The aim of this study was to explore and describe how adult outpatients with acquired brain damage and referred to occupational therapy perceive computer training with the RehaCom programs, in order to evaluate the me...
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The aim of this study was to explore and describe how adult outpatients with acquired brain damage and referred to occupational therapy perceive computer training with the RehaCom programs, in order to evaluate the method of treatment as a tool in the rehabilitation of persons with cognitive disorders. By using focus-group discussions as a qualitative method of research when analysing the result, five themes with corresponding categories emerged, describing a development of understanding and learning about capacities. Themes describing how the participants could apply strategies to overcome shortcomings in daily occupations and the therapeutic role of the occupational therapist were identified as well. The result shows that a computer training program such as RehaCom can be used as an educational tool, for example, to guide a person who is trying to adopt compensatory strategies to avoid overload by taking pauses. It was found that anything the participants learned was also applicable to occupational performance in daily life.
Designing parameters of blasting is the procedure using mathematical equations, intuition and experience of the blaster. To simplify design parameters of blasting the author has worked out a computer program which sim...
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Designing parameters of blasting is the procedure using mathematical equations, intuition and experience of the blaster. To simplify design parameters of blasting the author has worked out a computer program which simulates propagating of explosion energy in the rock massif, The result of the model is a state of basic construction elements of the rock model after modelled blasting.
Background: The microscopic examination of urine sediment is one of the most commonly performed microscope-based laboratory tests, but despite its widespread use, there has been no detailed study of the competency of ...
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Background: The microscopic examination of urine sediment is one of the most commonly performed microscope-based laboratory tests, but despite its widespread use, there has been no detailed study of the competency of medical technologists in performing this test. One reason for this is the lack of an effective competency assessment tool that can be applied uniformly across an institution. Methods: This study describes the development and implementation of a computer program, Urinalysis-Review(TM), which periodically tests competency in microscopic urinalysis and then summarizes individual and group test results. In this study, eight Urinalysis-Review exams were administered over 2 years to medical technologists (mean, 58 technologists per exam;range, 44-77) at our academic medical center. The eight exams contained 80 test questions, consisting of 72 structure identification questions and 8 quantification questions. The 72 structure questions required the identification of 134 urine sediment structures consisting of 63 examples of cells, 25 of casts, 18 of normal crystals, 8 of abnormal crystals, and 20 of organisms or artifacts. Results: Overall, the medical technologists correctly identified 84% of cells, 72% of casts, 79% of normal crystals, 65% of abnormal crystals, and 81% of organisms and artifacts, and correctly answered 89% of the quantification questions. The results are probably a slight underestimate of competency because the images were analyzed without the knowledge of urine chemistry results. Conclusions: The study shows the feasibility of using a computer program for competency assessment in the clinical laboratory. In addition, the study establishes baseline measurements of competency that other laboratories can use for comparison, and which we will use in future studies that measure the effect of continuing education efforts in microscopic urinalysis. (C) 1999 American Association for Clinical Chemistry.
Objective: To assess the impact of the setting-up of a computer program designed by the Hospital Pharmacy Department as a tool that provides information for the antimicrobial therapy monitoring. To assess its influenc...
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Objective: To assess the impact of the setting-up of a computer program designed by the Hospital Pharmacy Department as a tool that provides information for the antimicrobial therapy monitoring. To assess its influence on pharmaceutical costs. Material and method: The computer application for the follow-up of antimicrobial treatments integrates information from the Pharmacy Department and the Microbiology Laboratory and selects all patients to whom some controlled antibiotic has been prescribed. The pharmacist reviews all the controlled antibiotic treatments, suggests any change to the physician if needed and quantifies the economic impact of the accepted interventions. Results: On average, 12.5% of controlled antibiotic treatments warranted a pharmaceutical intervention, and 92% of them were accepted. The most frequent interventions related to prescriptions were change of dosage and administration route and related to the disease were in respiratory and urinary tract infections. From the economic point of view, the accepted interventions represented a saving of 12,087,029 pesetas (83,359 $)/year, on average. Conclusion: The applied computer program resulted a useful tool for a clinical pharmacist to reach more correct antibiotical therapeutics and better cost-effectiveness relation. It also helped to achieve favorable clinical outcomes.
In order to predict curvature of DNA fragments, we previously developed a computer program for simply calculating a vectorial sum of all individual roll, tilt and twist wedge angles between the nearest base pairs for ...
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In order to predict curvature of DNA fragments, we previously developed a computer program for simply calculating a vectorial sum of all individual roll, tilt and twist wedge angles between the nearest base pairs for a given DNA fragment [Lee et al,, (1991)], Now a new program, called Z-curve, was developed to calculate three-dimensional coordinates of the helical center of each base pair along the DNA, using helical axis deviations from B-form DNA by wedge angles. The output file of the new program was designed to become an input file for a graphics program, Insight II. Thus, we were able to obtain three-dimensional graphic presentations of DNA helical axis curvatures of any length. It visualized spatial details of the DNA curvature, where and how much it curves, and to which direction, It also allowed calculation of the three-dimensional distance between two ends of a DNA fragment, which could provide a measure of its curvature, Here, three DNA fragments, both curved and straight, were subjected to the Z-curve and Insight II programs. The results showed that their curvature details could be visualized to the level of the base pair, whether the DNA fragments contained an oligo(A) track or not. Their estimated curvatures mere consistent with the experimental results of permutation gel mobility assay.
The establishing of a correct diagnosis in patients with ovarian malignancy requires the combination of a variety of methods of examination. An inquiry for following of malignoma patients has been compiled, accompanie...
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The establishing of a correct diagnosis in patients with ovarian malignancy requires the combination of a variety of methods of examination. An inquiry for following of malignoma patients has been compiled, accompanied by an adequate computer program. Beside general information regarding the patient, diagnosis and treatment, the inquiry also includes the case history, data regarding clinical, ultrasonographic and preoperative examinations, surgery, histologic findings and follow-up after termination of treatment. A user-friendly computer program was developed for recording and processing of all available data collected during the diagnostic and treatment procedures. The inquiry and the computer program have been in use for three years and we find they are very useful in follow-up of patients with ovarian malignancy. Data are collected at one site, transparent and always available. Statistical analysis of collected data can be performed by computer. The aim of this uniform inquiry and computer program is a concurrent, radical and simplified collecting, processing and comparing of data at each center and between centers dealing with the treatment of ovarian malignancy.
Analysis of the time-dependent changes in displacements, internal forces, and reactions at the supports in continuous reinforced concrete structures cast, prestressed, and loaded at different stages is frequently need...
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Analysis of the time-dependent changes in displacements, internal forces, and reactions at the supports in continuous reinforced concrete structures cast, prestressed, and loaded at different stages is frequently needed in design to satisfy the serviceability requirements. The time-dependent parameters considered in the analysis are creep and shrinkage of concrete, relaxation of prestressed steel, sequence of construction, and changes in structural system and support conditions. A procedure of analysis is presented using conventional linear analysis computer programs. The analysis procedure is explained through examples to demonstrate its simplicity and applicability.
Advantage is taken of an unused potential which lies in the evolutionary development method for heat exchanger networks (HEN) proposed by Linnhoff and Flower to construct an algorithm which reduces recursively the num...
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Advantage is taken of an unused potential which lies in the evolutionary development method for heat exchanger networks (HEN) proposed by Linnhoff and Flower to construct an algorithm which reduces recursively the number of units of a given HEN problem. As a result, all networks are generated that fulfill the heating and cooling requirements of the problem and whose number of units cannot be further reduced. Among the solutions obtained, those are selected which satisfy the condition of minimum permissible temperature driving force. A C++ implementation of the algorithm has been applied to a number of problems taken from the literature.
This paper discusses the procedure of air-conditioning load estimation. It involves the use of several data tables and graphs, which can be facilitated by the use of computer software programs. In this regard, several...
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This paper discusses the procedure of air-conditioning load estimation. It involves the use of several data tables and graphs, which can be facilitated by the use of computer software programs. In this regard, several programs have been developed, some of them are not easily adaptable to the immediate needs of developing environments. This is a report of the development of a computer program for air-conditioning load estimate based on the methods adopted by carrier corporation. These methods are not sophisticated, and therefore the resulting computer program is adaptable. In the program, the commonly utilised data tables have been input as arrays and by specifying the subscripts of an element of an array the desired tabular value is accessed and utilised in some computation. The ways of refining the program are presented in this paper.
We describe a program to assist in designing oligonucleotide probes on the basis of protein alignments and the codon usage of the target organism. If necessary, the input sequences can be weighted to neutralise the ef...
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We describe a program to assist in designing oligonucleotide probes on the basis of protein alignments and the codon usage of the target organism. If necessary, the input sequences can be weighted to neutralise the effect of closely similar sequences or to bias the output in favour of a particular taxon.
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