OBJECTIVE: To establish the accuracy of unenhanced CT in the preoperative diagnosis of acute appendicitis.DESIGN: Accuracy study, prospective and blinded.SETTING: The University Hospital.PARTICIPANTS: 52 patients with clinical and laboratorial manifestations of acute appendicitis.CT diagnosis was made by: presence of an abnormal appendix, Shirts ap
Human workers are envisioned to work alongside robots and other intelligent factory modules, and fulfill supervision tasks in future smart factories.Technological developments, during the last few years, in the field of smart factory automation have introduced the concept of cyber-physical systems, which further expanded to cyber-physical productio
Throughout history, infectious diseases have caused havoc among societies.Emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases are now occurring at unprecedented speed.According Shirts to the World Health Organization (WHO), the world has witnessed the emergence of several disease outbreaks and epidemics caused by more than 20 infectious agents over the pa
Abstract The aim of this study was to determine the effect of the big five personality, social support, collectivism-individualism, and anonymity on expressing anger on social networking sites (SNS).This research used quantitative with multiple regression analysis methods.The samples in this study were 210 respondents who posted anger content on so
Polymers are currently in the limelight.Phenolic resin is one of the polymer products obtained from the polymerization process, either from natural or synthetic sources.One of the natural compounds that can be applied to polymers is cardanol.This study aimed to synthesize cardanol-based acetaldehyde novolac resin from Cashew Nut Shell Liquid (CNSL)