The Comprehensive® Shoulder Solutions’ Modular Hybrid Glenoid from Biomet is a revolutionary design for replacement of the glenoid in total shoulder arthroplasty. It provides three outer pegs and three central peg options for surgical implantation. In vitro testing of the Modular Hybrid Glenoid resulted in mean axial pull-out peak loads ranging from 209 to 303 lbf, mean inferior/superior shear ...

ABSTRACT This study determined the effects of health instruction upon the Objective Reference Test (ORT) scores of students in grades one through five of the Troy School District in Troy, Michigan. In September 1971, all elementary teachers in Michigan were instructed to begin teaching substance use and abuse. An Elementary Health Committee was established to design a curriculum guide for healt...

With the apparent return of the historical epic movie – Braveheart, Gladiator, The Passion of Christ, Troy, King Arthur and several films of Alexander and Boudicca (Boadicea for those over 40), attention is again focused on the authenticity of the genre. Was it really like that? Is the costume and architecture true to life? And, most commonly asked by those who enjoyed Gladiator, was the grippi...

This paper studies the validity of the long-run purchasing parity hypothesis. The five currencies of interest in this study are the U.S. dollar, the U.K. pound sterling, the German mark, the French franc, and the Japanese yen. I attempt two approaches to test the long-run PPP hypothesis. First, I test for unit roots of the real exchange rates themselves. Second, I examine the cointegration rela...

BACKGROUND The economic impact of personality disorders on UK health services is unknown. AIMS To test the hypothesis that people with personality disorders have higher mean health and non-health costs compared with those without personality disorders. METHOD Prospective cohort study design. A total of 303 general practice attenders were followed-up I year after they had been assessed for t...

This paper revisits the role of macroeconomic fundamentals as predictors for exchange rate movements at different horizons. It takes seriously the notion that the fundamental dynamics of an economy is hard to measure and that the usual measures, such as monetary aggregates, price index and deflator series and GDP, are imperfect approximations of these fundamental movements. As an alternative me...

OBJECTIVES To establish the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of selective oestrogen receptor modulators, bisphosphonates and parathyroid hormone (subject to licensing) for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis and the prevention of osteoporotic fractures in postmenopausal women. DATA SOURCES Electronic databases. REVIEW METHODS Studies that met the review's entry criteri...