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M Galloway

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PubMed1995

Effect of elongation rate on the failure properties of the rabbit anterior cruciate ligament.

The effect of elongation rate on the failure properties of the rabbit femur-anterior crucicate ligament-tibia were investigated. Paired limbs were elongated to failure at rates of 0.0001 m s(-1) and 0.92 m s(-1). Two distinct types of tibial avulsion injury reflecting rate-dependent areas of weakness were noted. 'Bony avulsions' formed by the junction between cortical and trabecular bone comprised the predominant injury observed at the faster elongation rate. 'Fibrous avulsions' between the zones of mineralized fibrocartilage and bone occurred predominantly at the slower elongation rate. The faster rate significantly increased ultimate load (74%) and stiffness (615%) on average, relative to the slow rate. In contrast to what has been previously described, there was a significant decrease in failure deformation (79%) at the faster rate.

Journal Article↗
PubMed1995

Restructuring in a unionized environment. Selecting the right approach for union involvement.

Restructuring in a unionized environment doesn't have to be a nightmare. You must assess your current environment to be able to make smart strategic choices. Your strategic choices will lead you to an appropriate union involvement approach and guide you through the dozens of detailed design and implementation issues. However, don't worry so much about them being smart choices that you make no choices. When it comes to restructuring with unions, no plan is the worst plan.

Decision Making, Organizational↗
PubMed1993

Patient-focused care: key principles to restructuring.

Patient-focused care (PFC) is a unique patient care delivery model that is becoming more popular in today's hospitals. Bishop Clarkson Memorial Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska, was one of the first hospitals to implement PFC. Clarkson used four principles to guide its pilot unit implementation--grouping similar patient populations, moving services closer to the patient, broadening staff skills, and simplifying processes. The four principles and their implementation are described; preliminary results are reported.

Attitude of Health Personnel↗
PubMed1993

Picking the right change strategy. Slow and steady wins the race.

In summary, the slow, participative change process worked well. The power of the staff's involvement overcame the hospital's mistakes. The Steering Team "finessed" the problem of resistance to multi-skilling by creating a system that encouraged the desired behaviors without demanding them. By setting more realistic boundaries and acting more decisively, the Steering Team could have made the process even smoother.

Cardiology Service, Hospital↗
PubMed1992

Increased CSF HVA response to arecoline challenge in Alzheimer's disease.

The effects of the muscarinic agonist, arecoline, on the concentration of homovanillic acid (HVA) in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and controls were examined. Patients and controls received intravenous infusions of arecoline and a lumbar puncture was performed four hours after the infusion began. Arecoline induced a significant increase in the concentration of HVA in cerebrospinal fluid of Alzheimer's disease patients (p < .01) but not in controls. The differential HVA response to a muscarinic agonist in Alzheimer's disease is suggestive of an alteration in muscarinic receptor response. This finding may have potential implications for the pathophysiology and treatment of Alzheimer's disease.

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PubMed1990

Labs take the strain.

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Clinical Laboratory Techniques↗