physical examination of the cervical and thoracic spine

... necessary and feasible Spinal column 2.1 Screening of the cervical spine For the examination of the cervical spine, the patient sits on the examination couch with the back of his (or her) knees at the ... • the test for lateral bending involves pressure of the examiner's hand on the side of the head in the direction of movement with the other hand positioned on the trapezius muscle on the other ... the spinous processes of the cervical spine down to the cervicothoracic boundary, then on both sides of the skull cap along the nuchal line, on the upper medial angle of the scapula (origin of...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 00:20

... between the orthogonality of magnetic representation of data on the CHD to the orthogonal representation of information in the form of Qbits on the DHD The generation of various types of RNA from the ... the organization of these components The initial implication of this situation leads to the traditional concept of the unit of Page 20 of 29 D’Onofrio and An Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling ... hardware and software We define the hardware as the physical components of the computer, along with the non-mutable design specifications/controllers of those physical components Therefore, the hardware...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 16:20

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Ngày tải lên: 01/06/2014, 13:57

... Venkatesh and Davis, 2000) The TAM model is grounded in the theory of reasoned action (TRA), but also contains traces of the expectancy theory (Robey, 1979), and self-efficacy (SE) theory (Bandura, ... acceptance models: 1) the Theory of Reasoned Action, 2) the original TAM; 3) Motivational Model; 4) Theory of Planned Behavior; 5) Combined TAM and Theory of Planned Behavior; 6) Model of PC Utilization; ... one of the five component beliefs of the social cognitive theory (SCT); SE is considered one of the most influential elements of the cognitive structures (Bandura, 1986; Gist, et al., 1989) The...

Ngày tải lên: 03/06/2014, 00:51

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Ngày tải lên: 03/06/2014, 02:17

... during pyrolysis • The extent of vapor dilution in the reactor • The time and temperature history of the vapors in the reactor • The time and temperature history of the vapors in the heated transfer ... volume” of the solute, solubility is predicted This is satisfied if the distance from the center of the solvent sphere to the center of the solute sphere (Rij) is smaller than the radius of the solute ... fines • The water content of the bio-oil • The extent of contamination of the bio-oil during storage by corrosion or leaching of the containers • Exposure to air during storage • The length of storage...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 14:02

... đánh giá tất khía cạnh Liên tục theo dõi tiến độ Xây dựng mối quan hệ mật thiết lâu bền với khách hàng Cảm ơn thầy bạn lắng nghe!!! Nhóm - PPNCKH AN EXAMINATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SERVICE ... định đến chất lượng dịch vụ - Han and Baek’s, 2004: Tìm mối quan hệ dịch vụ ngân hàng trực tuyến, thỏa mãn khách hàng, trì khách hàng - Jayawardhena, 2004; Sohail and Shaikh, 2008.: Tiêu chuẩn mà ... CỨU Phạm vi nghiên cứu Thời gian: 2007-2008 Không gian: NH Quốc Gia New Zealand Phương pháp nghiên cứu Trình bày theo phương pháp suy diễn; nghiên cứu định tính định lượng Những phát giá trị...

Ngày tải lên: 26/06/2014, 12:08

... 154 C Hoff and S Rambal fall and leaf quantity [33, 43] Important then are the timing of rainfall and drought events, the quantity of rainfall, the storage capacity of the soil and quantity and ... of the retention properties of the soil and of the rooting depth of the vegetation The range of LAI obtained with varying water availability is in agreement with data of Damesin et al [12] Our ... transpiration of 468 mm using the sap flow method The mean LAI of the evergreen oaks in this ecosystem was 5.4 and the annual transpiration per unit LAI was therefore 86.7 mm The hypothesis “transpiration...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 01:21

... responsible for the interpretation of the data; review of the draft versions of the manuscript; provision of feedback for important intellectual revisions; and review and final approval of the version ... range of study designs, the update of the literature focused on RCTs and cluster RCTs only The quality of RCTs and cluster RCTs in the update was poor, primarily due to the incomplete reporting of ... contributions MB and CD developed the original study concept and protocol MB, CD, and LB were responsible for acquisition and analysis of the data; development of the initial draft manuscript, and manuscript...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 11:20

... on the dorsum of the nose: the lesion bled spontaneously at the examination and biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of basal cell carcinoma of the skin Our patient refused the surgical excision of the ... involved in the analysis of the data and the literature research, and he also wrote the manuscript SB helped with the patient management and revision of the manuscript TM helped with the literature ... [5] In the case that we present, the histological type of the skin lesion as a basal cell carcinoma and the long survival after the local control of both tumors might exclude the hypothesis of skin...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 23:20

... C6/7 and the cervical spine instrumented between the levels C5 to T1 using a plate (Vectra) The results of cultures of the intra-operative biopsies taken from our patient’s dorsal cervical spine ... conception of the report, literature review, manuscript preparation, editing and submission All authors read and contributed to the editing and review of the manuscript and gave their approval for the ... cervical spine manual therapy and cervical artery dysfunction, that ‘it is currently impossible to meaningfully estimate the size of the risk of post-treatment complications’ [16] Fractures of...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 23:20

... consisting of excision of the thyroglossal duct cyst, the central portion of the body of the hyoid bone, and a core of tissue around the thyroglossal tract to open into the oral cavity at the foramen ... procedure and when the definitive hystological analysis reports malignancy, the thyroid gland must be studied with radiological and scintigraphic examinations and the extension of surgery must be handled ... overlooked Therefore, it is important to Figure Papillary cancer in the left lobe of the thyroid Papillary cancer in the left lobe of the thyroid (H&E) develop a systematic approach for the diagnosis and...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 10:23

... paralysis The treatment of these lesions is often multifactorial, and includes surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy [14] A discussion of the pros and cons of these treatment options is beyond the ... contributed to the final approval, data collection, interpretation of the data and literature, revision, and drafting of the manuscript MFS contributed to revision of the manuscript and data collection ... from the C7 vertebral body In this case, we chose to surgically decompress and fuse the patient, given the speed of our patient’s neurological decline and the extent of bony destruction The presented...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 14:21

... where radiotherapy to the larynx was the sole cause of osteoradionecrosis of the cervical spine Four other reports have been published describing osteoradionecrosis of the cervical spine following ... pain and paraesthesia in his right arm A further MRI scan (see Figure 2) revealed a reduction of the disc height at C4-5 and C5-6, a loss of height of the C5 vertebral body and retrolisthesis of ... reduction of the disc height at C4-5 and C5-6 (arrow heads), a loss of height of the C5 vertebral body and retrolisthesis of C5 on C6 (arrow) was found to have signs of quadriplegia and a sensory...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 17:21

... fibrous band and the point of entry of the end of the cervical part of the ICA into the external opening of the CC also was attached to the rim of CC Anteriorly, the ECS was related to the upper ... near their attachments to the skull and removed along with the masseter muscles The base of the coronoid process of the mandibule was cut and shifted upward with the attachment of the tendon of the ... Figure view of the base of the brain removed from the cranial cavity with its roof and parts of the floor of the posterior cranial fossa Inferior view of the base of the brain removed from the cranial...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 00:20

... relevant and clear information about the care available to them, inclusive of foreseeable risk, and that the provision of such information and the patient’s understanding thereof is of greater ... from the selected therapy Therefore, consent needs to be sought for every condition and therapy and not simply per patient It is also important that the patient understands that in the process they ... form of risk management and failure to obtain valid consent is an example of unacceptable professional practice which, within the UK chiropractic profession, contravenes the Code of Practice and...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 14:20

... Malta, the teaching of mathematics and the training of primary school teachers 1.1 Malta and the Maltese Malta and Gozo are the only two inhabited islands from the five islands that constitute the ... but the lower rungs of the implementation staircase and as with New Maths, receive little or no indication of how to change their teaching to meet the demands of the new curriculum Their lack of ... that refer to the examination of school effects, the characteristics of effective schools, the theoretical and empirical modelling of educational effectiveness and the establishing of connections...

Ngày tải lên: 11/10/2014, 03:58

... the range from 758 to 1319 and dependence of Zr/Ti ratio When the ratio of Zr/Ti increases the values of increase and reaches a maximum ( = 1319) at Zr/Ti = 48/52, and then decreases While the ... dielectric loss of the material Therefore, the dielectric loss increases, the size of the hysteresis loops increases, the remanent polarization Pr and the coercive field Ec increases[81] When the temperature ... The thesis is a fundamental research have oriented applications The systematic research of the dielectric, piezoelectric and ferroelectric properties contribute further understanding of the physical...

Ngày tải lên: 04/12/2014, 02:54

... when they must take investment decisions The rest of the paper is organized as follows In the next section, we review some relevant literature and then we describe our hypotheses, the data and ... adjust the costs and benefits of these governance choices Additionally, another interpretation of the weak and mixed results was that the commercial ratings contained a large amount of measurement ... impairment of the profitability of the 126 companies The price to book ratio record better mean values, which signifies that the shares of the 126 companies are relatively cheaper for the investors,...

Ngày tải lên: 06/01/2015, 19:48

... characteristics and shopping behavior Figure Research Model II Hypotheses Based on the theoretical models and the review of literature the following hypotheses were formulated and tested with a sample of ... combination of these conditions, the greater the sense and relevance of ethnicity (p 6) Barth (1969) asserted that the differences between groups created the concept of ethnicity, instead of the similarities ... and approved The first portion of the survey 40 contained a letter to the participants that gave them information about the background of the study and the requirements to participate The letter...

Ngày tải lên: 06/09/2015, 01:40