Pelvic Incidence Can Be Changed not only by Age and Sex, but also by Posture Used during Imaging

Pelvic Incidence Can Be Changed not only by Age and Sex, but also by Posture Used during Imaging

OBJECTIVE Computed tomography (CT), rather than conventional 2-dimensional radiography, was used to scan and measure pelvic parameters. The results were compared with measurements using X-ray. METHODS Pelvic parameters were measured using both CT and X-ray in 254 patients who underwent both abdomino-pelvic CT and X-ray at the pelvic site. We assessed the similarity of the pelvic parameters be...

“Not Everything That Is Faced Can Be Changed, but Nothing Can Be Changed Until It Is Faced”: A Response to Recent Commentaries

Not only hysterectomy but also cesarean section can predict incomplete flexible sigmoidoscopy among patients with prior abdominal or pelvic surgery.

BACKGROUND Flexible sigmoidoscopy (FS) is a safe and effective method for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening. Several studies have demonstrated that individuals who have undergone surgery are at a greater risk of having incomplete FS. This study explored predictors of incomplete FS and reduced polyp detection rates for participants who had undergone abdominal or pelvic surgery. METHODS From Ja...

Not Only What, but Also How Matters Introducing Procedural Utility: Not Only What, but Also How Matters

People not only care about outcomes, they also value the procedures which lead to the outcomes. Procedural utility is a potentially important source of human well-being. This paper aims at introducing the concept of procedural utility into economics, and argues that it should be incorporated more widely into economic theory and empirical research. Three building blocks of a concept of procedura...

Colour appearance is affected not only by perceptual but also by linguistic context

13 Experimental protocols used to interface specific theoretical questions to empirical evidence needs to be contextualized within a univocal linguistic framework. It is well known that theoretical concepts must be operationalized, that is, each concept must be defined by the measuring operations used. Within psychology studies, for example, the concept of hunger can be operationally defined as...