STUDY OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effects of early exercise training in patients recovering from acute respiratory failure needing mechanical ventilation (MV). DESIGN Prospective, randomized, and controlled study. SETTING Three respiratory intermediate ICUs (RIICUs). PATIENTS Of 228 patients admitted to an RIICU, 66 patients weaned from MV from > 48 to < 96 h were considered eligible and e...

Handrim wheelchair propulsion is a cyclic skill that needs to be learned during rehabilitation. Yet it is unclear how inter-individual differences in motor learning impact wheelchair propulsion practice. Therefore we studied how early-identified motor learning styles in novice able-bodied participants impact the outcome of a low-intensity wheelchair-practice intervention. Over a 12-minute pre-t...

Causal evidence for the built environment's role in supporting physical activity is needed to inform land use and transportation policies. This quasi-longitudinal residential relocation study compared within-person changes in self-reported transportation walking, transportation cycling, and overall physical activity during the past 12 months among adults who did and did not move to a different ...

Hazards from Cosmetics and Toilet Preparations .1700 The Traveller Looks Both Ways. DOUGLAS GUTHRIE, M.D., F.R.C.S., F.R.C.P.Ed. ......................... 1701 To-day's Drugs ..................... 1704 OBITUARY ........................... 1716 MEDICO-LEGAL ...................... 1718 MEDICAL NOTES IN PARLIAMENT ...... 1719 VITAL STATISTICS .................... 1721 MEDICAL NEWS ...................

Increase in organic waste generation, dwindling nature of global oil reserves coupled with environmental challenges caused by waste oil disposal and burning of fossil fuels necessitated the need for alternative energy resources. Waste cooking oil obtained from the frying fish outlet was analyzed for its physicochemical properties using ASTM D-975 methods. Acid and Iodine values of the oil were ...

The etherification of glycerol with propylene over acidic heterogeneous catalysts, Amberlyst-15, S100, and S200 resins, produced mono-propyl glycerol ethers (MPGEs), 1,3-di- and 1,2-di-propyl glycerol ethers (DPGEs), and tri-propyl glycerol ether (TPGE). The propylation of glycerol over Amberlyst-15 yielded only TPGE. The glycerol etherification with 1-butene over Amberlyst-15 and S200 resins p...