The aims of the present study were to investigate the changes in the age and in swimming performance of finalists in World Championships (1994-2013) and Olympic Games (1992-2012) competing in all events/races (stroke and distance). Data of 3,295 performances from 1,615 women and 1,680 men were analysed using correlation analyses and magnitudes of effect sizes. In the World Championships, the ag...

A 4-factor, multilevel, full factorial design of 240 experiments was performed in order to investigate the effect of temperature on the inactivation efficiency of spiked Escherichia coli in simulated solar disinfection of a synthetic secondary effluent. The initial population of the microorganisms was 10, 10, 10 and 10 CFU/mL, the exposure time 1, 2, 3 and 4 h, the treatment temperature 20, 30,...

this study was conducted to determine presence and distribution of arcobacter spp. by conventional culture and a multiplex pcr (m-pcr) in the intestinal content samples that are collected from the cattle, sheep and goats and in the faecal samples of people who reffered to the hospitals in the east of turkey, because of complains about gastroenteritis and diarrhea. in the examination of the tota...

Cite this article: Vogt KN, Maruscak A, Swart M, Girotti M, Gray DK, et al. (2015) Outcomes of Elderly Trauma Patients Admitted to an Intensive Care Unit. J Trauma Care 1(1): 1003. *Corresponding author Neil Parry, Division of General Surgery, London Health Sciences Centre, Room E2 217, Victoria Hospital, 800 Commissioners Road East London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5W9, Tel: 519-667-6583; Fax: 519-6...

OBJECTIVE Prognosis in patients with recurrent or metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck is poor, and systemic chemotherapy has an only modest impact on the outcome. Chemotherapy with cisplatin plus 5-FU (PF) is widely used, but the standard dosage, PF (100/1000; cisplatin 100 mg/m(2) day 1 and 5-FU 1000 mg/m(2)/24 h by continuous intravenous infusion on days 1 through 4), is r...

KELLY M. SMITH, PHARM.D., is Associate Professor, Pharmacy Practice and Science, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy, Lexington, and Director, Pharmacy Practice Residency Program, University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center (UKCMC), Lexington. AMANDA M. BALL, PHARM.D., is Pharmacy Practice Resident; E. ZACHARY RAMSEY, PHARM.D., is Pharmacy Practice Resident; and JOHN A. ARMITSTEAD, M....