BACKGROUND Hypersensitivity to contrast media (CMs) may be common and serious. AIM To evaluate the prevalence of CM hypersensitivity, risk factors associated with it and the role of skin testing in its diagnosis. METHODS A structured questionnaire was administered to patients who underwent computed tomography during a 1-year period. Skin tests with CMs, including skin prick tests (SPTs), in...

Multidirectional interdigital transducers IDTs combined with delay path modifications for surface acoustic wave SAW sensors in a Langasite substrate are shown to positively and significantly impact power consumption, device sensitivity, and biofouling elimination capability. Simulated devices have mutually interacting orthogonal IDTs and microcavities of square cross sections of side /2, and of...

objective: depression is a growing public health problem, which needs more consideration in primary care settings. by focusing primarily on developmental psychology, attachment style is one of the most influential variables on the risk of internalized disorders. although attachment styles have strong effects on emotional aspect of human mental life, emotional turbulence and dysfunction are cons...

One of the implicit assumptions considered in the majority of investigations performed in the area of inventory management is that the physical flow of products that passes through an inventory system as well as the associated information flow are free from defects, i.e. for a given type of product, the quantity received matches exactly the quantity ordered or there are no errors occurring duri...