The board certification system in Japan is undergoing reform, but it is likely to be watered down without significant improvement. Traditionally, Japanese doctors had not given weight to board certification. Instead, they used to attach a high value in obtaining academic credentials such as a doctor's degree (PhD) by entering graduate schools. Until the 1990s, almost all doctors went through po...

Buildings form an essential part of modern life; people spend a significant amount of their time in them, and they consume large amounts of energy. A variety of systems provide services such as lighting, air conditioning and security which are managed using Building Management Systems (BMS) by building operators. To better understand the capability of current BMS and characterize common practic...

OBJECTIVES To compare the cost-effectiveness ratios of sirolimus-eluting stents (SES) with bare-metal stents (BMS) under two perspectives: the "supplementary medical system" (health plans and private patients) and the public health (SUS) system. METHODS A decision-analytic model using three different therapeutic strategies for coronary lesions: percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with BM...

Aim: It’s suggested that drug eluting stents (DES) may have systemic anti inflammatory properties and this can play a role in decreased restenosis rates. We aimed to compare bare metal stents (BMS) and DES on their effects on C-reactive protein (CRP) levels, a good marker of systemic inflammation. We also aimed to investigate the relation between the inflammation levels and myonecrosis and adve...

The cyclic voltammetry of both bulk manganese sulfate (BMS) and nano manganese sulfate (NMS) were studied using 0.1M KCl supporting electrolyte and glassy carbon working electrode. The redox behavior for both bulk (BMS) and MnSO4 (NMS) sulfate was studied voltammetrically in presence and absence of Doxorubicin (DR) using three electrodes system, silver- silver chloride (Ag/AgCl), pla...

Measurement of tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane buffers and blood samples was used to compare the following commercial pH instruments: Corning Models 160 and 165, Instrumentation Laboratory, Inc. Model 313, and Radiometer Models E5021 and BMS 3MK2. These comparisons uncovered a systematic bias of 0.02 pH units in Instrumentation Laboratory, Inc. electrodes manufactured before April 1973. Other f...

Routine inspection and maintenance records are essential for bridges to function well throughout their intended lifespan. Although existing bridge management systems are efficient at data storage, it is difficult to conduct comprehensive data analysis and management due to the lack of data integration mechanism. Engineers have to manually put many pieces of bridge drawings and inspection data t...