Masoud Ghods

• Iran University of Science and Technology

Fragestellung: In den Jahren 2004–2007 wurden 30 Patienten nach distaler Radiusfraktur durchschnittlich 10,6 Monate nach dem Unfall aufgrund starker Kraft- und Beweglichkeitsdefizite sowie Schmerzen vorgestellt, ohne dass bis dahin das Heilverfahren abgeschlossen werden konnte. Sie nahmen an einer intensiven stationären Handrehabilitation teil (dur...

Our cases and the described evaluation of nationwide cases show that, although hot air sauna burns are rare, they do occur. In most cases, as emphasized by the survey, those burns occur alongside a loss of consciousness. Finally, the diminished perfusion of the skin leads to a disturbance of the cutaneous heat exchange. As a result, the heat effect...

One of the least studied areas of information systems (IS) is software operations support, also known as software maintenance. As organizations move to the e-business economy, software is either being purchased, modified or outsourced. What remains inside the organization is software support and modification, the evaluation of the user business pro...

This research investigates technology flexibility, which is the technology characteristic that allows or enables adjustments and other changes to the business process. We develop dimensions and determinants of this phenomenon and demonstrate a methodology for the validation and the study of flexibility. The results of a test of software system flex...

This study evaluates a vendor supplied structured methodology which was implemented in a large manufacturing organization. Thirty projects using the methodology are measured for efficiency and effectiveness of software maintenance performance. The performance of these projects is evaluated using both objective metrics and subjective measures taken...

This research investigates technology flexibility, which is the technology characteristic that allows or enables adjustments and other changes to the business process. Technology flexibility has two dimensions, structural and process flexibility, encompassing both the actual technology application and the people and processes that support it. The f...

This study examined the independent and incremental prognostic value of exercise thallium single-photon emission computed tomographic imaging in 212 women who also underwent coronary angiography. The left ventricular ejection fraction was normal (65% +/- 15%). During a mean follow-up of 40 months, 27 women had events (cardiac death or nonfatal myoc...

This study compared the diagnostic accuracy of exercise thallium-201 single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) with the exercise electrocardiographic (ECG) response in patients with normal baseline ECG results. Previous studies comparing exercise thallium imaging with exercise electrocardiography have included patients with abnormal rest E...

Improvement in left ventricular (LV) performance after coronary artery bypass surgery remains the gold standard in myocardial viability assessment. The time-related changes, however, are not well known. This study examined the LV ejection fraction (EF) by gated blood pool imaging early (6 +/- 4 days) and late (62 +/- 24 days) after surgery in patie...

This study examines the prognostic implications of normal exercise tomographic thallium images in medically treated patients with angiographic evidence of coronary artery disease (CAD). There were 97 patients aged 60 +/- 10 years; 52 had 1-, 30 had 2-, and 15 had 3-vessel CAD (> or = 50% diameter stenosis). The exercise test was submaximal in 51 pa...

The treadmill exercise score has been used to stratify patients into low-, moderate-, and high-risk groups. This score is derived from ST segment depression, angina, and exercise duration. To determine the coronary arteriographic and exercise thallium perfusion correlates of the score, we examined the extent of coronary artery disease and exercise...

Clinical and morphological studies clearly indicate that most human coronary artery stenoses are capable of vasomotion. Variable ischemic thresholds, ischemia unrelated to work load, and variant angina further show the presence and importance of vasoconstriction in coronary artery stenosis. Despite the importance of vasoconstriction, the effect of...

Data obtained on 426 consecutive patients referred to a breast center by 122 physicians, including family practitioners, general surgeons, and other specialists, showed that the obstetricians-gynecologists referred the greatest average number of patients per physician, with more than 50% of these referrals for screening mammography. Internists refe...