abstract   background: postural instability has been identified as a potential precursor of falls in elderly subjects. postural stability in quiet stance is commonly assessed with center of pressure (cop) measures. the purpose of this study was to determine testretest reliability and minimal detectable change (mdc) for the center of pressure (cop) measures in the elderly subjects.   methods: ei...

Some cultural heritage institutions have large and growing spoken word collections, the items of which often live in isolation from each other and from other parts of those collections. This paper describes the design process for construction and evaluation of a system to automatically construct links between spoken conversations that address different aspects of the same event. We see this as ...

Benzocaine is a topical anesthetic frequently used in healthcare facilities and in over-the-counter medications in concentrations up to 20%. Benzocaine may induce methemoglobinemia, a condition that impairs the blood’s ability to carry oxygen. The optimal management of exposure to benzocaine remains unclear because serious toxicity is uncommon and may not be dose-related. In 2000, it was estima...

background: cardiovascular diseases are the most prevalent disorders in developed countries and heart failure is the major one among them. this disease is caused by numerous factors and one of the most considerable risk factors is unhealthy lifestyle. so the aim of this research was to study the effect of family-center empowerment model on the lifestyle of heart failure patients. methods: this ...

in this paper, first the available single charting methods, which have been proposed to detect simultaneous shifts in a single process mean and variance, are reviewed. then, by designing proper simulation studies these methods are evaluated in terms of in-control and out-ofcontrol average run length criteria (arl). the results of these simulation experiments show that the ewma and ewms methods ...

objective: this study compares the center for disease control (cdc) and international obesity task force (iotf) references in assessment of overweight and obesity among iranian adolescents. methods: the data of this study was drawn from a cross sectional study of a representative sample of 1200 adolescents aged 12‑17 years in babol, northern iran. a standard procedure was used to measure height...