The objective of this present study was to describe the clinical-radiological and lung function characteristics of hypersensitivity pneumonitis due to exposure to isocyanates (HPI). Included for study were all those patients diagnosed with HPI (n = 5) from 1995-2010. In all cases, chest CT and complete lung function studies were done. The diagnosis was made with positive specific bronchial prov...

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PURPOSE An observational prospective study was conducted to study the effects of hypotonic spa-water baths and narrowband ultraviolet B therapy given alone or in combination for treatment of moderate-severe psoriasis. MATERIALS AND METHODS TWO TREATMENTS WERE ANALYSED: 2 weeks of balneotherapy followed by ultraviolet-B (UVB) 311-nm phototherapy (BPT) or 2 weeks of daily bath treatments of Com...

Best practice tariff (BPT) was introduced as a financial incentive model to improve compliance with evidence-based care, such as operation for hip fracture within 36 hours of admission. We previously evaluated the impact of warfarin on patients with hip fracture, revealing significant delay to operation and subsequent loss of revenue. As a result of this, an "early trigger" intravenous vitamin ...

The relationship between Mycoplasma pneumoniae (MP) infection and asthma has rarely been explored through examination of airway reactivity. The aim of this study was to determine airway reactivity changes after MP infection in children. First, 106 children were divided into four groups according to the existence of MP infection and/or asthma. Then children with only MP belonged to the MP group;...

The two independent Ni(II) ions in the one-dimensional title complex, [Ni(2)(C(7)H(3)NO(4))(2)(C(12)H(8)N(4)S)(H(2)O)(2)](n) or [Ni(2)(pydc)(2)(bpt)(H(2)O)(2)](n) (H(2)pydc = pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylic acid and bpt = 2,5-di-4-pyrid-yl-1,3,4-thia-diazole), have different coordination environments. One Ni(II) ion is in a slightly-distorted octa-hedral coordination environment formed by three O ato...

In this article, I share general principles that allow me to situate body psychotherapy within the realm of other psychotherapy schools. The frame I use comes from experimental psychology, which has traditionally defended the vision of an embodied psyche which includes mind and affects. I will focus on French-speaking organismic psychology (Lamarck – Bernard – Charcot Ribot Binet Janet Wallon –...

BACKGROUND The current categorical split of mood disorders in bipolar (BP) disorders and depressive disorders has recently been questioned. The presence of a significant number of manic/hypomanic symptoms in patients with recurrent unipolar depression seems to challenge the traditional dichotomy of unipolar-BP disorder. Two highly unstable personality features, i.e., the cyclothymic temperament...

Postactivation potentiation (PAP) has been hypothesized previously to occur during voluntary, concentric actions. We tested the hypothesis that one of at least three different intensities of conditioning exercises would evoke potentiation of power during the concentric, bench press throw (BPT). Twelve men (age = 22.9 ± 2.7 years, bench press 1 repetition maximum (1RM) = 1.20 ± 0.12 kg·kg-1 body...