OBJECTIVE We reported on the distribution of very preterm (VPT) birth rates by race across metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs). METHODS Rates of singleton VPT birth for non-Hispanic white, non-Hispanic black, and Hispanic women were calculated with National Center for Health Statistics 2002-2004 natality files for infants in 168 MSAs. Subanalysis included stratification by parity, age, smok...

The objectives of this study are to determine the prevalence of hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS) and the characteristics of the vibrotactile perception threshold (VPT) among users of hand-held vibrating tools working in a tropical environment. A cross sectional study was done among 47 shipyard workers using instruments and a questionnaire to determine HAVS related symptoms. The vibration acce...

AIM To investigate the personality in very preterm individuals (VPT; gestational age, GA, <32 weeks) at adult age in two cohorts born in 1974-76 and 1980-82, respectively, and to illuminate the effect of increased survival rates and the clinical implications of deviations in personality. METHOD Demographic data were extracted for all individuals born in Denmark in 1974-76 and 1980-82. From ea...

The method for the recursive calculation of the effective potential is applied successfully in case of weak coupling limit (g tend to zero) to a multidimensional complex cubic potential. In strong-coupling limit (g tend to infinity), the result is resumed using the variational perturbation theory (VPT). It is found that the convergence of VPT-results approaches those expected. PACS: 03.65.Ca; 0...

Vital pulp therapy (VPT) of permanent mature teeth is continuously ascertaining to be a more reliable endodontic treatment. The purpose of this case report was to describe successful VPT of a mature mandibular left first molar with concurrent hyperplastic pulpitis, internal root resorption and periradicular periodontitis in a 35-year-old male patient. After complete caries removal and access ca...

We propose an approach for a robot to imitate the gestures of a human demonstrator. Our framework consists solely of two components: a Sensory-Motor Map (SMM) and a View-Point Transformation (VPT). The SMM establishes an association between an arm image and the corresponding joint angles and it is learned by the system during a period of observation of its own gestures. The VPT is widely discus...

Altered functional neuroanatomy of high-order cognitive processing has been described in very preterm individuals (born before 33 weeks of gestation; VPT) compared to controls in childhood and adolescence. However, VPT birth may be accompanied by different types of adverse neonatal events and associated brain injury, the severity of which may have differential effects on brain development and s...

OBJECTIVE Peripheral sensory neuropathy (PSN) is a common cause of ulceration and amputation in diabetes (DM) patients. The prevalence of PSN in DM patients is largely undetermined in sub-Saharan African population. We studied the burden of PSN in DM patients using a validated questionnaire and quantitative sensory test. METHODS In a case-control design, PSN was measured in 491 DM patients an...

The primary aim of this study was to investigate the functional neuroanatomy of motor planning, initiation and execution in a cohort of young adults (mean age 20 years) who were born very preterm (VPT; <33 weeks of gestation), as these individuals are at increased risk of experiencing neuromotor difficulties compared to controls. A cued motor task was presented to 20 right-handed VPT individual...

vital pulp therapy (vpt) is the preferred conservative treatment for preservation of symptomatic pulps in immature permanent teeth. the present case report summarizes vpt of an immature permanent molar with irreversible pulpitis associated with apical periodontitis in a 9-year-old boy. cervical pulpotomy was performed and radicular pulp stump were covered with calcium-enriched mixture (cem) cem...