Background: There is a need for tools in primary care to support clinicians to identify patients with unmet palliative care needs.The Supportive and Palliative Care Indicators Tool (SPICT) is concise and covers most conditions in primary care settings.However, the SPICT was not available in Japanese.Methods: The translation and cultural adaptation
Comminution processes are one of the most common processes for processing energy materials, e.g.coal, biomass, and post-recycling elements.The hitherto unsolved problem is the high energy consumption of machines and the lack of precise descriptions of the phenomenon of comminution in terms of the relationship between the design features of mills an
Tactile maps are accessible for visually impaired people.Therefore, studies on the use of graphic variables in tactile cartography are necessary.A search Bracelet Premium Box for papers related to the keyword "tactile map" was conducted in the Scopus database and in the annals of the International Cartographic Conference, between the years 2009 and
Yukari Shirakata,1 Kouki Fukuda,1 Tomoyoshi Fujita,1 Yuki Nakano,1 Hiroyuki Nomoto,2 Hidetaka Yamaji,3 Fumio Shiraga,4 Akitaka Tsujikawa1 1Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Miki-cho, 2Nomoto Eye Clinic, Himeji, 3Department of Ophthalmology, Shirai Eye Hospital, Mitoyo, 4Department of Ophthalmology, Okayama Univers
Background: The diagnosis of acute appendicitis (AA) remains challenging, especially in pediatrics, because early symptoms are not specific, and the younger the patient the more difficult their interpretation is.There is a large degree of agreement between pediatric surgeons on the importance of an early diagnosis to avoid complicated acute appendi