to compare the success of patients with ocular hypertension, secondary to pars plana vitrectomy and silicon oil tamponade, who had an ex-press glaucoma filtration device p50 (alcon laboratories, inc. fort worth, texas, usa) to those who had conventional trabeculectomy this study has been performed. the records of 10 eyes of 10 consecutive subjects who had ex-press implants and 9 eyes of 9 conse...

This study aimed to clarify the relationship between upper-body strength and bat swing speed in high-school baseball players and to examine the physical characteristics of home run hitters (sluggers). The subjects were 30 male high-school baseball players with national tournament experience at the Koshien Stadium. Bat swing speed exerted by full effort was measured with a microwave-type speed-m...

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NOTICE: Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington and Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington Options, Inc., provide these Clinical Review Criteria for internal use by their members and health care providers. The Clinical Review Criteria only apply to Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington and Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington Options, Inc. Use of the Clinical Review Criter...

PURPOSE The authors tested different loading schemes for the number of repetitions completed during multiple sets of resistance exercise. METHODS Twenty-four resistance-trained men (age 24.0 ± 4.5 y, body mass 78.3 ±10.2 kg, height 177 ± 7 cm) were tested over a 5-wk period. During week 1 a 10-repetition maximum (10RM) in the leg press was determined. During weeks 2-5 subjects completed 4 bou...

tion contained a causality limitation in theAbstract orDiscussion, editorial, or journal press release (P < .001).However, for the 18articles that contained thecausality limitation in theAbstract or discussion, editorial, or journal press release, themedian proportion of associated news stories that reported the causality limitation was only 9% (range, 0%-100%). Among 31 news stories that repor...

What is it famous for? HighWire has created web sites for accessing the full text of top biomedical journals such as Science, Journal of Biological Chemistry and PNAS. How did a little company get started so fast? Amazingly, HighWire isn't even incorporated yet. It's a staff project of the Stanford University Library, with all expenses being run out of the library budget. Many of the employees ...

The real-time detection of photons became an important tool in biomedical sciences during the last decades. New techniques like PET are not possible without digital signal processing. The review covers the most common photosensors: photomultipliers, solid-state devices, hybrid detectors and devices based on electron amplification in gas. r 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. PACS: 29.40.Pe;...

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