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Physican handwriting legibility is as good (or bad) as everyone else

Schneider, Kirstie (2006-05-18)

Purpose: To compare handwriting legibility among professions. Methods: A convenience sample, stratified by gender, of 20 right-handed volunteers each from 7 occupations, rapidly wrote the sentence “The quick brown fox ...
The reliability of a musculoskeletal objective standardized clinical exam in professional physical therapist programs

Swift, Marcie (2006-05-19)

An Objective Standardized Clinical Examination (OSCE) was initially described and used in evaluating medical student’s abilities to take a history, perform a physical examination, and provide patient management. There are ...
Estimates of the single fiber action potential and probability of neuronal discharge obtained from human compound action potentials

Lichtenhan, Jeffery (2006-05-19)

Sensory neural hearing loss results from damage to various cochlear structures and/or auditory nerve fibers. However, current clinical diagnostic tests cannot differentiate between cochlear and neuronal pathology. The ...
Hydroxyurea-mediated regulation of erythrocyte arg

Iyamu, Efe (2006-05-19)

Currently, hydroxyurea (HU), a potent inducer of fetal hemoglobin (Hb F), is the only approved drug for the management of sickle cell disease (SCD).Although the mechanism of induction of Hb F by HU is still unknown, but ...
Ultrasound imaging of the salivary glands in patients with primary Sjögren’s syndrome and in volunteers without xerostomia

Rao, Sunitha; Walia, Damandeep (2006-05-19)

Sjögren’s Syndrome (SS) is an autoimmune disorder involving the salivary glands and lacrimal glands. Salivary glandinvolvement may be detected by noninvasive imaging studies such as Ultrasound. Ultrasound is less expensive ...
Enhancing the sensitivity of electrocochleography in the diagnosis of meniere’s disease

Al-momani, Murad (2006-05-19)

Background: Electrocochleography (ECochG), a technique for recording the stimulus-related potentials of the inner ear and auditory nerve, is widely used in the diagnosis of Meniere’s disease (MD). Unfortunately, the ...
Design of an automatic suturing machine for repair of flexor tendons

Swink, Jason (2006-05-19)

The repair of injuries to tendons, ligaments, and other connective tissue is performed in hospitals every day. The standard method of tendon repair involves bringing the edges of the severed tendon in contact and suturing ...
Peri-sleep onset alpha activity in patients with primary insomnia

Zahradnik, Erin (2006-05-19)

Introduction. Alpha activity during wakefulness is thought to represent perceptual disengagement and a state of relaxation. Patients with primary insomnia (PIs) have often been observed exhibiting less alpha activity ...
Communication patterns in families of children with chronic illness/disability

Branstetter, Jo Ellen (2006-05-19)

Purpose: To explore the impact of childhood chronic illness/disability on family communication patterns. Method: Sixty interviews (30 parent/sibling dyads, selected) done upon completion of an intervention study (N = ...
Retinoids induce apoptosis in human hepatoma cell line Huh-7

Bu, Pengli (2006-05-19)

Retinoids refer to natural and synthetic derivatives of vitamin A, which play multiple roles in embryogenesis, development, vision, homeostasis as well as proliferation and apoptosis. In the current study, a panel of 13 ...
Ga-protein is required for the androgen receptor transactivation in prostate cancer

Alipui, Didier (2006-05-22)

Prostate Cancer is one of the most common malignancies in the US. Activation of androgen receptor (AR) has been shown to play a critical role in the initiation, maintenance and progression of prostate cancer. In an attempt ...
Preclinical model of simultaneous breast and ovarian cancer

Ting, Alison (2006-05-22)

Breast and ovarian cancer are leading causes of cancer-related deaths among women, responsible for over 56,000 fatalities annually in the United States. Women at increased risk for breast cancer are often also at increased ...
The role of Hoxb1 in patterning calvarial bone during development

Chennault, Rachel (2006-05-22)

Cranial sutures represent growth centers that permit calvarial bone growth during embryonic and postnatal life. This bone growth is accomplished through a series of tissue interactions involving the brain, suture mesenchyme, ...
Covariation of individual CM cells and their target muscles

Griffin, Darcy (2006-05-22)

The existence of monosynaptic connections between primary motor cortex neurons and motoneurons is well established (Lemon and Porter, 1993). These Corticomotor (CM) neurons and the signals they carry are integral to ...
Potential involvement of the locus coeruleus in the behavioral manifestations of obsessive-compulsive disorder: evidence from the quinpirole sensitization model

Richards, Toni (2006-05-22)

Quinpirole sensitization is used as an animal model of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), a psychiatric disorder characterized by excessive, repetition of an obsession and/or compulsion. Clorgyline, an MAOA inhibitor, ...
Role of endogenous male gonadal hormones in sex differences of nociception

Ralya, Andrew (2006-05-23)

There are sex differences in the sensory experience of pain. For example, the incidence of chronic pain syndromes is higher in women than in men. Studies of gonadal steroid modulation of pain have, to date, focused on ...
Histology of traumatic brain injury: developing a murine model

Hersperger, Stephen (2006-05-23)

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) annually affects 1.5 million individuals in the United States and associated costs soar to over $56 billion. Despite its widespread burden, relatively little is known about how to reduce the ...
Survey of swallowing evaluation practices in ALS

Burkett, Gena (2006-05-23)

The ability to swallow is particularly affected in individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and the ability to swallow safely continues to decline as the disease progresses. Evaluation of the swallowing ...
Survey of swallowing evaluation practices in ALS

Burkett, Gina (2006-05-31)

The ability to swallow is particularly affected in individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and the ability to swallow safely continues to decline as the disease progresses. Evaluation of the swallowing ...
Palliative care in nursing homes: an instrument development study

Duncan, Jennifer; Gajewski, Byron (2006-05-19)

As nursing homes become a dominant setting for death in the United States, palliative care must be integrated into daily nursing home practices. Improvements in this area will be better evaluated if researchers can assess ...