ABSTRACT Introduction The otolaryngology (ORL) boot camp was designed to onboard ORL residents through a curriculum focusing on their needs as novice otolaryngologists. This provided systematic, specialty-wide training in core elements of knowledge, procedural skills, professionalism, supervision, and communications for entering ORL. present study aimed assess the effectiveness an resident indu...

This paper introduces a novel method for sampling pathogens in natural environments. It uses fabric boot socks worn over walkers' shoes to allow the collection of composite samples over large areas. Wide-area sampling is better suited to studies focusing on human exposure to pathogens (e.g., recreational walking). This sampling method is implemented using a citizen science approach: groups of t...

Service functions are implemented on smartphones by storing on them personal information, network-operator information, corporate information, and so on. Most smartphones use an open source operating system (OS), and anyone can obtain the OS source code; consequently, smartphone users are exposed to the threat of receiving fraudulent information from people with malicious intent. Aimed at count...

The routine production of a cast of a shoe-print taken in soil provides information other than shoe size and gait. Material adhering to the surface of the cast represents the preservation of the moment of footprint impression. The analysis of the interface between the cast and soil is therefore a potentially lucrative source of information for forensic reconstruction. These principles are demon...

Most visions for decision support and information technology anticipate the use of machine learning to enable software to respond to an adapting environment, including the ability to learn capabilities while on-the-job. Currently, systems and software engineering processes hinder employment of task learning technology, because the adaptation it provides runs counter to our notions of stability....

During a 1-year hospital-based residency, dental residents are required to rotate through many departments including surgery, medicine, and emergency medicine. It became apparent that there was a gap between clinical skills knowledge taught in dental school curriculum and skills required for hospital-based patient care. In response, a simulation-based intensive clinical skill "boot camp" was cr...

Good slip resistant tread patterns of outer-sole of military boot are vital to minimize the risk or severity of slip in combat and physical training situations. A series of non-linear, three-dimensional finite element analyses of footwear and ground interaction based upon the Drucker-Prager elastic-perfectly plastic material model was investigated. This study was aimed at how plastic failure of...

This paper presents a solution for automating dual boot Linux and Windows NT 4.0 installations on a PC. The process is automated to the extent that one starts with a PC with a blank hard disk and ends up with a fully customized dual-boot PC. The process involves booting a PC with a floppy disk; choosing what kin of system is required from a menu and then, once the install begins, popping out th...

The objective of this study was to evaluate nutrient composition, voluntary DMI, and apparent DM digestibility of teff hay cut at 3 different stages of maturity to evaluate its potential as a preserved forage for horses. Six mature Quarter Horse mares (12 +/- 3 yr; 553 +/- 39 kg of BW) were used in a replicated balanced Latin square design with 3 periods and 3 maturities of teff hay. Eragrostis...