Biomedical subjects

F Chan

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Prestige: radiologic technologists rate themselves and other allied health professionals.

This study investigated radiologic technologists' (RTs) prestige ratings of 13 allied health professions and 13 general occupations selected from the original National Opinion Research Center (NORC) list. RTs ranked themselves fifth and on the whole tended to elevate the ratings of the allied health professions. There was a high degree of agreement between RTs' ratings and the NORC occupations data. Implications for the RT profession and for future research are noted.

Allied Health Personnel↗

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Aberrant dendritic development in the human agyric cortex: a quantitative and qualitative Golgi study of two cases.

A quantitative and qualitative Golgi comparison of the visual cortex from two agyric brains and of two age-matched controls is reported. In the camera lucida drawings, most pyramidal cells were oriented vertically to the pial surface in the external cellular layer, frequently with their apical dendrites directed toward the deep layers (inverted pyramidal neurons). The deep cellular layer contained pyramidal and polymorphic neurons normally found in the second to fourth cortical layers. In quantitative analysis of the agyric cortex of a ten-month-old patient, relative immaturity of basal dendritic arborization was apparent together with a bipolar configuration of dendritic development of the pyramidal neurons. The 3-year-old patient had a significant delay in apical dendritic arborization (shorter branch length, decreased number of dendritic intersections) compared with his age-matched normal control. The pathogenesis of the abnormal dendritic development in agyria is discussed.

Cerebral Cortex↗

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Prestige of radiologic technologists: perception of two allied health professions.

Physical and Occupational Therapists in large urban hospitals rated the prestige of 13 allied health professions, generally hospital based. Radiologic Technologist was ranked 13th by PTs and 12th by OTs. PTs were more negative with 35% using ratings below "average," while OTs assigned 28%. Only 27% of the PTs used ratings above "average," while 33% of the OTs did so. Prestige scores derived for Radiologic Technologists placed them among nonprofessionals.

Attitude of Health Personnel↗