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BACKGROUND: Successful academic physicians acquire and maintain productive colleague relationships, understand unwritten rules of academe, and effectively manage their careers. Developing these professional socialization skills are goals of some faculty development programs (FDPs), but there is scant evidence about whe…

Results of the ventilatory function measurements, consisting of Forced Expiratory Volume in the first second (FEV) and Forced Vital Capacity (FVC), in a study of 195 Malay female telephonists in Singapore are reported here. The analysis of the data confirmed that FEV1 and FVC are related to age and height but not weigh…

The results of studying the process of biological oxidation of carbohydrates and Krebs cycle enzymes under the therapeutical influence of electromagnetic radiation of mm-range as a response of patient with gastroduodenal pathology are presented. Positive clinical effect was accompanied by multidirectional changes of bi…

OBJECTIVE: The study's aim was to assess the potential therapeutic effect of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) on ranulas in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients. STUDY DESIGN: The study includes a retrospective observation of 3 patients who were initially part of a prospective study on the…

We conducted 2 studies to assess the availability of Rorschach information online and Internet users' attitudes since the inkblots were published on Wikipedia. In the first study, the authors conducted 2 Google searches for Web sites containing Rorschach-related information. The top 88 results were classified by level…

In 1989, one hospital noted a high rate of puncture wounds among healthcare workers, many injuries considered preventable. Beginning in 1990, strategies were developed in conjunction with the hospital's Blood and Body Fluid Exposure Task Force. In 1991, the hospital instituted a needle-free system in addition to employ…

The relationship of measured residential magnetic fields and wire codes to pregnancy outcome was examined in data collected for a study of childhood cancer in Denver. Pregnancies in homes with measured fields above 0.2 microT or high wire codes were not more likely to end in miscarriage, low birth weight, or preterm de…

The success of evaluation research rests largely in its usefulness. If the sponsors of an evaluation find the data meaningful, then the limitations that the problems of evaluation invariably impose on a study's scientific origin should not be given undue emphasis. In the case of MHMC, the evaluation results were used f…

OBJECTIVES: Death rates for community-acquired pneumonia based on relatively small-scale, published studies tend to exceed 15% to 20%. This study reexamined these estimates by using very large, population-based databases. METHODS: Death rates from 1993 associated with community-acquired pneumonia were reexamined with…

Body temperature in postanesthesia patients is considered to be an important vital sign; yet, measurement sites may vary from oral to axillary and rectal to tympanic membrane. The reviewed literature indicated that axillary and rectal temperatures are measures of shell temperature and esophageal and tympanic temperatur…

Patient education has been found to have significant positive effects in a multitude of studies. The National Kidney Foundation undertook a study to examine the various factors that impact upon treatment modality selection, with this paper focusing specifically on the study's educational components. The majority of the…

The hypothesis that self-perceptions would be more advanced developmentally than peer perceptions was assessed. The sample consisted of 80 males between 15 and 18 years of age. A structured interview was employed to obtain descriptions of self and a best friend. These data were coded into systems defining the construct…

The authors conducted a cross-sectional study to determine the prevalence of chronic noncancer pain or disability in first-degree relatives of patients who had sustained a physically traumatic injury with resultant chronic pain. A control group of general internal medicine patients was also interviewed about existence…

Research examining the possible effects of deceptive research participation on participants' perceptions of psychology has yielded equivocal results. The present study's goal was to clarify the possible effects of participation in mildly deceptive research on participants' impressions of scientific and applied psycholo…