OBJECTIVE To assess impact of single-energy metal artifact reduction (SEMAR) algorithm utilizing retrospective adaptive thresholding in reducing metal artifacts in the abdomen and pelvis. METHODS In this prospective institutional review board-approved, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act-compliant study, 90 patients with various…[Read more]

Equipoise, feasibility, and fidelity were studied for the control condition of an occupational therapy driving intervention in a randomized controlled trial. We ranked equipoise and feasibility of six traffic safety education methods and created an implementation fidelity competency checklist. Education method selection was informed using the…[Read more]

Although the incidence of fungal contamination of PS was low, contaminated PS was associated with a high mortality.

The results of the study suggest that PS should be evaluated for fungal growth.

The results of the study suggest that PS should be evaluated for fungal growth.Continuous carbon fibre-reinforced thermoplastic composites…[Read more]

short immobilization period of 1 week in order to not compromise patients’ independence for an overly extended period.

Randomized controlled trial Level II. See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.

Randomized controlled trial Level II. See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of…[Read more]

3%), whereas partially acetylated chitosan with DDA 69% was mainly converted into partially acetylated COS with DP 2-13. This endo-chitosanase has great potential to be used for the preparation of chitobiose and partially acetylated COS with different DPs.Severe bleeding remains a prominent cause of early in-hospital mortality in major trauma…[Read more]