Relationship between Perceived Indoor Temperature and Self-Reported Risk for Frailty among Community-Dwelling Older People.

This study investigated the relationship between perceived indoor temperature in winter and frailty among community-dwelling older people. This cross-sectional study included 342 people 65 years and older in Japan. Participants answered questions about demographics, frailty, housing, and perceived indoor temperature in winter.

Gender differences in the effect of auditory stimuli on ventricular repolarization in healthy subjects.

Introduction: Gender differences in the incidence of ventricular arrhythmias have been reported and torsade de pointes associated with long-QT syndrome (LQTS) is more common in women than men. Although auditory stimulation has been recognized as an important trigger of torsade de pointes in LQT2 patients, the normal response and gender differences in ventricular repolarization induced by auditory stimuli remained to be evaluated systematically.

Methods: Holter ECGs were recorded in 30 healthy volunteers (14 men aged 25 +/- 4 years and 16 women aged 23 +/- 2 years).

Feasibility study of glass dosimeter postal dosimetry audit of high-energy radiotherapy photon beams.

Introduction: The characteristics of a glass dosimeter were investigated for its potential use as a tool for postal dose audits. Reproducibility, energy dependence, field size and depth dependence were compared to those of a thermoluminescence dosimeter (TLD), which has been the major tool for postal dose audits worldwide.

Materials And Methods: A glass dosimeter, GD-302M (Asahi Techno Glass Co.