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VA Study To Optimize The Gen 2 Deka Arm: Qualitative Findings

Resnik, Linda (2011)

In 2005 DARPA announced its "Revolutionizing Prosthetics" program and funded the development of the DEKA prosthetic arm. When the Gen 2 prototype DEKA Arm System became available for clinical research and testing, DARPA ...

VAD therapy 20/20: moving beyond the myopic view of a nascent therapy.

DeVore, Adam David; Milano, Carmelo Alessio; Rogers, JG (Ann Cardiothorac Surg, 2014-11)

The past five years have seen remarkable growth in the use of durable, continuous flow left ventricular assist devices (LVAD) with associated improvements in mortality, quality of life, functionality and end-organ function. ...

Vaginal Self-Sampling for Human Papillomavirus Infection as a Primary Cervical Cancer Screening Tool in a Haitian Population.

Beauvais, HJ; Boggan, Joel; Chakhtoura, N; Henderson, G; McCarthy, Schatzi H; Smith, JS; Walmer, DK (Sex Transm Dis, 2015-11)

BACKGROUND: Human papillomavirus (HPV) testing as primary cervical cancer screening has not been studied in Caribbean women. We tested vaginal self-collection versus physician cervical sampling in a population of Haitian ...

Validation and Identification of Invasive Salmonella Serotypes in Sub-Saharan Africa by Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction.

Aaby, P; Adu-Sarkodie, Y; Al-Emran, HM; Ali, M; Bjerregaard-Andersen, M; Crump, John Andrew; Cruz Espinoza, LM; ... (36 authors) (Clin Infect Dis, 2016-03-15)

Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi and nontyphoidal Salmonella (NTS) cause the majority of bloodstream infections in sub-Saharan Africa; however, serotyping is rarely performed. We validated a multiplex polymerase chain reaction ...

Validation and Quality Assessment of the Kilimanjaro Cancer Registry.

Bartlett, J; Karia, Francis; Maro, Venance P; Msomba, A; Muiruri, Charles; Munishi, Oresto Michael; Namwai, T; ... (12 authors) (J Glob Oncol, 2016-12)

PURPOSE: Global cancer burden has increasingly shifted to low- and middle-income countries and is particularly pronounced in Africa. There remains a lack of comprehensive cancer information as a result of limited cancer ...

Validation of a glaucoma knowledge assessment in glaucoma patients.

Rao, VS; Peralta, EA; Rosdahl, Jullia Ann (Clin Ophthalmol, 2016)

SUMMARY: To develop metrics to identify knowledge deficits and barriers to learning in glaucoma patients, this study seeks to validate a glaucoma knowledge assessment to use in the evaluation of knowledge in glaucoma patients. ...

Validation of Coded Aperture Coherent Scatter Spectral Imaging for Differentiation of Normal and Neoplastic Breast Tissues via Surgical Pathology

Morris, Robert Elliott (2016)

This study intends to validate the sensitivity and specificity of coded aperture coherent scatter spectral imaging (CACSSI) by comparison to clinical histological preparation and pathologic analysis methods currently used ...

Validation of ELP Dosimetry Using PRESAGE Dosimeter

Lambson, Kara Michelle (2017)

The purpose of this research is to validate the use of a PRESAGE dosimeter as a method to quantitatively measure dose distributions of injectable brachytherapy based on elastin-like polypeptide (ELP) nanoparticles. ELP has ...

Validation of ICDPIC software injury severity scores using a large regional trauma registry.

Greene, Nathaniel Howard; Kernic, MA; Rivara, FP; Vavilala, MS (Inj Prev, 2015-10)

BACKGROUND: Administrative or quality improvement registries may or may not contain the elements needed for investigations by trauma researchers. International Classification of Diseases Program for Injury Categorisation ...

Validation of the Food-Linked Virtual Response task.

Kort, D; Pascoe, Elizabeth A; Richman, Laura Smart (J Health Psychol, 2015-07-30)

This research validates a computerized dietary selection task (Food-Linked Virtual Response or FLVR) for use in studies of food consumption. In two studies, FLVR task responses were compared with measures of health consciousness, ...

Validation of the modified Sgarbossa criteria for acute coronary occlusion in the setting of left bundle branch block: A retrospective case-control study.

Theiling, Brent; Limkakeng, Alexander; Jaffa, Elias; Meyers, H Pendell; Patel, Anjni; Rezaie, Salim R; Stewart, Todd; ... (10 authors) (American heart journal, 2015-12)

The modified Sgarbossa criteria were proposed in a derivation study to be superior to the original criteria for diagnosing acute coronary occlusion (ACO) in left bundle branch block (LBBB). The new rule replaces the third ...

Validation, Assessment, and Application of the Bugando Cancer Registry for Radiotherapy Planning for the Lake Zone of Tanzania

Olson, Adam (2018)

Purpose: To validate, assess, and utilize the Bugando Cancer Registry (BCR) of Bugando Medical Centre (BMC), Mwanza, Tanzania for radiotherapy (RT) services planning.Methods: For BCR validation, we randomly sampled 63 total ...

Validity and Regularization of Classical Half-Space Equations

Li, Q; Lu, Jianfeng; Sun, W (Journal of Statistical Physics, 2017-01-01)

© 2016, Springer Science+Business Media New York.Recent result (Wu and Guo in Commun Math Phys 336(3):1473–1553, 2015) has shown that over the 2D unit disk, the classical half-space equation (CHS) for the neutron transport ...

VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY OF FUNCTIONAL TESTS AND QUESTIONNAIRES FOR CHILDREN WITH A CONGENITAL UPPER LIMB REDUCTION DEFICIENCY

Buffart, Laurien M.; Roebroeck, Marij E.; van Heijningen, Vera G.; Pesch-Batenburg, Josemiek M.F.B.; Stam, Henk J. (2005)

Standardized measures are required to adequately measure arm and prosthetic functioning in children with unilateral upper limb reduction deficiency (ULRD). A prerequisite for a test or questionnaire is that the instrument ...