Statement of problem The conditions subsumed under the term ‘autistic spectrum disorder’ (ASD) vary in severity at the time of initial presentation; they also vary in expression over time. Unfortunately, the most widely adopted reference standard for the diagnosis of ASD, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition (DSM-IV),1 does not quantify severity of expression o...

STUDY DESIGN Prospective, blinded, diagnostic-accuracy study. OBJECTIVES To investigate the diagnostic accuracy of the ankle anterior drawer test (ADT) to detect anterior talocrural joint laxity in adults with a history of lateral ankle sprain. BACKGROUND The ADT is used to manually detect anterior talocrural joint laxity following lateral ankle sprain injury; however, the diagnostic accura...

There is no diagnostic, non-invasive method for the early detection of loosening after total hip arthroplasty. In a pilot study, we have analysed two serum markers of bone remodelling, procollagen I C-terminal extension peptide (PICP) and cross-linked N-terminal telopeptide (NTx), as well as the diagnostic performance of NTx for the assessment of osteolysis. We recruited 21 patients with loosen...

Objective(s): Diagnostic nuclear medicine is being increasingly employed in clinical practice with the advent of new technologies and radiopharmaceuticals. The report of the prevalence of a certain disease is important for assessing the quality of that article. Therefore, this study was performed to evaluate the quality of published nuclear medicine articles and determine the frequency of repor...

The proliferation of low-cost DRAM chipsets now begins to allow for the consideration substantially-increased decoded picture buffers in advanced video coding standards such as HEVC, VVC, and Google VP9. At same time, increasing demand rapid scene changes multiple repetitions entertainment or broadcast content indicates that extending frame referencing interval tens minutes even entire sequence...

Based on the results of Highwall Miner diagnostic testing, reference spectral masks for every component and assembly were built. They standardize vibration intensity level in different frequency domains spectra previously used estimating their technical conditions. Two-year period monitoring proved effectiveness approach shifting to system preventative maintenance.