Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-346X/1410085
The Visual Effects Associated with Head-Mounted Displays
Jing Yuan, Behzad Mansouri, Jeff H Pettey, Sarah Farukhi Ahmed and S Khizer Khaderi
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: April 18, 2018
In recent years, Virtual Reality (VR) has become more commonplace, with rapid adoption into daily life. VR is a non-invasive simulation technology that provides an immersive, realistic, three-dimensional (3D) computer-simulated environment in which people perform tasks and experience activities as if they were in the real world. The most direct experience of VR is provided by fully immersive VR systems. The most widely adopted VR systems display is a simulated environment through special wearabl...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3656/1410205
Current Microbiological, Clinical and Therapeutic Aspects of Impetigo
Lior Zusmanovich, Lior Charach and Gideon Charach
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: March 09, 2018
Impetigo is a highly contagious infection of the epidermis, seen especially among children, and transmitted through direct contact. Two bacteria are associated with impetigo: S. aureus and GAS. Over 140 million people are suffering from impetigo at each time point, over 100 million are children. Two forms of impetigo exist, namely impetigo contagiosa, known as the non-bullous form and the second one being bullous impetigo which presents with large and fragile bullae. Treatment options for impeti...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5823/1510090
Social Correlates of Nurses' Preparedness towards Retirement in Zaria, Northwest Nigeria
Anyebe EE, Yamah F, Philip F, Lawal H and Olarenwaju E O
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: March 31, 2018
This study assessed the level of preparedness of nurses toward retirement in two hospitals in Zaria. A descriptive non-experimental research design was used for the study. Using a questionnaire, data were collected from a convenience sample of 108 nurses. The data were analyzed descriptively using SPSS version 22. The result showed that most of the nurses are aware of retirement plans and believe that retirement is important in nursing. Most of them (60.2%) agree that there are benefits of early...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/cabjd-2017/1710004
Deltoid Compartment Syndrome following Shoulder Arthroscopy: A Case Report
Paul J Cagle Jr, Dave R Shukla and Bradford O Parsons
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: April 19, 2018
Acute deltoid compartment syndrome is a rare event. This is a report of a 70-year-old male who developed an acute deltoid compartment syndrome after a shoulder arthroscopy. Due to a mechanical heart valve, the patient was required to remain on anticoagulation for the procedure. A bony acromioplasty and arthroscopic biceps tenodesis were performed. On the first day after surgery increased swelling and pressure consistent with a hematoma was appreciated. The pressure caused increased deltoid compa...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5777/1510059
Open Medial Hoffa Fracture with Ipsilateral Femoral Shaft Fracture. Case Report
Abdullah Saad A Abdullah, Nedal Alkhatib, Syed Imran Ghouri and Mohammed Mubarak Alkhayarin
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: April 16, 2018
Hoffa fracture is coronal plane fracture of the femoral condyle that affects the lateral femoral condyle much more than the medial. The combination of medial femoral condyle Hoffa fracture with ipsilateral femoral shaft fracture is very rare combination with only 3 cases was reported previously. This fracture type usually require high energy trauma and it was reported following a motor injury....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-1353/1510067
Transabdominal Cerclage: Different Indications, Optimal Outcome. Two Case Reports
Yasser Sabr and Sara W Yousef
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: April 16, 2018
Transabdominal placement of a cerclage at the cervicoisthmic junction appears to be a safe and effective procedure for reducing the incidence of spontaneous pregnancy loss in selected patients with cervical insufficiency, we reported a case series of two woman with different indications for abdominal cerclage. Case 1 is a 25-years-old woman gravida 2 para 0 abortus 1 known case of hypoplastic upper and lower vagina who had 2 vaginal repair (vaginostomy) and had abdominal cerclage for short cervi...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/iacod-2017/1710006
Evaluation of Vocal Fold Motion During Blocks in Adults Who Stutter
Yoshikazu Kikuchi, Toshiro Umezaki, Kazuo Adachi, Motohiro Sawatsubashi, Yumi Yamaguchi, Daisuke Murakami and Takashi Nakagawa
Article Type: Original Article | First Published: April 16, 2018
Stuttering is a speech disorder; the primary symptom in adults who stutter (AWS) is blocks, which halt both speech and breathing. This study aimed to evaluate vocal fold motion during blocks in AWS, in order to better understand this condition....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5831/1510017
Partial Variable Selection and its Applications in Biostatistics
Jingwen Gu, Ao Yuan, Chunxiao Zhou, Leighton Chan and Ming T Tan
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: April 14, 2018
We propose and study a method for partial covariates selection, which only select the covariates with values fall in their effective ranges. The coefficients estimates based on the resulting data is more interpretable based on the effective covariates. This is in contrast to the existing method of variable selection, in which some variables are selected/deleted in whole. To test the validity of the partial variable selection, we extended the Wilks theorem to handle this case. Simulation studies ...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-3308.1510026
Thermographic Proof of "Flare Up Syndrome" in Patient with Allergy to Acrylic Materials
Evgeni Stanev and Maria Dencheva
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: April 14, 2018
We report the case of a 23-years-old female dental medicine student with contact dermatitis on her hands caused by methacrylates. Forty-eight-hour closed patch testing showed positive reactions to Ethylenglicol dimethacrylate, 1,6-Hexanediol diacrylate, 1,4-Butanediol dimethacrylate, Drometrizole. These are identified as contact allergens. They can be found in the dental materials, but also in the nail polish....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3656/1410204
Culotte PCI through Arteria Lusoria
Tomislav Krcmar, Kristijan Dula, Branimir Culo, Ivan Zeljkovic, Nikola Bulj and Vito Mustapic
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: February 28, 2018
Aberrant right subclavian artery (ARSA) or arteria lusoria is one of the most common congenital aortic arch anomaly with prevalence ranging from 1-2%. However, it is mostly asymptomatic and consequently often found sporadically during various diagnostic procedures with prevalence of 0.45% during coronary angiography....