The purpose of this analysis is to estimate the impact Medicaid expansion in 2014 on healthcare services among asthma patients. A retrospective cross-section study was conducted patients aged 26-64 years United States between 2007-2018 using Medical Expenditure Panel Surveys. total expenditure and utilization services, including prescription drugs, emergency department (ED) visits, hospital inp...

In children, flexor pollicis longus (FPL) tendon injuries are uncommon. In delayed diagnosed cases, CT and MRI are hard to perform, even though to confirm the location of the lacerated proximal tendon end is preferable for the planning of operation procedure. In such condition, ultrasonography is suitable because of its characteristic feature of easy-to-perform procedure even in children. In th...

Observed child care quality and parent perceptions of child care quality received by children in poor (below Federal Poverty Line, FPL), low-income (between FPL and 200% of FPL), and non-low-income families were examined. Observations were completed in 359 centerand home-based child care programs in four Midwestern states and surveys were received from 1313 parents whose children were enrolled ...

We investigate the complexity of the model checking problem for intuitionistic and modal propositional logics over transitive Kripke models. More specific, we consider intuitionistic logic IPC, basic propositional logic BPL, formal propositional logic FPL, and Jankov’s logic KC. We show that the model checking problem is P-complete for the implicational fragments of all these intuitionistic log...

Presburger arithmetic provides the mathematical core for polyhedral compilation techniques that drive analytical cache models, loop optimization ML and HPC, formal verification, even hardware design. Polyhedral is widely regarded as being slow due to potentially high computational cost of underlying libraries. Researchers typically use these libraries powerful black-box tools, but perceived int...

in this report we describe our encounter of a case of hand trauma referred to our center presenting with incomplete left thumb amputation at metacarpal level with extensor pollicis longus (epl) and flexor pollicis longus (fpl) tendon avulsion from the tenomuscular junction. after metacarpal bone fixation the ulnar digital artery was anastomosed and the digital nerves were coapted. transfer of e...

INTRODUCTION We examined the association between sealant prevalence and parental education for different levels of family income, controlling for other covariates. METHODS We combined data from 2005-2006, 2007-2008, and 2009-2010 cycles of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. The study sample was 7,090 participants aged 6 to 19 years. Explanatory variables, chosen on the basi...

OBJECTIVE To assess whether participation in a state publicly financed health insurance program, Massachusetts Children's Medical Security Plan (CMSP) , which is open to children regardless of income, was associated with disenrollment from private insurance. DATA SOURCES/STUDY DESIGN A survey of participants in CMSP who were enrolled as of April 1998 was used. We conducted analyses to detect ...

The identification of factors affecting longevity in dairy cows is great importance to improve their length productive life. Cows can be replaced for poor milk production (i.e. true lifespan, TPL) or other reasons than (functional FPL). objective the present study was investigate influence yield, fat and protein contents, insemination status (INS), somatic cell count (SCC) ?-hydroxybutyrate (BH...

PURPOSE Interphalangeal joint stabilization often is performed concomitantly with tendon transfers that restore key pinch (lateral pinch) to the paralyzed thumb. The goal of this study was to measure the effect of interphalangeal joint stabilization via percutaneous pin fixation on the thumb-tip force produced by the flexor pollicis longus (FPL). METHODS We applied 10 N of force to the tendon...