this workshop features, (live) demonstration of sonographic technique of the upper extremity joints; patient positioning; transducer choices, operation and position on the anatomic landmarks; optimal evaluation of the anatomic structures in shoulder, elbow and wrist; hopefully on thursday or friday.

Background: The issues of patient safety and healthcare quality have become increasingly important around the world since the 1990s. Many hospitals manage to reduce the number of adverse events (AEs) that can threaten patient safety in healthcare organizations. Assessing the existing patient safety culture gives hospital management a clear vision of an organization’s strengths ...

background chronic hepatitis b virus (hbv) infection is a multifactorial disease that can result in serious clinical complications. host genetic background especially the genes that encode immunologic factors like inf-γ and its receptor (ifn-γ r) are critical in the pathogenesis of infection. materials and methods genomic dna from peripheral blood samples of 200 chronically hbv infected patient...

BACKGROUND For analyzing a repeated ordinal response, it is common to use a multivariate cumulative logit model. This model may fit poorly, especially when a nonsymmetric response is available. In these cases, alternative strategies should be utilized. METHODS In this paper, we present a family of power transformations for the cumulative probabilities to model asymmetric departures from the r...

The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of infrared (IR) temperature on thermoregulatory behaviour in suckling piglets in the first 3 weeks after farrowing. A total of 10 piglets from each of the 16 litters were exposed to recommended IR temperature conditions at 1, 2 and 3 weeks of age, with a mild offset (4°C) in IR temperature during the first experiment and a more challeng...

purpose: to present a case of spontaneous resolution of essential esotropia case report: a 22-month-old girl presented with eye deviation since the age of 4 month. in the first examination, visual acuity of both eyes was c+s+m+. the patient had 35 prism diopters of alternative esotropia in primary position and also bilateral inferior oblique overaction (iooa). there was no significant refractiv...

introduction: the main objective of all organizations is to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the personnel’s performance and this partly depends on effective management. managers are valuable assets and studying their behavior and personality dimensions may provide important guide for effectiveness and efficiency improvement. in this connection, the objective of this research is to d...

Herein, we reported the case of a 32-year-old male patient presented with intermittent attacks of mild right chest pain and dyspnea for 2 years. On contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) of the chest, a non-enhancing subcarinal cystic lesion about 6×6.5 cm was detected in the posterior mediastinum, consistent with the features of bronchogenic cyst. The lesion showed small calcific focus cha...

this study tries to redesign the interior design of inter-city bus in order to fulfill needs of iranian user. the goal of this study is practically investigate how user centered design can be applied considering cultural needs of iranian user. by defining common needs between cultural and physical aspects of iranian user, the main focus was on improving the sitting condition of the traveler wit...