Evaluation of 1.5mm Lead Shield for Radiological Protection and Comparison of Calculated and Measured Results of Equivalent Dose by M. Alhassan, B. Khan, J.T. Baraya

“…A research work to evaluate 1.5mm lead shield used for radiological protection was carried out in Radiological Unit of Sharda  Hospital, of Sharda University, India, using 300mA fixed x-ray machine room. The evaluation was done in the x-ray energy (kVp) range between 52- 81 and by using calculative procedure and by direct measurement of the radiation dose rates. …”
Get full text

Physical Therapists in Primary Care Are Interested in High Quality Evidence Regarding Efficacy of Therapeutic Ultrasound for Knee Osteoarthritis: A Provincial Survey by Norma J. MacIntyre, Jason W. Busse, Mohit Bhandari

Get full text

A New Design of Vibration Absorber for Periodic Excitation by Shyh-Chin Huang, Kao-An Lin

“…The parameters’ sensitivities provided us with the PVA’s adjustable room for excitation frequency’s mismatch. Numerical results showed that within 3% of frequency mismatch, the PVA still performed better than a single DVA via adjusting the spring’s constant and location. …”
Get full text

Juvenile delinquency in the 1960s and the activities of the militia to prevent it by V. A. Grechenko

“…Inspectors of the children’s room of the militia were obliged to organise and carry out preventive measures to prevent child neglect, juvenile delinquency and violations of the rules of conduct on the streets and in public places in order to prevent accidents with children, victims of road accidents, fires from fire pranks, crimes and anti-social behaviour by children and adolescents themselves in the territory served. …”
Get full text

Ground-Level Geriatric Falls: A Not-So-Minor Mechanism of Injury by Simon Parker, Arash Afsharpad

Get full text

Recycling of mushroom compost wheat straw in the diet of feedlot calves with two physical forms by Hassan Fazaeli, Housain Shafyee-Varzeneh, Ali Farahpoor, Abdolossein Moayyer

“…At the end of mushroom harvesting period, MSWS was collected from production room and the casing soil was removed from the whole compost, then it was sun dried and sampled for chemical analysis. …”
Get full text

Gambaran Tingkat Kebisingan Akibat Suara Kendaraan Bermotor di Beberapa Sekolah Berlokasi di Sekitar Jalan Raya kota Padang by Galan Eko Saputro, Meifal Rusli

“…Sound levels are measured at four points, i.e. at the main road in front of school, school gate, the nearest and farthest class room from the main road. The measurements are conducted from 7.00 am in the morning to 04.00 pm in the afternoon. …”
Get full text

PATH ANALYSIS OF PERCEPTION OF HEAT PRESSURE, PULSE RATE, BODY TEMPERATURE AGAINST HEAT STRAIN EVENTS IN WORKERS IN BREM PRODUCTION INDUSTRY by Siska Wahyu Handayani, Sri Hernawati, Farida Wahyu Ningtyas

“…Also, it needed an arrangement of the room and adding the system of ventilation to get down the heat from the environment so heat strain can be restrained by checking the environment temperature and body temperature workers routine.…”
Get full text

Race/Ethnicity, Gender, Weight Status, and Colorectal Cancer Screening by Heather Bittner Fagan, Ronald E. Myers, Constantine Daskalakis, Randa Sifri, Arch G. Mainous, Richard Wender

Get full text

Angioedema due to enalapril. A case report by Belkis Barrios Romero, Ana María Ramos Cedeño, Yeny Dueñas Pérez, Mirtha Amarilis Hernández López

“…The case of a 67-years-old male patient diagnosed with diabetes mellitus and arterial hypertension, treated with metformin, hydrochlorothiazide and enalapril for approximately four years, who was admitted to the emergency room with severe edema of the third anterior of the tongue, without respiratory compromise is presented. …”
Get full text

Elevating Customer Satisfaction: The Crucial Role of Electronic Service Quality in Today’s Digital Landscape by Abdallah Abusalma, Khaleel Ibrahim Al-Daoud, Suleiman Ibrahim Mohammad, Asokan Vasudevan

“… With digital platforms having proved to be a hub for service delivery, the drivers of customer satisfaction have become very important in ensuring improvement in service quality and retaining customers. …”
Get full text

Exposure Due to Indoor Radon in Bulgarian Schools by Kremena Ivanova, Nina Chobanova, Bistra Kunovska, Jana Djounova, Zdenka Stojanovska

“…Abstract Indoor radon exposure is the largest contributor to population dose from natural sources. Radon as a natural radioactive gas could accumulate to harmful levels in buildings, such as homes and buildings with public access. …”
Get full text

Influencing Factors for the Instability and Collapse Mode of the Goaf Structure in a Gypsum Mine by Zhaowen Du, Zhihe Liu, Rui Liu, Sheng Wang, Faxin Li

“…In this study, the failure mechanism and collapse mode of the room-pillar goaf structure were analyzed, and the uniaxial compressive strength tests of the pillars under different conditions were carried out in a laboratory. …”
Get full text

‘Woman Suffrage Precipice’: The Gender Politics of Laughter in Elizabeth Robins’s The Convert (1907) by Nathalie Saudo-Welby

“…Indeed, since the New Woman was commonly a target for caricature, the suffragette a laughing stock, and feminist demonstrations were considered as enjoyable as “good Sunday afternoon street entertainment”, The Convert turned this tendency to its advantage and used humour as a sweetener for the serious pill it contains, in accordance with the received idea that women are born entertainers. In the witty drawing-room conversations and in the sarcastic call and response exchanges during the demonstration scenes, Elizabeth Robins also builds up a reflection on the gender politics of humour. …”
Get full text

Dionis: A Novel Remote-Center-of-Motion Parallel Manipulator for Minimally Invasive Surgery by R. Beira, L. Santos-Carreras, G. Rognini, H. Bleuler, R. Clavel

“…This, besides saving precious space in the operating room, may improve safety over existing solutions. …”
Get full text

Tuberculous Enteritis: A Rare Complication of Miliary Tuberculosis by Danisha Figueroa, Nilmarie Guzman, Carmen Isache

“…On physical exam he was afebrile, mildly hypotensive, tachycardic, and tachypneic, but saturating well on room air. He was cachectic with oral thrush and bilateral fine rales. …”
Get full text

Pharmacokinetic Study of Di-Phenyl-Di-(2,4-Difluobenzohydroxamato)Tin(IV): Novel Metal-Based Complex with Promising Antitumor Potential by Yunlan Li, Zhuyan Gao, Pu Guo, Qingshan Li

“…The photodiode array detector was set at a wavelength of 228 nm at room temperature and a linear curve over the concentration range 0.1~25 μg·mL-1 (r = 0.9993) was obtained. …”
Get full text

Development of a novel and efficient method for synthesizing N-benzyl-substituted di-benzimidazole derivatives by Arjun Bodkhe, Dattatraya Pansare, Dnyaneshwar Karpe, Vilas Sudrik, Manohar Suryawanshi, Rahul Shinde, Shamrao Lawande

“…The intermediate dibenzimidazole derivatives (3) were further reacted with a variety of aromatic benzyl bromides or chlorides with different substituents (4) in the presence of potassium carbonate and acetonitrile at room temperature. This conventional approach resulted in the efficient production of the target compounds with high yields in a short reaction time. …”
Get full text

Biventricular Mechanical Circulatory Support Does Not Prevent Delayed Myocardial Ventricular Rupture following Myocardial Infarction by Yazhini Ravi, Emily P. Sudhakar, Pratima Nayak, Chittoor B. Sai-Sudhakar, Konstantinos Dean Boudoulas

“…A case is reported in which a 58-year-old male with an acute inferior myocardial infarction required placement of biventricular assist device for hemodynamic support eight days after the onset of his AMI; eleven days after his AMI, the patient developed abrupt onset of hemodynamic instability with massive bleeding from his chest tube due to delayed free wall myocardial rupture that was discovered when he was taking emergently to the operating room. …”
Get full text

Structural, Optical, and Magnetic Properties of Co Doped CdTe Alloy Powders Prepared by Solid-State Reaction Method by M. Rigana Begam, N. Madhusudhana Rao, Girish M. Joshi, S. Kaleemulla, M. Shobana, N. Sai Krishna, M. Kuppan

“…The samples were diluted magnetic semiconductors and exhibited clear hysteresis loop showing room temperature ferromagnetism as confirmed by vibrating sample magnetometer.…”
Get full text