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OBJECTIVE To determine if heart murmur intensity grading performance can be improved using the heart sounds as an internal reference. METHODS Single-blind controlled trial of 100 medical students, residents, and pediatric attending physicians at a children's hospital. Groups of 1 to 3 participants were alternately assigned to intervention and control groups, reported their method of grading h...

The aim of this study is to evaluate the validity and reliability of the Mandibular Function Impairment Questionnaire (MFIQ) (Portuguese version). Face and content validity of the Portuguese version were performed. To assess reproducibility of the data gathered with MFIQ, it was applied to 62 individuals who completed the questionnaire on two occasions. Validity and reliability of the data gath...

BACKGROUND The Locomotor Capabilities Index (LCI) is a validated measure of lower-limb amputees' ability to perform activities with prosthesis. We have developed the LCI Swedish version and evaluated its validity and reliability. METHODS Cross-cultural adaptation to Swedish included forward/backward translations and field testing. The Swedish LCI was then administered to 144 amputees (55 wome...

BACKGROUND Prior studies on social capital and health have assessed social capital in residential neighbourhoods and communities, but the question whether the concept should also be applicable in workplaces has been raised. The present study reports on the psychometric properties of an 8-item measure of social capital at work. METHODS Data were derived from the Finnish Public Sector Study (N ...

Several semantic and syntactic distinctions, which have largely been neglected in the Vietnamese linguistic literature, are drawn together in this paper in a comparative context with other better-studied languages in order to indicate that Inner Aspect is projected within the VP shell and independently of the projection of Outer Aspect – a structural proposal originally advanced by Travis (2010...

In the road traffic safety domain there is a need for using proactive (non-crash-based) indicators, known as performance indicators (SPIs). Traffic speed based on big data (floating car [FCD]) could help develop network-wide SPIs, but related knowledge and experience are insufficient so far. The authors attempted to fill this gap by nationwide Italian FCD speed-related SPIs validating their rel...

in this study, three varieties of rice including tarom, anbarbo and hashemi were selected and their heavy metals content were analyzed. subcritical water was used to provide rice bran extract at temperatures 100 and 120 ° c. in order to provide grape juice treatments, we used 5, 10, 15 and 20 % of extract in the formulation of red grape drink. samples which had packed and pasteurized, kept in t...

objective: an association between poor oral health and chronic lung disease has recently been reported. the purpose of this study was to explore this potential association between asthma and periodontal disease. materials and methods: this is a descriptive case controlled study. the samples were selected from patients referred to respiratory disease clinic in a hospital in tehran, iran. the stu...