Electronic health record and primary care physician self-reported quality of care: a multilevel study in China.

Background: Health information technology is one of the building blocks of a high-performing health system. However, the evidence regarding the influence of an electronic health record (EHR) on the quality of care remains mixed, especially in low- and middle-income countries.

Objective: This study examines the association between greater EHR functionality and primary care physician self-reported quality of care.

Dose and Dose Rate-Dependent Effects of Low-Dose Irradiation on Inflammatory Parameters in ApoE-Deficient and Wild Type Mice.

Anti-inflammatory low-dose therapy is well established, whereas the immunomodulatory impact of doses below 0.1 Gy is much less clear. In this study, we investigated dose, dose rate and time-dependent effects in a dose range of 0.

Lethal Effects of a Commercial Diatomaceous Earth Dust Product on Amblyomma americanum (Ixodida: Ixodidae) Larvae and Nymphs.

With increasing development of resistance to conventional synthetic acaricides in economically and medically important ixodid species, interest in finding alternative control tactics has intensified. Laboratory bioassays were conducted, using the lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum (L.), as a model species, to assess the efficacy of a diatomaceous earth-based product, Deadzone, in comparison with a silica gel-based product, CimeXa.

Evaluation of Apoptosis with 99mTc-rhAnnexin V-128 and Inflammation with 18F-FDG in a Low-Dose Irradiation Model of Atherosclerosis in Apolipoprotein E-Deficient Mice.

Unlabelled: Low-dose radiation in apolipoprotein E-deficient (ApoE) mice has a protective effect with less subsequent atherosclerosis. Inflammation and apoptosis play major roles in the development of atherosclerosis. We evaluated the temporal pattern of the development of histologic atherosclerosis, inflammation with F-FDG, and apoptosis with Tc-rhAnnexin V-128 at 3 time points.