Nurses frequently care for sleepless elderly patients on bed rest in a hospital environment. Our previous study with young adults showed that bright light exposure during the daytime affected the induction of nocturnal deep sleep. The purpose of this study is aimed at finding whether similar research could be observed with hospitalized elderly patients. Seven patients (mean age 67; range 57-77 ...

BACKGROUND Two alternative surgical techniques for elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC), low-pressure insufflation of the peritoneal cavity and abdominal wall lifting (AWL), have been developed over time to minimize the disadvantages associated with CO2-elicited pneumoperitoneum. To the best of our knowledge, the 2 methods have seldom been compared as regards their relative advantages and...

PURPOSE To assess distance changes between the femoral and tibial attachment points of 3 different anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tunnel entry positions throughout the range of knee motion in cadaveric knees. METHODS The ACLs of 11 fresh-frozen cadaveric knees (from 6 men and 5 women) were removed using radiofrequency. Three tibial tunnel placements were made using a cannulated awl, and thr...

BACKGROUND Although many methods for cosmetic lip augmentation are available, none represents an ideal solution. OBJECTIVE A quantitative analysis of surgical lip augmentation was undertaken comparing AlloDerm (Lifecell Corp., Branchburg, NJ) allogenic dermal graft and autologous fat injection with autologous fat injection alone. METHODS Horizontal stab incisions were made at the vermilion ...

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WO mutants in the mouse, Tabby and crinkled, produce identical phenotypes when homozygous. The Ta/Ta or cr/cr mouse has a long, narrow face, a very smooth looking coat with bare patches behind the ears, no hair on the tail and a markedly reduced number of secondary vibrissae (FALCONER, FRASER and KING 1952). The coat of the mouse normally consists of four types of hair: guard hairs, awls, auche...

The compaction of concrete is carried out with a vibrating device or using an awl. One solution in facing problems to use the Self Compacting Concrete (SCC) method also called self-flowing concrete. This study aims obtain mixture formula / composition laboratory-scale SCC-making materials that meet SCC acceptance criteria. mixing by trial and error referring values Flowability, Workability, Pas...