bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Deux voix, deux mesures
Authors: Tessarech Sarah 
Published: October 2013

Cet article établit, à travers l’étude de deux cas cliniques, des liens entre la voix du texte écrit et la voix orale, notamment en situation de lecture à voix haute. La description des qualités vocales de chacun des patients et leur évolution au fil du travail orthophonique montrent une utilisation de l’écrit comme soutien à la voix et à la parole bien différente. Dans le cas d’une enseignante souffrant d’aphonie, l’écrit est plus une entrave qu’une solution au passage de la voix, et donc à la transmission pédagogique. Dans celui d’un enfant Asperger, la lecture à voix haute vient au contraire permettre l’apparition d’une « vraie » voix et même faciliter le dialogue sans support, en alternance avec des temps de lecture.
Management of sizeable carotid body tumor: Case report and review of literature
Authors: Elsharawy Mohamed A , Alsaif Hind , Elsaid Aymen , Kredees Ali 
Published: October 2013

AbstractCarotid body tumor is a paraganglioma derived from the neural crest. It arises from the carotid body which acts as a vascular chemoreceptors and is usually located at the carotid bifurcation. Sizeable (Shamblin III, >5 cm size) tumors are large and typically encase the carotid artery requiring vessel resection and replacement. Management of such tumors carries a high risk of postoperative mortality and morbidity rates specially with regards to neurovascular complications. We report a case of sizeable tumor which was surgically removed with minimal complications.
Role of Osteopathic Structural Diagnosis and Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment for Diabetes Mellitus and Its Complications
Authors: Johnson Amy W. , Shubrook Jay H. 
Published: October 2013

Abstract
Osteopathic physicians have a unique opportunity to affect the US epidemic of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Osteopathic physicians make up a disproportionately high number of primary care physicians who are on the front lines of managing T2DM. In addition, the unique training of osteopathic physicians allows them to direct additional diagnostic and treatment modalities toward the musculoskeletal complications of diabetes. The present review surveys the literature that explores the effects of osteopathic structural diagnosis of and osteopathic manipulative treatment for T2DM, as well as the management and prevention of complications. The authors reviewed the databases for PubMed, Google Scholar, and The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association. Although the available literature is limited, the authors identify areas in which osteopathic-focused research has shown benefits and in which future research should be directed.
Tobacco Dependence Curricula in US Osteopathic Medical Schools: A Follow-up Study
Authors: Griffith Brian N. , Montalto Norman J. , Ridpath Lance , Sullivan Kendra 
Published: October 2013

Abstract

Context: Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of illness and death in the United States. A 1998 survey of US osteopathic medical schools identified deficiencies in tobacco dependence curricula.

Objective: To assess the current content and extent of tobacco dependence education and intervention skills in US osteopathic medical school curricula.

Design: An electronic survey.

Setting: Osteopathic medical schools with students enrolled for the 2009-2010 academic year.

Participants: Twenty-seven osteopathic medical school deans or their designated administrators.

Main Outcome Measures: Reported instruction in 7 basic science and 6 clinical science content areas (elective or required) and hours of tobacco dependence education were assessed and compared with the 1998 data.

Results: The mean (standard deviation) number of content areas reported as covered in 2010 was 10.6 (2.3) (6.1 [1.2] basic science areas, 4.6 [1.3] clinical science areas). Seventeen of 27 respondents (63%) reported that smokeless tobacco content was covered at their school, and 9 of 27 (33%) reported that the stages of change counseling technique was covered. Compared with 1998, a significant increase was noted in the percentage of schools covering tobacco dependence (92.6% in 2010 compared with 57.9% in 1998, P=.0002). Reported hours of tobacco dependence instruction were also significantly higher in 2010 compared with those in 1998 (Fisher exact test, P<.05). No statistically significant changes were found in the proportion of schools covering all 13 content areas (15.7% vs 22.2%), the proportion covering motivational interviewing in detail (26.3% vs 33.3%), or the proportion requiring curricula on smokeless tobacco (57.9% vs 59.3%).

Conclusion: Osteopathic medical school respondents reported more instruction on tobacco dependence in 2010 compared with those in 1998. However, some important basic science and clinical science content areas are not being adequately taught in US osteopathic medical schools.
Detection of carbon monoxide trends in the presence of interannual variability
Authors: Strode Sarah A. , Pawson Steven 
Published: October 2013

AbstractTrends in fossil fuel emissions are a major driver of changes in atmospheric CO, but detection of trends in CO from anthropogenic sources is complicated by the presence of large interannual variability (IAV) in biomass burning. We use a multiyear model simulation of CO with year‐specific biomass burning to predict the number of years needed to detect the impact of changes in Asian anthropogenic emissions on downwind regions. Our study includes two cases for changing anthropogenic emissions: a stepwise change of 15% and a linear trend of 3% yr−1. We first examine how well the model reproduces the observed IAV of CO over the North Pacific, since this variability impacts the time needed to detect significant anthropogenic trends. The modeled IAV over the North Pacific correlates well with that seen from the Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere (MOPITT) instrument but underestimates the magnitude of the variability. The model predicts that a 3% yr−1 trend in Asian anthropogenic emissions would lead to a statistically significant trend in CO surface concentration in the western United States within 12 years, and accounting for Siberian boreal biomass‐burning emissions greatly reduces the number of years needed for trend detection. Combining the modeled trend with the observed MOPITT variability at 500 hPa, we estimate that the 3% yr−1 trend could be detectable in satellite observations over Asia in approximately a decade. Our predicted timescales for trend detection highlight the importance of long‐term measurements of CO from satellites.
On using the relationship between Doppler velocity and radar reflectivity to identify microphysical processes in midlatitudinal ice clouds
Authors: Kalesse Heike , Kollias Pavlos , Szyrmer Wanda 
Published: October 2013

AbstractGround‐based 35 GHz profiling Doppler cloud radar observations of ice clouds were used to derive the power law relation between Doppler velocity Vd and radar reflectivity Z (Vd = aZb). By removing the vertical air motion from Vd, the power law can be rewritten as Vt = aZb with Vt being the reflectivity‐weighted particle terminal fall velocity. Profiles of this relation are variable with height. An attempt was made to relate this variability to the dominant microphysical processes in different layers of the cloud. Based on that, the possibility of using profiles of the parameters a and b to distinguish different microphysical regimes was explored. The methodology was applied to long‐term measurements (January 1997 to December 2010) at the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement site in the Southern Great Plains. Principal component analysis was used to determine the modes of the profiles that explain most of the observed variance in the observations. Profile‐averaged means and standard deviations of parameters a and b amounted to 0.65 ± 0.42 and 0.03 ± 0.19, respectively. Furthermore, three commonly used microphysical relations related to bulk quantities were used to determine values of a and b. These results were found to compare reasonably well with the values obtained from the radar observations. Finally, microphysical considerations showed that radar‐derived values of parameter b can be explained in terms of particle size distribution moment changes.
25th Anniversary Article: CVD Polymers: A New Paradigm for Surface Modifi cation and Device Fabrication
Authors: Coclite Anna Maria , Howden Rachel M. , Borrelli David C. , Petruczok Christy D. , Yang Rong , Yagüe Jose Luis , Ugur Asli , Chen Nan , Lee Sunghwan , Jo Won Jun , Liu Andong , Wang Xiaoxue , Gleason Karen K. 
Published: October 2013

AbstractWell‐adhered, conformal, thin (<100 nm) coatings can easily be obtained by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) for a variety of technological applications. Room temperature modification with functional polymers can be achieved on virtually any substrate: organic, inorganic, rigid, flexible, planar, three‐dimensional, dense, or porous. In CVD polymerization, the monomer(s) are delivered to the surface through the vapor phase and then undergo simultaneous polymerization and thin film formation. By eliminating the need to dissolve macromolecules, CVD enables insoluble polymers to be coated and prevents solvent damage to the substrate. CVD film growth proceeds from the substrate up, allowing for interfacial engineering, real‐time monitoring, and thickness control. Initiated‐CVD shows successful results in terms of rationally designed micro‐ and nanoengineered materials to control molecular interactions at material surfaces. The success of oxidative‐CVD is mainly demonstrated for the deposition of organic conducting and semiconducting polymers.
Past and current medical states of yusho patients
Authors: Okumura Makoto 
Published: October 2013

AbstractA subacute poisoning, “Yusho,” caused by the ingestion of Kanemi rice oil which had been accidentally contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), occurred in the western part of Japan in 1968.During the past decade, various clinical symptoms of Yusho patients have diminished gradually. However, some of the symptoms and signs, such as pigmentation of the skin, conjunctiva and gingiva, eye discharge, and various nonspecific general symptoms still remain in a number of severely ill patients.In this report, clinical observations of Yusho patients during 1968–78 are briefly reviewed.
Ocular manifestation of polychlorinated biphenyls intoxication
Authors: Fu Yao‐An 
Published: October 2013

AbstractOne hundred thirty patients with polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) poisoning (46 males, 84 females) were examined in the department of Ophthalmology, Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan. The main ocular manifestations were profuse discharge from the eye, swelling and pigmentation of the upper lids, abnormal pigmentation of the conjunctivae, and hypersecretion and swelling of the Meibomian glands. Eye discharge was present in 104 (80.5%) of the 130 patients; swelling of upper lids was seen in 79 (60.4%); pigmentation of conjunctivae was found in 88 (67.6%); hypersecretion and cystic swelling of the Meibomian glands was seen in 92 (70.7%); and 5 patients (3.8%) required incision and drainage because of cystic formation with secondary infection of the Meibomian glands.PCB concentration in the blood was classified into five groups: 0–15 ppb, 16–40 ppb, 41–60 ppb, and over 100 ppb by gas chromatography. Positive clinical findings increased parallel to high blood PCB concentration. In particular, heavy pigmentation of conjunctivae, abnormal cystic formation and hypersecretion of the Meibomian glands occurred markedly in those patients whose blood PCB concentration was above 41 ppb. It is concluded that the severity of ocular manifestations was closely related to high blood PCB levels. Ocular signs might help not only as a guide to early diagnosis but might also serve to indicate the degree of poisoning by PCB.
Asbestosis: Interstitial pulmonary fibrosis and pleural fibrosis in a cohort of asbestos insulation workers: Influence of cigarette smoking
Authors: Lilis Ruth , Selikoff Irving J. , Lerman Yehuda , Seidman Herbert , Gelb Steven K. 
Published: October 2013

AbstractA cohort of 1,117 asbestos insulation workers was established in 1963 and has been prospectively followed since then. Chest X‐ray abnormalities detected at the initial medical examination, and interpreted according to the International Labour Office Classification of Radiographs of Pneumoconioses are reported in this paper. The prevalence of all radiographic abnormalities (pleural and pulmonary) increased with duration from onset of asbestos exposure. A positive smoking history was associated with a significantly higher prevalence of small irregular opacities indicating interstitial pulmonary fibrosis. Such an association was not found for pleural fibrosis. The possible mechanisms which underlie the effect of smoking on asbestos‐induced interstitial fibrosis seem to be of much less importance in the development of pleural fibrosis. Progression of radiographic changes over the 20‐year interval 1963–1983 will be separately reported as will the predictive significance of these changes.
Medical screening of former asbestos cement workers in Israel: A pilot program
Authors: Tuch H. , Tulchinsky T.H. , Casper M. , Knaane H. 
Published: October 2013

AbstractA pilot screening program for the evaluation of former asbestos‐cement workers was carried out in the Chest Disease Clinic of the Acco Public Health Office (Ministry of Health), Israel. A total of 184 subjects were evaluated using medical and occupational questionnaires, clinical examinations, and pulmonary function tests (forced expiratory volume, forced vital capacity). Thirty percent of individuals with more than 1 year of work experience had symptoms of breathlessness or cough. Individuals with 10 years or more of work experience showed a high prevalence of rǎles and reduced pulmonary function, as compared to those with shorter work histories. These findings indicate the urgent need for active follow‐up of Israeli ex‐asbestos workers. A proposed screening and surveillance program for this high‐risk group is discussed with emphasis on follow‐up, health education, and smoking cessation.
Use of asbestos in the israeli defense forces
Authors: Schlezinger Z. 
Published: October 2013

AbstractThe Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have adopted the current standards for asbestos in the workplace (1 fiber/ml). Although average daily exposure to asbestos is relatively limited, nevertheless, the army personnel concerned are defined as “asbestos workers.” Four main areas of asbestos use were monitored, and medical examinations of susceptible personnel were performed. Recommendations were suggested for improving conditions. The IDF is now in the process of eliminating the use of materials containing asbestos, with the aim of eliminating asbestos use in the IDF within a three‐to five‐year period.
Common problems in asbestos‐related pulmonary diseases
Authors: Rubin Ami‐Hai E. 
Published: October 2013

AbstractExposure to asbestos is an important public health hazard in all industrialized societies. Although the pulmonary manifestations of prolonged asbestos fiber exposure are well known, there is considerable disagreement over specific clinical features and employment policies. Three of these controversies are the following: a) Can lung cancer be ascribed to asbestos exposure in subjects who lack evidence of asbestosis? b) Is there any clinical significance to benign asbestos pleural changes? c) Is it advisable to change jobs when evidence of asbestosis or benign pleural changes develop? The purpose of this presentation is to help develop a suitable public policy for Israel. Such a policy would have clinical importance as well as economic, legal, and social consequences for the individual and society as a whole.
Relationship of mortality, occupation, and pulmonary diffusing capacity to pleural thickening in the first national health and nutrition examination survey
Authors: Loomis Dana P. , Collman Gwen W. , Rogan Walter J. 
Published: October 2013

AbstractWe studied the relationship of pleural thickening consistent with asbestos exposure to mortality, career employment in asbestos‐related jobs, and pulmonary diffusing capacity among participants in the first National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Three “B” readers examined chest X‐rays to identify 59 individuals with such pleural abnormalities. From 1975 to 1984, the all‐cause mortality rate ratio (RR) comparing males with and without occupational pleural thickening was 1.3 (95% C.I. 0.8–2.2). For lung cancer, the mortality RR for males was 3.0 (95% C.I. 1.0–9.1). Career asbestos work was not associated with occupational pleural thickening among men, probably because some with the condition had only short‐term exposure to asbestos. Pulmonary diffusing capacity was lower in those with occupational pleural thickening, taking smoking into account. These results suggest that individuals in the general population who have occupational pleural thickening are at risk for some of the health consequences of asbestos work, including lung cancer, even if they were not career asbestos workers.
Standard setting in occupational health: “Philosophical” issues
Authors: Zielhuis Reinier L. , Wibowo Anton A.E. 
Published: October 2013

AbstractThis paper discusses various “philosophical” issues in standard setting in occupational and environmental health, i.e., general principles, actual procedures for standard setting, inter‐ and intra‐agency discrepancies in procedures and criteria, and choices and decisions in the preparation of criteria documents and in the evaluation of the toxicology databases. Unpublished, possibly confidential information should be made available to expert committees, workers, and the general public. There is an urgent need to improve the validity of the toxicology databases that have to underpin occupational and environmental exposure limits. Standard setting requires various ethically loaded choices and decisions by experts, employees, managers, government officials, and politicians.
Prevalence of silicosis at death in underground coal miners
Authors: Green Francis H.Y. , Althouse Rochelle , Weber Kenneth C. 
Published: October 2013

AbstractThis study was initiated by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the Bureau of Mines (BOM) to determine the prevalence and pathological features of silicosis in coal miners. The population base was 3,365 autopsied underground miners whose records were submitted to the U.S. National Coal Workers' Autopsy Study between 1971 and 1980. This program is voluntary and covers an estimated 10% of all coal workers who die. The mean age at death of the population was 62 years, of whom 75% were current or ex‐smokers at the time of death. The average work tenure was 26 years. Lung sections from all cases were reviewed and the type and severity of pneumoconiosis documented. These findings were correlated with years of mining, job history, and geographic location of mine. Classical silicotic nodules were found in 12.5% of the population. There was a significant relationship between length of underground mining and prevalence and severity of silicosis consistent with a dose‐response effect. The study also showed that job category and geographic location of the mine were important determinants of silicosis prevalence and that silicosis was strongly associated with higher categories of coal workers' pneumoconiosis.
Exposure‐outcome relationships between organic solvent exposure and neuropsychiatric disorders: Results from a dutch case‐control study
Authors: van Vliet C. , Swaen G.M.H. , Volovics A. , Slangen J.J.M. , Meijers J.M.M. , de Boorder T.J. , Sturmans F. 
Published: October 2013

AbstractIn this article the material collected for a case‐control study is analyzed in order to evaluate the existence of relationships between organic solvent exposure and the entitlement to disability benefits due to neuropsychiatric disorders. Questionnaires were used to collect information on 252 cases receiving compensation due to neuropsychiatric disorders and 822 controls about their occupational history and work practices related to organic solvent exposure. In order to estimate the exposure to organic solvents, three exposure indices were used: duration of exposure, painters' index, and general exposure index. Analysis showed some tendencies indicating positive exposure‐outcome relationships. Furthermore, some work activities and working conditions associated with high exposure to organic solvents (e.g., poor ventilation, using paint removers) resulted in a marked increase of the likelihood for receiving disability benefits due to neuropsychiatric disorders.
Characterization of health effects of grain dust exposures
Authors: Hurst Thomas S. , Dosman James A. 
Published: October 2013

AbstractGrain dust has a long history of association with disease, and its effects on various organs have been reported for many years. Inflammatory diseases of the eyes, nose, and skin may be caused by both direct irritation and immune‐based reactions. The lung and airways frequently suffer adverse effects. Asthma is well documented as being a result of exposure. Several studies show increased incidences of respiratory symptoms and of reduced pulmonary function in grain workers. Grain dust should be regarded as a dust with toxic properties, not just a nuisance dust.
Liver and biliary tract cancer among chemical workers
Authors: Bond Gregory G. , McLaren Elsie A. , Sabel Fred L. , Bodner Kenneth M. , Lipps Thomas E. , Cook Ralph R. 
Published: October 2013

AbstractA recent cohort mortality study of male, hourly wage employees of a large Michigan chemical production and research facility had found a greater than expected number of deaths coded to liver and biliary tract cancer. In response, an additional investigation was then undertaken of the 44 liver and biliary tract cancer deaths observed between 1940 and 1982. A random sample (N = 1,888) of subjects was selected from the total cohort (N = 21,437) to serve as referents. Company work history records were used to classify cases and referents by work area assignment and potential for exposure to 11 selected chemical agents which have been shown to produce cancer of the liver or biliary passages in experimental animals. Statistically significant associations in both positive and negative directions were found for several work areas within the facility. A suggestive association was found for vinyl chloride monomer, based on five cases with presumed exposure.
Neanderthal axial and appendicular remains from Moula‐Guercy, Ardèche, France
Authors: Mersey Ben , Brudvik Kyle , Black Michael T. , Defleur Alban 
Published: October 2013

ABSTRACTExcavations carried out during the 1990s at Moula‐Guercy cave Ardèche, France, yielded 108 hominid specimens dating to 100–120 Ka. In this paper, we describe and compare the 39 axial and appendicular specimens not including hand and foot bones. Among these remains are a large adult femur, several clavicles, a likely antimeric pair of radial heads, and a nearly complete superior pubic ramus. Analyses of this material indicate a clear affinity with Neanderthals by the presence of large and robust muscle attachments, thick long bone cortices, a long pubic ramus, and a superoinferiorly flattened clavicle shaft. The recovered remains reveal the presence of a mature male, a smaller mature individual, possibly a reproductive age female, an immature individual of age 10–12, and a second immature individual of age 4. Future analyses on the Moula‐Guercy remains will illuminate ties to other known Neanderthal populations and contribute to the ongoing debate over the relative rate of Neanderthal metric growth. Am J Phys Anthropol 152:530–542, 2013. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.