BACKGROUND Quantitative measurements to help detect incipient or latent lymphedema in patients at risk for breast cancer treatment-related lymphedema (BCRL) are potentially useful supplements to clinical assessments. Suitable measurements for routine use include arm volumes, arm bioimpedance, and local tissue water (LTW) determined from the tissue dielectric constant (TDC). Because BCRL initial...

BACKGROUND Norovirus infection outbreaks (NoVOs) occur frequently in closed populations, such as cruise ship passengers. Environmental contamination is believed to play an important role in NoVO propagation. METHODS Trained health care professionals covertly evaluated the thoroughness of disinfection cleaning (TDC) of 6 standardized objects (toilet seat, flush handle or button, toilet stall i...

Although seat-belts are the most effective means of preventing severe injuries and deaths from road accidents, drivers and passengers in many developing countries neglect to wear them. This study aimed to measure the rate of use of seat-belts and factors affecting their use in Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran. In direct observations of 7718 vehicles at randomly selected sites in Tehran, 77.9% o...

The carbonation of biosourced 1,2-diols is a sustainable avenue for the synthesis bis-five-membered cyclic carbonates (bis-5CCs), precursors valuable class polymers, example, polyhydroxyurethanes (PHUs). In this work, we performed direct optically pure sugar-based butadiene tetraols, namely, (i) meso-erythritol and (ii) its (S,S) diastereoisomer, (L)-threitol. corresponding vicinal bis-5CCs, er...

of the 5,655 accidents with casualty that had occurred during 1973 in teheran, 4,936 or 87. 3% were caused by the negligence on the part of the drivers. the most accident producing driving middle-aged men of 30- 39 years, who had recently acquired driving permit and were wage earners as drivers in the city of tehran. alcohol intoxication as the cause of the accident had been recorded in only o....

Zinoviy STOTSKO L'viv Polytechnic National University, Institute of Engineering Mechanics and Transport, Department of Design and Operation of machines 1 Professorska str., L'viv, Ukraine Myroslav OLISKEVYCH* L'viv Polytechnic National University, Institute of Engineering Mechanics and Transport, Vehicle Operation and Repair Department 32, Bandery str., L'viv, Ukraine *Corresponding author. E-m...

BACKGROUND Findings of auditory abnormalities in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) include delayed superior temporal gyrus auditory responses, pre- and post-stimulus superior temporal gyrus (STG) auditory oscillatory abnormalities, and atypical hemispheric lateralization. These abnormalities are likely associated with abnormal brain maturation. To better understand changes in brain a...

Driving cycles are an important input for state-of-the-art vehicle emission models. Development of a driving cycle requires second-by-second vehicle speed for a representative set of vehicles. Current practice is to use standard driving cycles, like HWFET or SFTP-US06, however, these driving cycles reflect small samples of vehicles, do not reflect varying conditions by time of day, by vehicle t...