BACKGROUND Many managed care organizations use feedback based on electronically maintained claims data to alert physicians to potential treatment problems, including patient medication nonadherence. However, the efficacy of such interventions for improving adherence among patients treated for depression is unknown. METHODS We examined an antidepressant compliance program consisting of faxed a...

introduction: the purpose of this work was to study the ability of mri normoxic polymer gel dosimetry for evaluating the dose distribution in hdr brachytherapy of esophagial cancer at imam reza brachytherapy center (mashhad, iran). materials and methods: initially, 2liters of normoxic gel (magic) was fabricated and then poured into 12 calibration test tubes and placed in a perspex walled phanto...

OBJECTIVES The aim of the study was to investigate the clearance of PVP-iodine applied as a gel or solution in periodontal pockets. METHODS Teeth of 12 subjects with at least eight periodontal pockets of �5 mm probing depth were isolated with a rubber dam to allow contamination-free access to the pockets. In each subject, three pockets were filled with PVP-iodine gel (10%) and three with PVPiod...

To allow connectivity between the General Switched Telephone Network facsimile service (GSTN fax) and the e-mail-based Internet Fax service (i-fax) an "Internet Fax Gateway" is required. This document provides recommendations for the functionality of Internet Fax Gateways. In this context, an "offramp gateway" provides facsimile data transmission from i-fax to GSTN fax; vice versa, an "onramp g...

To allow connectivity between the general switched telephone network facsimile service (GSTN fax) and the e-mail-based Internet Fax service (i-fax), an "Internet Fax Gateway" is required. This document provides guidelines for the optional functionality of Internet Fax Gateways. In this context, an "offramp gateway" provides facsimile data transmission from i-fax to GSTN fax; vice versa, an "onr...

The letter is a cultural and social phenomenon that used to defy space time separate friends. Today, we use telephone, e-mail, fax, many other means in order communicate with our But before the electronic age, letters were main medium of communication for friends who separated whatever reasons. While being as way past, today read texts their cultural, historical, literary, values. This requires...