Objective To determine the false-negative rate, sensitivity, and diagnostic accuracy of the frozen section analysis of the sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy in early-stage breast cancer compared to the definitive section and to identify the factors that could be associated with the appearance of false-negative cases. Secondarily, to evaluate the pathological results of cases submitted to complet...

OBJECTIVE To examine the effect and safety of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) program in high-risk cardiac patients and compare these results to those of control CR participants without high-risk criteria. METHODS A total of 12 high-risk cardiac patients were recruited as subjects. The high-risk criteria were: advanced heart failure with left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) of less than 30%,...

Based on a new data structure called PATCH Graph, an eecient completion procedure for nitely presented groups is described. A PATCH Graph represents rules and their symmetrized forms as cycles in a Cayley graph structure. Completion is easily performed directly on the graph, and structure sharing is enforced. The structure of the graph allows us to avoid certain redundant inferences. The PATCH ...

This paper describes a tool for Knuth-Bendix completion. In its interactive mode the user only has to select the orientation of equations into rewrite rules; all other computations (including necessary termination checks) are performed internally. Apart from the interactive mode, the tool also provides a fully automatic mode. Moreover, the generation of (dis)proofs in equational logic is suppor...

Objective: A Korean version of Trail Making Test (TMT) led to reduced clinical use in Korea because of lower completion rate. The current study examines multiple TMT versions in effort to identify which type might accurately detect cognitive decline with higher completion rate. Methods: Three versions of TMT including the original TMT, TMT-Korean Letter (TMT-K), and TMT-Black and White (TMT-B&W...

A new general method for designing asynchronous datapath components, called speculative completion, is introduced. The method has many of the advantages of a bundled data approach, such as the use of single-rail synchronous datapaths, but it also allows early completion. As a case study, the method is applied to the high-performance parallel BLC adder design of Brent and Kung. Through careful g...

BACKGROUND Achieving the target of 95% colonoscopy completion rate at centres conducting colorectal screening programs is an important issue. Large centres and teaching hospitals employing endoscopists with different levels of training and expertise risk achieving worse results. Deep sedation with propofol in routine colonoscopy could maximize the results of cecal intubation. METHODS The pres...

BACKGROUND The intervention completion rate is an important metric in behavioral and intervention research; trials with limited intervention completion rates may have reduced internal validity. We examined intervention completion rates among 530 African Americans who had been randomized to an integrated (INT) or disease-specific (DSE) risk education protocol as part of a comparative effectivene...