17 research outputs found
Mammography Services Quality Assurance: Baseline Standards for Latin America and the Caribbean
Fil: Barr, Helen. No especifĂca;Fil: Blanco, Susana Alicia Ana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones CientĂficas y TĂ©cnicas; Argentina. Ministerio de Salud. Instituto Nacional del CĂĄncer; ArgentinaFil: Butler, Priscilla. No especifĂca;Fil: da Paz, MarĂa Angela. No especifĂca;Fil: Fleitas, Ileana. No especifĂca;Fil: Craig, George. No especifĂca;Fil: Jimenez, Pablo. No especifĂca;Fil: Luciani, Silvana. No especifĂca;Fil: Manrique, Javier. No especifĂca;Fil: Mazal, Jonathan. No especifĂca;Fil: Medlen, Kayiba. No especifĂca;Fil: MIller, Colie. No especifĂca;Fil: Mora, Patricia. No especifĂca;Fil: Valdez Moreno, Martha Elena. No especifĂca;Fil: Mosodeen, Murrie. No especifĂca;Fil: Mysler, Gustavo. No especifĂca;Fil: Nuche-Berenguer, Bernardo. No especifĂca;Fil: Pastel, Mary. No especifĂca;Fil: Pinochet, Miguel. No especifĂca;Fil: Sisney, Gale. No especifĂca;Fil: Ruiz Trejo, Cesar. No especifĂca;Fil: Saraiya, Mona. No especifĂca;Fil: Solis, Esteban. No especifĂca;Fil: Swann, Phillip. No especifĂca
GarantĂa de calidad de los servicios de mamografĂa: Normas bĂĄsicas para AmĂ©rica Latina y el Caribe
Fil: Barr, Helen. No especifĂca;Fil: Blanco, Susana Alicia Ana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones CientĂficas y TĂ©cnicas; Argentina. Ministerio de Salud. Instituto Nacional del CĂĄncer; ArgentinaFil: AlbarracĂn, Virginia Helena. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones CientĂficas y TĂ©cnicas; ArgentinaFil: Priscilla, Butler. No especifĂca;Fil: da Paz, MarĂa Angela. No especifĂca;Fil: Fleitas, Ileana. No especifĂca;Fil: JimĂ©nez, Pablo. No especifĂca;Fil: Luciani, Silvana. No especifĂca;Fil: Manrique, Javier. No especifĂca;Fil: Mazal, Jonathan. No especifĂca;Fil: Medlen, Kayiba. No especifĂca;Fil: Miller, Collie. No especifĂca;Fil: Mora, Patricia. No especifĂca;Fil: Valdez Moreno, Martha Elena. No especifĂca;Fil: Mosodeen, Murrie. No especifĂca;Fil: Mysler, Gustavo. No especifĂca;Fil: Nusche Berenguer, Bernardo. No especifĂca;Fil: Pastel, Mary. No especifĂca;Fil: Pinochet, Miguel. No especifĂca;Fil: Ruiz Trejo, Cesar. No especifĂca;Fil: Sisney, Gale. No especifĂca;Fil: Saraiya, Mona. No especifĂca;Fil: Solis, Esteban. No especifĂca;Fil: Swann, Phillip. No especifĂca
Finishing the euchromatic sequence of the human genome
The sequence of the human genome encodes the genetic instructions for human physiology, as well as rich information about human evolution. In 2001, the International Human Genome Sequencing Consortium reported a draft sequence of the euchromatic portion of the human genome. Since then, the international collaboration has worked to convert this draft into a genome sequence with high accuracy and nearly complete coverage. Here, we report the result of this finishing process. The current genome sequence (Build 35) contains 2.85 billion nucleotides interrupted by only 341 gaps. It covers âŒ99% of the euchromatic genome and is accurate to an error rate of âŒ1 event per 100,000 bases. Many of the remaining euchromatic gaps are associated with segmental duplications and will require focused work with new methods. The near-complete sequence, the first for a vertebrate, greatly improves the precision of biological analyses of the human genome including studies of gene number, birth and death. Notably, the human enome seems to encode only 20,000-25,000 protein-coding genes. The genome sequence reported here should serve as a firm foundation for biomedical research in the decades ahead
Diagnosis of amblyaudia in children referred for auditory processing assessment
Children (n = 141) referred to 5 clinical sites for auditory processing disorder assessment were tested with two dichotic listening tests, one with word pairs and the other with pairs of digits, as part of a comprehensive diagnostic battery. Scores from the Randomized Dichotic Digits Test and the Dichotic Words Test were compared to age-appropriate norms and used to place children into one of four diagnostic categories (normal, dichotic dysaudia, amblyaudia, or amblyaudia plus) or to identify them as undiagnosed. Results from the two dichotic tests led to diagnosis of 56% of the children tested, leaving 44% undiagnosed. When results from a third dichotic listening test were used as a tie-breaker among originally undiagnosed children, a total of 79% of the childrenâs scores were placed into diagnostic categories (13% normal, 19% dichotic dysaudia, 35% amblyaudia, 12% amblyaudia plus). Amblyaudia, a binaural integration deficit evident only from dichotic listening test results, was most prevalent (35% + 12% = 47%) in this population of children suspected of auditory processing weaknesses. Since amblyaudia responds to treatment with Auditory Rehabilitation for Interaural Asymmetry (ARIA), clinicians are guided through the protocol for identifying diagnostic categories so that they can make appropriate referrals for rehabilitation
Evidence of binaural integration benefits following ARIA training for children and adolescents diagnosed with amblyaudia
Objective: The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the efficacy of Auditory Rehabilitation for Interaural Asymmetry (ARIA) to improve dichotic listening scores in children and adolescents diagnosed with amblyaudia and other binaural integration deficits. Design: The study is a field experiment without randomisation. Study: Participants placed into groups based on dichotic listening test scores received four sessions of ARIA training. Baseline scores were compared to performance during the final session of training and to scores obtained 2 or more months after completion of ARIA. Sample: A total of 125 children participated at five different clinical sites. Results: Dichotic listening scores improved across all participants. Post hoc analyses demonstrated highly significant gains in non-dominant ear performance and reductions of interaural asymmetry among participants diagnosed with amblyaudia at both post-ARIA measurements. Participants in other diagnostic groups also showed significant benefits for some post-ARIA measures. Conclusions: Results demonstrate that ARIA training is an effective method for improving binaural integration skills among children and adolescents identified with dichotic listening weaknesses during assessments for auditory processing disorder (APD), especially for those diagnosed with amblyaudia. Benefits achieved following ARIA training remain stable across several months
Use of Evidence-Based Interventions and Implementation Strategies to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening in Federally Qualified Health Centers
While colorectal cancer (CRC) screening rates have been increasing in the general population, rates are considerably lower in Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), which serve a large proportion of uninsured and medically vulnerable patients. Efforts to screen eligible patients must be accelerated if we are to reach the national screening goal of 80% by 2018 and beyond. To inform this work, we conducted a survey of key informants at FQHCs in eight states to determine which evidence-based interventions (EBIs) to promote CRC screening are currently being used, and which implementation strategies are being employed to ensure that the interventions are executed as intended. One hundred and forty-eight FQHCs were invited to participate in the study, and 56 completed surveys were received for a response rate of 38%. Results demonstrated that provider reminder and recall systems were the most commonly used EBIs (44.6%) while the most commonly used implementation strategy was the identification of barriers (84.0%). The mean number of EBIs that were fully implemented at the centers was 2.4 (range 0â7) out of seven. Almost one-quarter of respondents indicated that their FQHCs were not using any EBIs to increase CRC screening. Full implementation of EBIs was correlated with higher CRC screening rates. These findings identify gaps as well as the preferences and needs of FQHCs in selecting and implementing EBIs for CRC screening