background: because nerve stimulators are not always available for brachial plexus block, fmding the right injection spot for nerve blocks is important. in this study we used physical examination to determine the appropriate spot for injection. methods: all patients who were candidates for upper extremity surgery and were either in class asa i or asa ii, were selected. paresthesia was elicited ...

objectives thereby the prevalence, distribution characteristics and correlative factors of oa in mongolian middle-aged and senior residents in the inner mongolia autonomous region were investigated in this study. materials and methods rural and urban residents in hohhot, baotou and erdos were selected using stratified, multi-stage and cluster random sampling. 2000 residents aging over 45 filled...

introduction. training midwives on life saving skills is one of the most important strategies in preventing maternal and neonatal mortality, especially in areas that physicians are absent. the effectiveness of each training program must be evaluated. objective structured clinical evaluation can be applied to evaluate the learner skill improvement on special tasks with lowest skill evaluation bi...

This study aims to explore the influence of science teachers’ beliefs on an educational assessment reform adopted in Estonia. Two existing questionnaires were adapted develop a model examine about teaching and administered sample Estonian teachers (N = 319). The outcomes examined through confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) structural equation modelling (SEM). produced two dominant relation named...

the aim of this study was to compare the level of agreement between four operators with different levels of experience for two methods of detecting secondary enamel and dentin carious lesions in composite restored teeth.sixty teeth of 40 patients with with secondary carious lesions in the composite resin were selected. the teeth were examined by two methods; visual inspection and a laser fluore...

In recent years, the expansion of colleges and universities further improvement talent market have led to a sharp increase in number postgraduate entrance examination, which forms contradiction between supply demand with limited teaching infrastructure allocation short term, most formed common phenomenon "postgraduate examination". The situation students is becoming more serious, so how make co...