Nomenclature of real patients in health professional education by role and engagement: a narrative literature review.

Research Problem: Real patients living with a disease and engaged in the education of healthcare professionals are referred to by different terms. To address this, A.Towle proposed a draft taxonomy.

Viscosity development from oat bran β-glucans through digestion is lowered in the presence of phenolic compounds.

Dietary fibres have been shown to aggregate and lose viscosity and water binding capacity in solution in the presence of phenolic compounds. This study aimed to verify this observation in a complex grain system containing β-glucans. The viscosity of uncooked and cooked oat bran digested was measured in the presence of 1-30 mM phenolic acids or flavonoids, and digestograms were modelled to understand the effects of phenolic compounds on the drivers of viscosity.

Quantitative characterization of the digestive viscosity profile of cereal soluble dietary fibers using in vitro digestion in Rapid ViscoAnalyzer.

A standard method measuring viscosity (η) of cereal products through in vitro digestion in a Rapid ViscoAnalyzer has been developed previously and is predictive of some physiological effects of cereal foods. This paper proposes a simple mathematical model to analyze quantitatively the digestograms obtained by that method. Digestograms of twelve uncooked and cooked cereal products were generated and data quality was assessed.

Mobile- vs. fixed-bearing total knee arthroplasty: a clinical and radiologic study.

A consecutive series of patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty (TKA) using either a mobile-bearing (MB) or a fixed-bearing (FB) implant were studied. Forty-four patients received 57 MB rotating platforms, and 40 patients received 45 FB posterior stabilized implants. At an average 41-month follow-up (range, 2-6 years), no significant differences were found between the groups with respect to Knee Society ratings or pain scores.

Intonation and fundamental frequency in male-to-female transsexuals.

Twenty speakers, diagnosed as male-to-female transsexuals, produced conversational recordings of speech and voice. The samples were submitted to perceptual evaluations and to acoustic analysis by means of a Visi-Pitch, Apple IIe microcomputer system. Transsexuals categorized as having female voices had higher fundamental frequencies (fo), less extensive downward intonations, a higher percentage of upward intonations and downward shifts, and a smaller percentage of level intonations and level shifts than transsexuals categorized as having male voices.