Binary logistic regression is a well-known and widely used technique in psychology health sciences. This allows the introduction of all types regressors very flexible terms assumptions; it requires random sample n participants evaluated on k predictor variables that show low collinearity dichotomous qualitative variable predicted variable. A practice found with relative frequency this field res...

A culture of Staphylococcus aureus harbouring a temperature-sensitive plasmid carrying genes for resistance to penicillin and cadmium ions, loses this plasmid and the associated phenotype when grown at the restrictive temperature. However, incubation at the restrictive temperature in the presence of cadmium ions results in a small number of cadmium-resistant cells. The properties of these survi...

Restrictive cardiomyopathy (RCM) is a myocardial disorder that usually results from increased myocardial stiffness that leads to impaired ventricular filling. Biventricular chamber size and systolic function are usually normal or nearnormal until later stages of the disease. Affecting either or both ventricles, RCM may cause signs or symptoms of left or right heart failure. Arrhythmias and cond...

Introduction To date, no studies have explored how different regulatory environments may influence the effectiveness of electronic cigarettes (ECs) as a smoking cessation aid. Objective This study compares the real-world effectiveness of adult smokers using ECs for quitting compared with quitting unassisted or quitting with nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) and/or prescription medications in...

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pedneo.2015.09.005 1875-9572/Copyright a 2015, Taiwan Pediatric Association. Published CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd third degree consanguineous parentage and delivered at 33 weeks of gestation by caesarean section. The weight at birth was 1.02 kg, and the occipitofrontal circumference was 30.5 cm. She had a wide anterior fontanell...

BACKGROUND Pericardial thickening is an uncommon complication of cardiac surgery. OBJECTIVES To study pericardial thickening as the cause of severe postoperative venous congestion. SUBJECTS Two men, one with severe aortic stenosis and single coronary artery disease, and one with coronary artery disease after an old inferior infarction. Both had coronary artery bypass grafting surgery. MET...

INTRODUCTION Prior reports suggest that restrictive ICU visitation policies can negatively impact patients and their loved ones. However, visitation practices in US ICUs, and the hospital factors associated with them, are not well described. METHODS A telephone survey was made of ICUs, stratified by US region and hospital type (community, federal, or university), between 2008 and 2009. Hospit...