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Analysis of cumulative strain in tendons and tendon sheaths
(Elsevier, 1987)
Twenty-five fresh frozen flexor digitorum profundus tendons stratified by sex were subjected to uniaxial step stress and cyclic loads in twelve intact human cadaver hands. By attaching specially designed clip strain gage ...
The impact of momentary pain and fatigue on physical activity in women with osteoarthritis
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2008-06-15)
Objective To examine the daily life patterns of both pain and fatigue symptoms and objective physical activity (using ambulatory monitoring) in women with symptomatic lower extremity osteoarthritis (OA), and to evaluate ...
Estimating the Effect of Smoking Cessation on Weight Gain: An Instrumental Variable Approach
(Blackwell Publishing Inc, 2006-12)
To propose and test a method that produces an unbiased estimate of the average effect of smoking cessation on weight gain. Previous estimates may be biased due to unobservable differences in attributes of quitters and ...
Neural induction of taste buds
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 1987-06-08)
Bilateral innervation allows more than 80% of the 610 vallate taste buds to survive removal of one IXth nerve in adult rats. Removal of both IXth nerves in neonatal or adult rats results in the absence of taste buds. In ...
Is a level III dissection necessary for a positive sentinel lymph node in melanoma?
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2012-03)
Background For melanoma patients with a positive axillary SLN, the extent of ALND remains controversial, with debate over whether a level III dissection is needed. Methods We queried our IRB approved prospective ...
Does schooling reduce fast-start response latencies in teleosts?
(Elsevier, 1980)
1. 1. Response latencies, denned as the time between a d.c. electric shock and initiation of a fast-start (startle response) were measured for eight species of teleosts.2. 2. Fast-start response latencies varied from 10 ...
Geographic Variations in Cardiovascular Health in the United States: Contributions of Stateâ and Individualâ Level Factors
(Wiley Periodicals, Inc.US Department of Health and Human Services, CDC, National Center for Health Statistics, 2015-06)
A midpoint assessment of the American Cancer Society challenge goal to halve the U.S. cancer mortality rates between the years 1990 and 2015 See related editorial on pages 000-000, this issue.
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2006-07-15)
BACKGROUND. The American Cancer Society has challenged the U.S. to reduce cancer mortality rates 50% over the 25 years from 1990 to 2015. The current report is an analysis and commentary on progress toward that goal through ...
Oral Absorption of Peptides: The Effect of Absorption Site and Enzyme Inhibition on the Systemic Availability of Metkephamid
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1994-04)
In this study the intestinal degradation and absorption of a synthetic pentapeptide, metkephamid, were investigated in the rat by determination of its wall permeabilities in the small and large intestine and the extent and ...
The personal financial burden of complications after colorectal cancer surgery
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2014-10-01)