introduction: objective structured clinical examination (osce) is used for the evaluation of the clinical competence in medicine for which it is essential to measure validity and reliability. this study aimed to investigate the validity and reliability of osce for residents of obstetrics and gynecology at kermanshah university of medical sciences in 2011. methods: a descriptive-correlation stud...

statement of the problem halitosis is a common condition. many oral diseases, as well as several systemic diseases, may cause halitosis. according to some studies the prevalence of this symptom is more than 50%. purpose the aim of this study was to evaluate the knowledge of general practitioners (dentists), who work in tehran, about “halitosis”. material & methods in this cross-sectional, descr...

AIMS Non-compliance in patients with heart failure (HF) contributes to worsening HF symptoms and may lead to hospitalization. Several smaller studies have examined compliance in HF, but all were limited as they only studied either the individual components of compliance and its related factors or several aspects of compliance without studying the related factors. The aims of this study were to ...

We report a case of a rapidly progressing giant retroperitoneal liposarcoma weighing 22 kg in a 41-year-old Japanese man, successfully treated with surgical excision. To our knowledge, this is the largest liposarcoma in the Japanese population reported in the literature.

The power specification of a chip is generally developed during the product conception stage. Engineers select technology libraries, IPs, and make architectural decisions by weighing them against the impact on the power budget. In this paper, we present a knowledge-base (KB) system for pre-design chip power estimation, which uses post-layout power information from previous designs. KB rules are...

This paper describes HERMES, a system that enhances group decision making by providing an argumentation framework to the agents involved. The system organizes the existing knowledge in a discussion graph, which consists of issues, alternatives, positions and preference relations. Argumentation is performed through a set of discourse acts which trigger appropriate procedures for the propagation ...

The present study investigated the validity, reliability, objectivity, and practicability of methods with skinfold caliper (SF), ultrasound (US), bioelectrical impedance (BI), and sulfur hexafluoride (SHD) using identical subjects, and evaluated comprehensive usefulness by comparing selected methods or equations. In examining validity, underwater weighing (UW) was employed to obtain the criteri...

BACKGROUND Empirically supported treatments for eating disorders, such as cognitive-behavioral therapy and family-based treatment, stress the importance of weighing patients during therapy and using this information as part of treatment. However, weighing practices vary widely across eating disorders professionals, including those that purport to provide empirically supported interventions. O...