• Plain film radiography (cervical spine [C-spine] radiographs) can be ordered to rule out neck pathology, which can occur with head trauma. (medscape.com)
  • Head computed tomography (CT) scanning is sensitive for detecting intracranial pathology associated with blunt-force trauma, even in a mild head injury (eg, Glasgow Coma Scale score of 13-15). (medscape.com)
  • As the Head of Laboratory Services at SPARSH Hospital, Dr. Williams monitors the functioning of the Pathology and Microbiology laboratory at SPARSH Hospital, Yeswanthpur, Infantry Road & Hosur Road. (sparshhospital.com)
  • We sought to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on formal pedagogic components of otorhinolaryngology-head and neck surgery (ORL-HNS) residency, the switch to distance learning and program director's perceptions of the future of teaching and learning. (springer.com)
  • What are cancers of the head and neck? (cancer.gov)
  • Cancers that are known collectively as head and neck cancers usually begin in the squamous cells that line the mucosal surfaces of the head and neck (for example, those inside the mouth, throat, and voice box). (cancer.gov)
  • These cancers are referred to as squamous cell carcinomas of the head and neck. (cancer.gov)
  • Head and neck cancers can also begin in the salivary glands , sinuses , or muscles or nerves in the head and neck, but these types of cancer are much less common than squamous cell carcinomas ( 1 , 2 ). (cancer.gov)
  • Head and neck cancer regions. (cancer.gov)
  • Cancers of the brain, the eye, the esophagus, the thyroid gland, and the skin of the head and neck are not usually classified as head and neck cancers. (cancer.gov)
  • If a squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck is going to spread, it almost always does so locally and/or to the lymph nodes in the neck. (cancer.gov)
  • Sometimes, cancerous squamous cells can be found in the lymph nodes of the upper neck when there is no evidence of cancer in other parts of the head and neck, possibly because the original primary tumor is too small. (cancer.gov)
  • What causes cancers of the head and neck? (cancer.gov)
  • Alcohol and tobacco use (including secondhand smoke and smokeless tobacco , sometimes called "chewing tobacco" or "snuff") are the two most important risk factors for head and neck cancers, especially cancers of the oral cavity, hypopharynx, and voice box ( 3 - 7 ). (cancer.gov)
  • Most head and neck squamous cell carcinomas of the mouth and voice box are caused by tobacco and alcohol use ( 8 ). (cancer.gov)
  • Although HPV can be detected in other head and neck cancers, it appears to be the cause of cancer formation only in the oropharynx. (cancer.gov)
  • The oral examination comprises a uniform and consistent inspection of the head and neck and an intraoral evaluation of the hard and soft tissues (see the images below) in conjunction with a thorough medical and dental history. (medscape.com)
  • The head and neck should be palpated to identify any tenderness, masses and lymphadenopathy. (medscape.com)
  • A wide variety of immunologic, idiopathic, neoplastic, infectious, and fungal processes can cause a chronic granulomatous reaction in the head and the neck (see the images below). (medscape.com)
  • Granulomatous diseases cause a great range of symptoms not only in the head and neck but also throughout the body. (medscape.com)
  • Although similar histologically, granulomatous diseases of the head and the neck require a thorough approach because of the wide variety of disease processes. (medscape.com)
  • Often, the patient initially presents with symptoms that involve the head and neck. (medscape.com)
  • The new legislation forcing all under 14s to wear helmets in Jersey will "prevent head and brain injuries", according to a report by the Transport Research Laboratory (TRL). (road.cc)
  • Michael Carter of Bristol Children's Hospital says he treats an average of three children a month who have suffered a head injury while cycling that he believes would not have happened if they had been wearing a helmet. (road.cc)
  • Head MRI is done in the hospital or a radiology center. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Dr. Susan Williams is the Head of Laboratory Services at SPARSH Hospital. (sparshhospital.com)
  • As the Head of Infection Control and as part of the Quality Assurance Team at SPARSH Hospital, Dr Williams ensures that asepsis is maintained in all sections of the hospital by strict adherence to established protocols and regular hand washing by all the medical and allied health personnel. (sparshhospital.com)
  • A new site at Thames Valley Science Park, delivered 2026/27, will be added to the South Kensington and Tring sites, completing the NHM's expansion towards a 3-site operating system where science (collections, research, laboratory facilities) is pursued across each/all sites. (nature.com)
  • Martin Haardt has been a Full Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology and Head of the Communications Research Laboratory at Technische Universität Ilmenau , Germany, since 2001. (tu-ilmenau.de)
  • Dr. Ferreira is professor of analytical chemistry at the University of Zaragoza and head of the Laboratory of Aroma Analysis and Enology (LAAE). (asev.org)
  • Following my PhD studies in developmental haematopoiesis with Professor Alexander Medvinsky at the University of Edinburgh, in 2008 I moved to The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (WEHI) to undertake a postdoc in the laboratory of Professor Doug Hilton. (edu.au)
  • Despite the potential effect of stress on staff's health and children's outcomes in Head Start, we are not aware of any studies that describe the health of Head Start staff. (cdc.gov)
  • The US Zika Pregnancy Registry collects data to monitor pregnancy and infant outcomes in pregnancies with laboratory evidence of possible Zika virus infection. (cdc.gov)
  • Mandatory work demands (such as laboratory-work, hand in assignments, projects, etc) must be approved by subject teacher within the specified deadlines. (uis.no)
  • 4 hours lectures and 4 hours mandatory laboratory work/assignments per week. (uis.no)
  • After having travelled around the world for private and business purposes she decided to take on a new challenge in working at the Nanoelectronic Devices Laboratory at EPFL as administrative assistant with main focus on the financial management of European research projects and organization of international workshops, Currently, she is also the Administrative Manager of the FET Flagship Pilot Guardian Angels that includes more than 40 partners from 13 European countries. (epfl.ch)
  • Having led operations at another nationally recognized research and development organization, I'm both humbled and excited by the enormity of Underwriters Laboratories' mission as a preeminent safety science organization and look forward to extending the reach and impact of our safety science work. (ul.org)
  • She also worked directly with major federal government clients to foster technological innovation through laboratories and processes that helped speed ideas to market. (ul.org)
  • The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of physical and mental health conditions, poor health-related quality of life, and health care access in a defined population of Head Start and Early Head Start staff. (cdc.gov)
  • Anyone who practices Mohs micrographic surgery is likely to know the name Hugh Greenway, MD , the longtime head of Mohs and dermatologic surgery at Scripps Clinic in San Diego, who was also recently selected as program director for cutaneous oncology at Scripps MD Anderson Cancer Center in San Diego. (medscape.com)
  • Specific recommendations in the areas of regulatory control, Minilab and QC laboratory testing, postmarketing surveillance, and product stewardship by pharmaceutical manufacturers, were agreed upon. (who.int)
  • Working with closely with the Head of Science Innovation Platforms and the Research Leader in Collections-based Genomics you will provide scientific lead and expertise to NHM research staff, curators and students to maximise impact and efficiency of scientific discovery and delivery from the Molecular Biology Labs. (nature.com)
  • Following her undergraduate education, she continued at Texas A&M, serving as a laboratory technician while earning her Masters of Science and Ph.D. degrees in animal science in 2009 and 2013, respectively. (tamu.edu)
  • The Montana Med Lab Science program is accredited by the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS) located at 5600 N River Rd Suite 720 Rosemont IL, 60018-5119. (montana.edu)
  • Her expertise and experience will help ensure organizational health, further positioning Underwriters Laboratories as a world leader in fundamental and applied safety science research. (ul.org)
  • She will provide essential leadership in achieving Underwriters Laboratories' goal of building a vibrant, adaptive campus of the future where breakthroughs across a broad range of safety science initiatives occur regularly and frequently. (ul.org)
  • The LW will work with the ACD, CDC in their development of advice and recommendations regarding the effective implementation of laboratory quality improvements across the agency to ensure the agency's laboratories achieve a gold-standard level of quality using advanced laboratory science. (cdc.gov)
  • Measuring humeral head translation using fluoroscopy: a validation study. (cdc.gov)
  • Numerous techniques have been employed to monitor humeral head translation due to its involvement with several shoulder pathologies. (cdc.gov)
  • The objective of this study is to compare the accuracy of manual digitization and contour registration in measuring superior translation of the humeral head. (cdc.gov)
  • Humeral head translation was measured using the two methods and was compared to the known translation. (cdc.gov)
  • The results are summarized in terms of characterization and quantification of any particulates generated, and surface topographical changes on both head and taper contact surfaces. (astm.org)
  • During the meeting, the results of Minilab testing and laboratory quality control (QC) tests were presented by country teams and WHO Headquarters and thereafter evaluated. (who.int)
  • 1 The percentage of samples, for which results of quality control testing did not comply with preset specifications, in relation to the total number of samples tested in the laboratory. (who.int)
  • The museum seeks to recruit an experienced scientific lead for the Molecular Biology Laboratories. (nature.com)
  • You should possess excellent team-working, communication and personal organisation skills as well as excellent generic molecular biology laboratory skills, with evidence of ability to deliver technically difficult experiments and acquire new techniques quickly. (nature.com)
  • The Laboratory Workgroup (LW) provides input to the ACD,CDC agency-wide activities related to implementation of improvements to strengthen the quality of work within CDC laboratories. (cdc.gov)
  • Implementation of a pilot cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) laboratory network. (who.int)
  • Most of the gully alcove heads occur at the same level, just as one would expect of an aquifer. (wikipedia.org)
  • She strongly believes in maintaining and providing high quality and accurate laboratory services and hence lays a strong emphasis on the periodic calibration of instruments as well as continuous training of the laboratory staff. (sparshhospital.com)
  • We used data from a web-based survey in 2012 in which 2,199 of 3,375 (65.2%) staff in 66 Pennsylvania Head Start programs participated. (cdc.gov)
  • Among Head Start staff, 85.7% were non-Hispanic white, 62.4% were married, and 60.3% had completed college. (cdc.gov)
  • Including Early Head Start, which serves children younger than 36 months of age, Head Start reaches nearly 1 million low-income children and their families and employs a staff of more than 200,000, most of whom are women. (cdc.gov)
  • These staff are the key to achieving Head Start's overarching goal of promoting school readiness by addressing children's cognitive, social, emotional, and physical development and health. (cdc.gov)
  • However, Head Start staff have relatively low wages and social standing and often work under stressful circumstances. (cdc.gov)
  • Many children in Head Start have multiple social risks, which can contribute to poor self-regulation and disruptive behaviors that interfere with learning and place emotional demands on staff (1). (cdc.gov)
  • The Pennsylvania Head Start Staff Wellness Survey, conducted during 4 months in spring 2012, was a web-based survey of all staff working in the state's Head Start and Early Head Start programs. (cdc.gov)
  • The use of modular head/Morse taper joints in total hip replacements has become a preferred surgical practice in consideration of the flexibility in surgical procedures and reduced inventory. (astm.org)
  • In 1996 he joined EPFL, Laboratory of Ceramics (LC-IMX) where he was awarded PhD in 2000 for his work on physical mechanisms of losses in ferroelectric non-volatile memories. (epfl.ch)
  • Laboratory evaluation includes elevated inflammatory indicators, such as C-reactive protein and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR). (medscape.com)
  • As an independent laboratory head, I have developed a track record of securing competitive research funding, providing an exceptional learning experience for my research students, career progression for my team members, and publishing high quality research in top scientific journals. (edu.au)
  • On March 1, Ashley Arnold, Ph.D., joined the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory (TVMDL) in College Station as the client services section head. (tamu.edu)
  • This is the virtual site of laboratory research and play at the Institute of Cultural inquiry (ICI). (culturalinquiry.org)
  • In the years 1995-1996 he worked as a research assistant at the Wide-gap semiconductors laboratory, A.F. Ioffe Physical Technical Institute (St. Petersburg). (epfl.ch)
  • Compared with the initial (first 12-24 h) head CT scan, the follow-up CT scan may better reveal small hemorrhages, which coalesce to form a brain contusion. (medscape.com)
  • The paranasal sinuses are small hollow spaces in the bones of the head surrounding the nose. (cancer.gov)
  • The functional capabilities of this setup was demonstrated by testing alumina ceramic and cobalt-chromium-molyb-denum femoral heads fitted on titanium alloy tapers, at a fatigue load of 5.34 kN and a stress ratio of 0.1. (astm.org)
  • Pregnant women in the United States with laboratory evidence of possible Zika virus infection regardless of whether or not they have symptoms, and their exposed infants are included in the US Zika Pregnancy Registry. (cdc.gov)
  • As Farmer builds the support systems necessary for Underwriters Laboratories to investigate a wide array of safety challenges and emerging threats, she will partner with executives across several sectors to forge relationships with universities, nongovernmental organizations, and government agencies. (ul.org)
  • Despite attention to the health of low-income children in Head Start, little is known about the health of adults working for the program. (cdc.gov)
  • The objective of our study was to compare the physical and mental health of women working in Pennsylvania Head Start programs with the health of US women who have similar sociodemographic characteristics. (cdc.gov)
  • Women working with children in Head Start programs have poorer physical and mental health than do US women who have similar sociodemographic characteristics. (cdc.gov)
  • MRI of the head is more sensitive than CT scanning for detecting subtle changes such as small hemorrhages, edema, and diffuse axonal injury (DAI). (medscape.com)
  • Determine why a horse is head shy, and then use learning principles to reverse the behavior. (thehorse.com)