… Howard Barkan is a statistician and consultant in health services research methods from
Berkeley, California. A version of this paper was presented at the NGO Forum on Women, …

Background: A long-standing debate exists about whether stable patients who have adhesive
small-bowel obstruction (ASBO) are best managed operatively or nonoperatively. In …

The present study focuses on the effect of the elements of religiosity and faith on pedestrian
behavior. The sample consisted of 1047 pedestrians who were observed at two busy urban …

Unexpected auditory events initiate a complex set of event-related potentials (ERPs) that
vary in their latency and anatomical localization. Such “mismatch” responses include active …

Statistical analysis is one of the foundations of evidence-based clinical practice, a key in
conducting new clinical research and in evaluating and applying prior research. In this paper, …

… H. Barkan evaluated statistical methodology and contributed to interpretation of results.
HTHoang detailed the oral examination protocol and co-managed data collection in South …

We compared clinical presentation and course of exercise-associated hyponatremia with
heat exhaustion among summertime hikers in Grand Canyon National Park. Cases were …

Globalization and urbanization in Nepal have driven a nutritional transition from an
agricultural-based diet to an ultra-processed, sugary diet. This study assessed the nutrition and oral …

The modified Lapidus arthrodesis involves fusion of the first tarsometatarsal, which typically
takes about 6 weeks to consolidate. Postoperative protocols typically involve non-weight …

… care or supervision and one quarter required 1-4 h per day of care. A total of 13.2% required
5-8 h per day, 4.2% 9-12 h per day and 32.6% 21-24 h per day attendant care. The average …