21 research outputs found
First Characterization of the Behavioral Repertory in a Ricinuleid: Cryptocellus narino Platnick & Paz 1979 (Arachnida, Ricinulei, Ricinoididae)
Valacyclovir Provides Optimum Acyclovir Exposure for Prevention of Cytomegalovirus and Related Outcomes after Organ Transplantation
Return to Training and Playing After Acute Lisfranc Injuries in Elite Professional Soccer and Rugby Players
Reliability of the Lisfranc injury radiological classification (Myerson-modified Hardcastle classification system)
Purpose
The objective of our study was to assess the reliability of the radiological classification system (Myerson-modified Hardcastle Classification System) for Lisfranc injury. The classification system is a three-grade ordinal scale based on fracture displacement.
Methods
Thirty-nine Lisfranc injury radiographs were evaluated by 38 independent observers consisting of consultant orthopaedic surgeons (18), orthopaedic surgery residents (17) and consultant musculoskeletal radiologists (3) on two separate occasions after receiving training in the use of the classification.
Results
The intra- and inter-observer reliability was assessed using the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) and found to be excellent. The mean weighted intra- and inter-observer ICCs were 0.94 (95 % CI 0.89â0.97, pâ<â0.01) and 0.81 (95 % CI 0.68â0.89, pâ<â0.01), respectively.
Conclusion
The Myerson-modified Hardcastle classification system in our study was shown to be reliable and can be used in outcome studies and provide standard terminology among clinicians for Lisfranc injuries
Tomorrowâs Challenges for Herpesvirus Management: Potential Applications of Valacyclovir
Police organizational factors, the racial composition of the police, and the probability of arrest
Evaluation of steam explosion as pretreatment in agar extraction fromGracilaria dura (C. Agardh) J. Agardh (Gracilariaceae, Rhodophyta)
Tacticity, Regio and Stereoregularity
This chapter focus on the polypropylene tacticity. The stereoregularity and regioregularity of the processes catalyzed by heterogeneous and homogeneous Ziegler-Natta catalysts are discussed. The amazing variety of molecular architectures available for polypropylene-based materials are summarized together with the catalytic mechanisms for tacticity control. The main techniques applied for the determination of PP tacticity are reported as well as the outstanding development of new catalyst systems able to achieve unprecedented PP microstructures