International survey on residency programs in radiology: similarities and differences among 17 countries.

Objective: With the initiative of the ACR International Economics Committee, a multinational survey was conducted to evaluate radiology residency programs around the world.

Methods: A 31-question survey was developed. It included: economic issues, program size and length, resident's activities during daytime and call, academic aspects including syllabus and examinations.

The Relationship between Bone Remodeling and the Clockwise Rotation of the Facial Skeleton: A Computed Tomographic Imaging-Based Evaluation.

Background: Information on the onset and gender differences of midfacial skeletal changes, including the complete understanding of the theory behind the clockwise rotational theory, remains elusive.

Methods: One hundred fifty-seven Caucasian individuals (10 men and 10 women aged 20 to 29 years, 30 to 39 years, 40 to 49 years, 50 to 59 years, 60 to 69 years, 70 to 79 years, and 80 to 89 years, and eight men and nine women aged 90 to 98 years) were investigated. Multiplanar computed tomographic scans with standardized angle and distance measurements in all three anatomical axes and in alignment to the sella-nasion (horizontal) line were conducted.

Simultaneous Non-Invasive Epicardial and Endocardial Mapping in Patients With Brugada Syndrome: New Insights Into Arrhythmia Mechanisms.

Background: The underlying mechanisms of Brugada syndrome (BrS) are not completely understood. Recent studies provided evidence that the electrophysiological substrate, leading to electrocardiogram abnormalities and/or ventricular arrhythmias, is located in the right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT). The purpose of this study was to examine abnormalities of epicardial and endocardial local unipolar electrograms by simultaneous noninvasive mapping in patients with BrS.

Photochemistry of 1,3,2,4-benzodithiadiazines: formation and oxidation of 1,2,3-benzodithiazolyl radicals.

Photolysis of 1,3,2,4-benzodithiadiazine and its derivatives in hydrocarbon solutions yields dinitrogen and stable 1,2,3-benzodithiazolyls (Herz radicals) whose interaction with dioxygen leads finally to O==S==N-substituted diphenyl disulfides via a self termination-like process with an effective second-order rate constant depending linearly on the concentration of dissolved O2.