PURPOSE: Current indices of risk evaluation for abdominal wall reconstruction focus on thickness and fat measurements, but do not address abdominal wall elasticity and texture assessment. Acoustic-Radiation-Forced-ImpulseShear-Wave-Velocity (ARFI-SWV) is a novel technology to assess skeletal muscle tissue characteristics. This technique has not assessed the abdominal wall physiology for reconst...

PURPOSE: Current indices of risk evaluation for abdominal wall reconstruction focus on thickness and fat measurements, but do not address abdominal wall elasticity and texture assessment. Acoustic-Radiation-Forced-ImpulseShear-Wave-Velocity (ARFI-SWV) is a novel technology to assess skeletal muscle tissue characteristics. This technique has not assessed the abdominal wall physiology for reconst...

Serial assessments of neurocognitive functioning in athletes with concussion are commonly used for return to play decisions. This study provides reliable change indices (RCIs) for computerized tests from 40 NCAA Division I collegiate athletes that suffered a sports-related concussion. The normative data that resulted from the RCIs and subsequent analyses of differences between improved and not ...

during the recent decades, substantial changes are made in the borders and contents of physiology as a basic course for the students in medicine. here some strategies are presented to preserve the classical and integrative approaches in teaching physiology, while these approaches extent our knowledge to molecular, sub-cellular and cellular levels.

Wildlife is exposed to natural (e.g., food availability and quality, parasitism) and anthropogenic stressors (e.g., habitat fragmentation, toxicants). Individual variables (e.g., age, gender) affect behaviour and physiology of animals. Together, these parameters can create both great inter-individual variations in health indicators and interpretation difficulties. We investigated the relevance ...

Abstract Precise phosphorus (P) application requires a mechanistic understanding of mineral effects on crop biology and physiology. Photosynthate assimilation, metabolism, transport require phosphorylation, we postulated that P is critical for the bloom fruit-set almond trees rely stored carbohydrate reserves. Hence, studied growth, physiology dynamics in 2-year-old irrigated with concentration...

105 inTroducTion Civilian Tactical Emergency Medical Support (TEMS) has a long history in the United States. Enormous progress has been made during the past ten years in developing professional and operational standards within the field. However, to date, there still exists no standard of care within TEMS specifically, and more broadly for high threat pre-hospital trauma care. Current civilian ...

Eiman Zargaran, MD, MHSc, Lauren Adolph, Nadine Schuurman, PhD, Larissa Roux, MD, PhD, Damon Ramsey, MD, Richard Simons, MB, BChir, Richard Spence, MD, Andrew J. Nicol, MD, PhD, Pradeep Navsaria, MD, Juan Carlos Puyana, MD, Neil Parry, MD, Lynne Moore, PhD, Michel Aboutanos, MD, MPH, Natalie Yanchar, MD, Tarek Razek, MD, Chad G. Ball, MD, MSc, and S. Morad Hameed, MD, MPH, for the Trauma Associ...