Improving the practice of continuity through interdisciplinary understanding.

Organisations are faced with a service environment that is rapidly evolving, increasingly complex and even more taxing on already limited resources. The situation has become highly dynamic and problematic. On top of this, continuity practitioners regularly work alongside complementary disciplines, such as enterprise risk and emergency management, but too often seek uncoordinated outcomes.

Complex relationship between TAS2 receptor variations, bitterness perception, and alcohol consumption observed in a population of wine consumers.

Our ability to taste bitterness affects our food choices and alcohol consumption. Alleles in the taste 2 receptor member TAS2R38 have been linked to the ability to perceive bitterness in bitter-tasting compounds and in many foods, and people with these bitterness sensitivity alleles have been shown to be less likely to consume alcohol, presumably because of alcohol's bitter taste. In a survey of 519 participants, almost all of whom regularly consumed alcohol, we observed that genetic variants in TAS2R38 were significantly associated with both increased alcohol consumption and the ability to perceive bitterness in several foods and a bitter chemical.

High-Velocity Quadriceps Exercises Compared to Slow-Velocity Quadriceps Exercises Following Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Randomized Clinical Study.

Background And Purpose: Despite improvement in pain and perceived function in older adults following total knee arthroplasty (TKA), objective outcome measures of muscular impairment and ambulatory function demonstrate significant deficits. Evidence suggests that quadriceps power may play a greater role in ambulatory function than measures of strength alone following TKA. The purpose of this study was to compare the effect of high-velocity (HV) quadriceps exercises with that of slow-velocity (SV) quadriceps exercises on functional outcomes and quadriceps power following TKA.

Differential diagnosis of a femoral neck/head stress fracture.

Study Design: Resident's case problem.

Background: Identifying stress fractures of the hip can be a challenging differential diagnosis. Pain presentation is not always predictable and radiographs may not show the fracture, especially during its early stages.