Medical evacuation from Mostar.
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Biomedical subjects
H McMaster
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The roles of stimulus-response compatibility and mental rotation in mirror-image and left-right decisions.
People were shown rotated letters and timed as they decided (a) whether the letters were normal or backward, or (b) whether a dot was to the left or right of each letter with respect to its upright orientation. In the viewer-centered version of (b), the judgement was to be independent of whether the letter was normal or backward, so that stimulus-response (S-R) compatibility was confounded with angular orientation. In the letter-centered version, the judgement was relative to the letter's own coordinates, so that the confounding between S-R compatibility and orientation was reversed for backward letters. The functions relating RT to angular orientation were parallel across the three tasks, suggesting that S-R compatibility played no role, and that the participants mentally rotated the letters to the upright in each case. A marked increase in RT to backward letters in the letter-centered task suggested a second rotation in depth to restore the letters to normal.
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Cervical screening: what do Auckland general practitioners do?
AIMS: To assess the frequency of cervical screening; average age of screened women and adequacy of decontamination practices of vaginal specula by Auckland general practitioners. METHODS: A random sample of 96 Auckland general practitioners completed a questionnaire at the time of consultation describing the screening history and decontamination practices for vaginal specula from five consecutive patients having a cervical smear test. RESULTS: Of the 96 doctors 68 completed the questionnaire for the five consecutive patients. The majority of women were aged below 50 years and the median time since the last smear for women with a previously normal smear was 18 months. Although the majority of doctors adhered to Health Department guidelines for decontamination, deviations occurred by: reusing plastic specula; using only disinfection as a means of decontamination and not boiling specula for 30 minutes. CONCLUSIONS: The majority of women being screened are young and there is a high level of very frequent screening in women with previously normal smears. Closer adherence to the 1991 cervical screening recommendations and Health Department guidelines for decontamination of vaginal specula is required for some Auckland general practitioners.
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Screening for cervical cancer: attitudes and policies among Auckland general practitioners.
OBJECTS: to survey Auckland general practitioners and evaluate their attitudes and policies toward screening for cervical cancer. METHODS: an interviewer administered questionnaire asking questions based mainly on the recommendations of the 1985 Working Party on screening for cervical cancer and on some issues resulting from the Cartwright Inquiry. RESULTS: the response rate was 96% of the 100 general practitioners approached. The mean screening interval was 24.1 months. Eighty-eight percent of Auckland general practitioners used a recall system for cervical cancer screening. Doctors more likely to report adherence to the recommendations of the Working Party on screening for cervical cancer were: members and associates of the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners; doctors with less than 15 years experience; female doctors; doctors with a diploma of obstetrics and doctors in group practices. CONCLUSIONS: the majority of Auckland general practitioners adhere to the recommendations of the 1985 Working Party on screening for cervical cancer although there is some evidence of overscreening. Areas for improvement include the need for more general practitioners to have a recall system and the need to increase the rate of referral for women with two consecutive smears showing mild dysplasia.
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