The best method for improving safety on the job for supported employees.

This article addresses the best method for improving safety on-the-job for supported employees. A survey of common causes of accidents and the opinions of individuals involved in supported employment is presented. This is followed by an evaluation of types of safety skills training that is available.

The best practice for gaining and maintaining employment for individuals with traumatic brain injury.

There are currently 5.3 million Americans with traumatic brain injury, the majority were young at onset and have a lengthy life expectancy. Return to work is a key to quality of life for many of these individuals.

Ultracentrifugal subclasses of low and intermediate density lipoproteins.

Low density lipoprotein (LDL) and intermediate density lipoprotein (IDL) classes have been shown to be composed of discrete metabolic entities or subclasses. Present ultracentrifugal methods are unable to precisely determine these subclasses. A new analytical micro-ultracentrifugal method was developed that facilitates the determination of IDL and LDL subclasses and their F1.

Common variable immunodeficiency syndrome and nodular lymphoid hyperplasia in the small intestine.

We report on a case of nodular lymphoid hyperplasia (NLH) of the small intestine in a patient with common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) syndrome. The CVID syndrome comprises a group of heterogeneous immunological disorders. It is characterised by hypogammaglobulinemia, recurrent sinopulmonary infections, gastrointestinal disorders (including diarrhea, infestation with Giardia lamblia, chronic-atrophic gastritis and nodular lymphoid hyperplasia (NLH), and an increased risk of malignancy.

[Warming resuspended erythrocyte concentrates with a new microwave device. In vitro results and clinical experiences in comparison with continuous flow warming].

Rapid warming of stored red cell concentrates demands a technique that provides careful treatment of the erythrocytes, reliability, simple handling, and prompt processing. The Fenwal BW-5, a dry-heat blood warmer, is a well-established blood heating device. However, its use is time-consuming and rather complicated.

Distinct subpopulations of thymus-dependent lymphocytes. Tracing of the differentiation pathway of T cells by use of preparatively electrophoretically separated mouse lymphocytes.

Thymus-dependent cells from thymus and peripheral lymphoid organs were preparatively separated by means of free flow electrophoresis into various subpopulations which were defined in terms of θ (theta) antigen content, negative surface charge, graft-versus-host (GvH) reactivity, hydrocortisone sensitivity, cell volume and morphological details. Most thymocytes in the cortex have a low negative surface charge, high θ antigen content, are hydrocortisone-sensitive and immuno-incompetent. On the basis of electronic cell sizing this group consists of a large population of 90 μm cells (T) and a small population of 175 μm cells (T), the latter being less hydrocortisone-sensitive than the former.