Foreign bodies in the ear, nose, and throat are occasionally seen in family medicine, usually
in children. The most common foreign bodies are food, plastic toys, and small household …

Background: The use of D-dimer assays as a rule-out test for deep venous thrombosis (DVT)
is controversial. To clarify this issue we performed a systematic review of the relevant …

Postpartum hemorrhage is a significant cause of maternal morbidity and mortality. Most
postpartum hemorrhages are caused by uterine atony and occur in the immediate postpartum …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the possible roles of active tails for steady-state
legged locomotion, focusing on a design principle which simplifies control by decoupling …

OBJECTIVE: Current methods for meta-analysis of diagnostic tests do not allow utilizing all
the information from papers in which several tests have been studied on the same patient …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The United States is becoming increasing-ly diverse.
Health disparities continue with little improvement despite nation-al policies and standards. …

Background— Public reports that compare hospital mortality rates for patients with acute
myocardial infarction are commonly used strategies for improving the quality of care delivered …

Purpose: Primary care practices are an ideal setting for reducing national smoking rates
because >70% of smokers visit their physician annually, yet smoking cessation counseling is …

Background: Surveys reveal limited screening and counseling for alcohol misuse by primary
care physicians despite evidence-based recommendations. We developed and evaluated …

This work explores the use of active tails for steady-state legged-locomotion. Simple models
are proposed which capture the dynamics of an idealized running system with an active tail. …