This article describes the design and implementation of a prototype that analyzes and classifies transcripts of interviews collected during an experiment that involved lateral hemisphere-brain-damage patients. The patients’ utterances are classified as instances of categorization, prediction and explanation (abduction) based on surface linguistic cues. The agreement between our automatic classi...

introduction  self-efficacy in clinical performance had an important role in applying competencies; also competencies and self-efficacy in clinical performance influenced to quality care of nursing and midwifery students. so the present study aimed to define the relationship between clinical competencies and clinical self-efficacy among nursing and midwifery students. materials and methods  thi...

When patients depend on ventilators for a long period of time, it will increase the risk complexity and death. Thus, medical professionals try to help wean off from ventilator as soon possible minimize adverse effects respiratory machine. This study analyzed historical clinical data evaluate improve weaning protocol in operation. adopted retrospective approach by collecting 1,014 cases Taiwan 2...

CONTEXT Physicians need easy access to evidence for clinical decisions while they care for patients but, to our knowledge, no investigators have assessed use of evidence during rounds with house staff. OBJECTIVE To determine if it was feasible to find and apply evidence during clinical rounds, using an "evidence cart" that contains multiple sources of evidence and the means for projecting and...

The adrenal cortex tumors (ACT) include both malignant adrenal cortex cancers and benign masses that can be either secreting, of one of the hormones normally produced in the adrenal cortex or non-secretory. We describe clinical features and laboratory finding of patients with adrenal cortex tumors. This is a case series report. 29 cases of childhood with adrenal cortex tumors treated at the Vie...