in order to assess the adaptation of elaeagnus angustifolia l. and fraxinus rotundifolia mill afforestation around tabriz international airport, the qualitative and quantitative characteristics of trees were measured in 96 experimental circular plots with a size of 300 m2. to study the edaphic effects of these species, nine samples were randomly collected from 0-10 cm and 10-20 cm depth of soil...

Fig. 1. A 37-year-old patient underwent hysterectomy in the postpartum period because of impaired drainage of the uterus caused by a submucosal component of an infected leiomyoma. 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 U N C O R R E We have found that the increased number of premature deliveries and cesarean ...

The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) of the US Department of Veterans Affairs has been preparing for the October 1, 2015, conversion to the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification and Procedural Coding System (ICD-10-CM/PCS) for more than four years. The VHA's Office of Informatics and Analytics ICD-10 Program Management Office established an ICD-10 L...

S arcopenia is an age-related loss of skeletal muscle that may result in diminished muscle strength and functional performance. The prevalence of sarcopenia varies based on the cohort and the assessment criteria. According to the Health Aging and Body Composition (ABC) study, the prevalence of sarcopenia in community-dwelling older adults is about 14% to 18%, whereas the estimate may exceed 30%...

Reporting of hospital adverse events relies on Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs) using International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Edition, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) codes. The US transition to ICD-10-CM in 2015 could result in erroneous comparisons of PSIs. Using the General Equivalent Mappings (GEMs), we compared the accuracy of ICD-9-CM coded PSIs against recommended ICD-10-CM code...

Received February 5, 2013; Revised April 4, 2013; Accept From the Departments of Surgery (Utter) and In (Romano), and the Center for Healthcare Policy and Cox, Romano), University of California, Davis Medic mento, CA and US Department of Health and Human for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD (Ow Correspondence address: Garth H Utter, MD MSc, Surgery, University of California, Davis...

OBJECTIVES Implementation of the International Statistical Classification of Disease and Related Health Problems, 10th Revision (ICD-10) coding system presents challenges for using administrative data. Recognizing this, we conducted a multistep process to develop ICD-10 coding algorithms to define Charlson and Elixhauser comorbidities in administrative data and assess the performance of the res...

Typically a large diameter surface ionization source is used to produce > 0.5 A K current with emittance < 1 π-mm-mrad for heavy ion fusion experiments. So far we have observed aberrations that are slightly different from those predicted by computer simulations. We have now set up an experiment to study in detail the beam optics of such a large diameter ion diode and to benchmark the simulation...

BACKGROUND The United States is one of the last countries to change from ICD-9-CM to ICD-10-CM/PCS. The compliance date for implementation of ICD-10-CM/PCS is expected to fall on October 1, 2015. OBJECTIVES Evaluate physicians' perceptions on the change from ICD-9-CM to ICD-10-CM/PCS and its effect on their practice, determine how HIM professionals can assist in this transition, and assess wh...

Phase-locked single-cycle transients with frequency components between 1 and 60THz and peak fields of up to 12MV/cm are generated as the idler wave of a parametric amplifier. To achieve broadband conversion in GaSe nonlinear crystals, we match the group velocities of signal and idler components. The influence of group-velocity dispersion is minimized by long-wavelength pumping at 1.18mum. Free-...