Development and Evaluation of a Bariatric Mannequin Simulation System.

Physical assessment of obese patients is an essential clinical skill for identifying the numerous health problems of obese patients and monitoring treatment effectiveness. Use of simulation mannequins facilitates teaching and learning of physical assessment. Available bariatric simulation mannequins have poor functional design, unrealistic appearance, and limited assessment functions.

A guide to building a low-cost centrifuge force microscope module for single-molecule force experiments.

The ability to apply controlled forces to individual molecules or molecular complexes and observe their behaviors has led to many important discoveries in biology. Instruments capable of probing single-molecule forces typically cost >US$100,000, limiting the use of these techniques. The centrifuge force microscope (CFM) is a low-cost and easy-to-use instrument that enables high-throughput single-molecule studies.

Intraosseous Hemangioma of the Iliac Bone: An Incidental Finding Mimicking Metastatic Disease.

Intraosseous hemangiomas are rare benign vascular tumors predominantly occurring in the axial skeleton. This case report describes a 44-year-old female with a history of multiple renal stones and benign breast calcifications, who was incidentally found to have a 1.2 cm lucent lesion in the left iliac bone during imaging for nephrolithiasis.