Combining Source Rock Kinetics and Vitrinite Reflectance in Source Rock Evaluation of the Bakken Formation, Williston Basin, USA.

The elements of Bakken Petroleum System consist of two source rocks with high underlying burial depths for significant hydrocarbon generation. However, this deep hydrocarbon generation process is dependent on its kinetic properties, thermal maturity, and geochemical properties. The statistical compensation effect is a complicating factor in the kinetic analyses of the Bakken Formation.

Comparing Standard Setting Methods for Objective Structured Clinical Examinations in a Caribbean Medical School.

Background: OSCE are widely used for assessing clinical skills training in medical schools. Use of traditional pass fail cut off yields wide variations in the results of different cohorts of students. This has led to a growing emphasis on the application of standard setting procedures in OSCEs.

Estimation of Femoral Head Size from Palpable Bony Prominences of the Femur.

Background: Proximal femoral surgeries involving femoral head replacement are common procedures worldwide. In these patients, the femoral heads are replaced with femoral head prosthetic implants. Pre-operative planning to determine the likely size of the prosthetic implant is important.

Parathyroid Gland Response to Vitamin D Deficiency in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: An Observational Study.

Background Studies have linked vitamin D deficiency with the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and to the development of chronic complication of diabetes. Vitamin D receptors (VDR) have been found in many tissues in the body including the pancreas, a finding that indicates its role in insulin secretion. In addition, many studies have demonstrated the role of vitamin D and its receptor in insulin sensitivity and signal transduction.

Sex differences in the association between neck circumference and asthma.

Introduction: The association between obesity and asthma control/quality of life commonly relies on body mass index (BMI) as the anthropomorphic measure. Due to limitations of BMI and the existence of alternative measures, such as neck circumference (NC), we examined the association between NC and asthma control/quality of life, with particular attention to male-female differences.

Materials And Methods: The AsthMaP-2 Project is an observational study of youth with physician-diagnosed asthma.