OBJECTIVES To better understand the relationship between board certification and credentialing policies for surgeons and nonsurgical subspecialists and to examine possible variation in use of board certification among different types of hospitals. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Telephone survey conducted from November 14, 2006, through March 16, 2007, of the privileging personnel among a r...

This study focuses on how to predict diabetes using blood sample data and machine learning algorithms like the Voting Classifier over Random Forest technique. The proposed prediction models were trained evaluated a dataset that included seven variables: glucose level, diastolic pressure, thickness, insulin levels, BMI, age, skin. new classifier (VC) (RF) are used of 1495 records with 10 feature...

. The absorbances of five concentrations of potassium dichromate in 0.001 ]l.f perchloric aCid have been determined at eight wavelengths in the ultraviolet on the National Bureau of Standards Institute for Materials Research high-accuracy spectrophotometer. Four of the wavelengths-235, 257, 313, and 3.50 nm-correspond to absorbance maxima or minima in the HCrO,spectrum and are useful wavelength...

To determine if different graded word lists can be used interchangeably for assessment purposes, and to determine if age, grade, or sex affects performance on the different graded word lists, a study examined the Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT), Levels I and II, the San Diego Quick Assessment, and the Graded Word Reading Test by F.J. Schonell. The three lists were administered to 283 pupils ...

La Universitat de València i el CSIC lideren el projecte d’una gran instal·lació europea de física mèdica, que segons va explicar ahir el rector, Francisco Tomás, tindrà com a aplicació fonamental la teràpia oncològica basada en la utilització de feixos d’hadrons (protons i ions de carboni). La notícia va transcendir dimarts passat després d’una reunió a Madrid entre el president del Govern, Jo...

We present near infrared broad band (J,H and K) and narrow band (H 2 S(1) 1 ! 0 and Br) images, and high resolution molecular observations (C 34 S(2-1), (3-2), (5-4) and 13 CO(2-1)) around the highly variable H 2 O maser located between the S235 A and B optical nebulosi-ties. These observations are part of an ongoing search for the sources of excitation of H 2 O masers in regions of star format...

Purpose: To determine the level of proteolytic activity in lens epithelium samples from cataract surgery and to investigate a possible relation to the type of cataract. We wanted to estimate G-independent as well as Ca-dependent activity. Another purpose was to me.asure the activity of calpastatin, an endogenous inhibitor of calpain, which is a Ca-activated protease. Methods: Cataracts were typ...

Analysis was made of 20 patients with endobronchial tuberculosis proven by fiberoptic bronchoscopy and bronchial biopsy. Unlike prechemotherapy reports, the disease affects the older age group and more men. Only one half of the patients had fever, and the characteristic localized wheeze was found in 15 percent of cases. Chest roentgenogram showed typical collapse-consolidation in most cases; ho...

Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, however, mitigate the risks to public health and make incineration an alternative worth exploring. Incineration can reduce solid waste to 85 percent to 90 percent of the incoming volume, or 65 percent to 80 percent of the incoming weight. With some modification, a waste incinerator can be designed to recover energy in the form of steam, hot water or electricity...