BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The Joint Commission has identified timely reporting of critical results as one of the National Patient Safety Goals. We surveyed directors of neuroradiology fellowships to assess and compare critical findings lists across programs. MATERIALS AND METHODS A 3-question survey was e-mailed to directors of neuroradiology fellowships with the following questions: 1) Do you c...

OBJECTIVES This study evaluated the influence of the cavity configuration factor ("C-Factor") and light activation technique on polymerization contraction forces of a Bis-GMA-based composite resin (Charisma, Heraeus Kulzer). MATERIAL AND METHODS Three different pairs of steel moving bases were connected to a universal testing machine (emic DL 500): groups A and B - 2x2 mm (CF=0.33), groups C ...

sixteen multiparous lactating buffaloes after 8 weeks of calving and weighing 500 to 600 kg were used in a complete switch-back design with four groups. buffaloes in the first group were fed the control ration (r1) consisted of dm basis of 60% concentrate feed mixture (cfm)+20% rice straw (rs)+20% berseem hay (bh), while in the other groups the rations consisted of dm basis of 40% cfm+20% rs+40...

Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs, prion diseases) are a class of fatal neurodegenerative diseases affecting a variety of mammalian species including humans. A misfolded form of the prion protein (PrP(TSE)) is the major, if not sole, component of the infectious agent RecentTSE outbreaks in domesticated and wild animal populations have created the need for safe and effective dispos...

The increasing concerns regarding climate change and depletion of raw materials motivate governments to intensify their actions towards a cleaner energy matrix, independent fossil fuels, more sustainable material supply chain. In this context, municipal solid waste (MSW) is major interest, considering it contains variety potentially valuable materials, such as biomass (e.g. food green waste) re...

We study the stability of the two–neutrino MSW solution of the solar neutrino problem, corresponding to solar νe transitions into sterile neutrino, νe → νs, with respect to changes of the total fluxes of 8B and 7Be neutrinos, ΦB and ΦBe. For any value of ΦBe from the interval 0.7ΦBP Be ≤ ΦBe ≤ 1.3ΦBP Be (for ΦBe = 0.7ΦBP Be ) the νe → νs MSW transitions provide at 95% C.L. a description of the ...

IMPORTANCE Macrolide antibiotics have been shown beneficial in cystic fibrosis (CF) and diffuse panbronchiolitis, and earlier findings also suggest a benefit in non-CF bronchiectasis. OBJECTIVE To determine the efficacy of macrolide maintenance treatment for adults with non-CF bronchiectasis. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS The BAT (Bronchiectasis and Long-term Azithromycin Treatment) stu...

Methane gas is a by-product of landfilling municipal solid wastes (MSW). Most of the global MSW is dumped in non-regulated landfills and the generated methane is emitted to the atmosphere. Some of the modern regulated landfills attempt to capture and utilize landfill biogas, a renewable energy source, to generate electricity or heat. As of 2001, there were about one thousand landfills collectin...

in vietnam, municipal solid waste (msw) has being become increasing complex due to variety of reasons as the increasing quantity, changing composition of msw, rising public awareness and municipal administration policies among different cities and surrounding communities. there is not currently an efficient management system in place for facilities such as storage, collection, transfer, transpo...