. Sci. Sports Exerc., Vol. 40, No. 7, pp. 1336-1343, 2008. Purpose: To determine whether various intensities of aerobic training differentially affect aerobic capacity as well as resting HR and resting blood pressure (BP). Methods: Sixty-o...

BACKGROUND A substantial proportion of patients receiving fibrinolytic therapy for myocardial infarction with ST-segment elevation have inadequate reperfusion or reocclusion of the infarct-related artery, leading to an increased risk of complications and death. METHODS We enrolled 3491 patients, 18 to 75 years of age, who presented within 12 hours after the onset of an ST-elevation myocardial...

BACKGROUND In Central Europe, alcohol-based hand rubs have been the preferred choice for hand hygiene, whereas, in other countries, other preparations have been used that are based on other active agents. Recently, a move towards alcohol-based hand rubs has begun, but they may be costly and unaffordable to some. Therefore, the World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended 2 hand rub formulati...

Over a period of 5.25 years, 1,530 patients rritb cotonary artery disease (CAD) underwent catheterization; 104 bad associated mitral regurgitation (MR), and 60 had no complicrtions. Twelve patients underwent coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG), with both preand postoperative Pagiogrrurra Nine of the 12 patients (75 percent) were in functional d9tss 3 or 4. Left ventricdar ejection fract...