Abstract Background Masseter vestibular evoked myogenic potential (mVEMP) is a recent tool for the assessment of and trigeminal pathways. Though few studies have recorded mVEMP using click stimuli, there are no reports these potentials more conventional VEMP eliciting tone bursts. Purpose The aim study to establish normative values determine test–retest reliability burst mVEMP. Research Design ...

Computerized dynamic posturography is commonly used to assess balance in service members, but normative values for the military population have not been established. What are Motor Control Test (MCT), Sensory Organization (SOT) and enhanced SOT (eSOT) within at which point do they differ? Cross-sectional study. 237 active duty members (78 % male) completed MCT, eSOT with sway manipulated a gain...

Assessment of exposure to airborne endotoxins has been studied for several years, especially in occupational environments, but a large number of procedures are used for sampling and analysis. This lack of standardization makes it very difficult to compare results and set internationally accepted threshold limit values (TLVs) or occupational exposure limits (OELs) for endotoxin exposure. This pa...

BACKGROUND Intraepidermal nerve fiber density (IENFD) is considered a good diagnostic tool for small fiber neuropathy (SFN). OBJECTIVES To assess stratified normative values for IENFD and determine the reliability and validity of IENFD in sarcoidosis. METHODS IENFD was assessed in 188 healthy volunteers and 72 patients with sarcoidosis (n = 58 with SFN symptoms, n = 14 without SFN symptoms)...

Balance Error Scoring System Normative Values in an Athletic Pediatric Sample

background and aim: sinusoidal harmonic acceleration (sha) test is one of the most effective and best-tolerated methods to assess vestibular system function, especially horizontal semicircular canal in children. a prerequisite for using this test in children, is the availability of normative data. despite of the numerous studies related to the sha in adults, few researches have been documented ...

The concept of sustainability inspired most urban development plans after Rio 1992, although many such plans have not been too successful. An important reason for this is the disjuncture of science from culture and traditional knowledge and planners’ inability to conceptualize the environmental values of societies.This research aims to explore storytelling’s ability to aid in identifying of env...

Many multichannel retailers are now offering customers the option to place their orders online and then pick them up from the retailers’ physical stores. As a relatively new type of multichannel retail service, the factors that influence consumers to use “online order/in-store pickup” (OOIP) remains largely unknown. This study uses the Behavioral Reasoning Theory to examine the factors that inf...

Purpose: This paper seeks to answer two research questions which are " What are key factors which influence Chinese to adopt mobile technology? " and " Do these key factors differ from factors which are identified from Western context? " Design/methodology: The findings from a pilot study with 45 in-depth interviews are used to develop questionnaires and test across 800 residents from the three...