This 26-item on-line survey, administered using an electronic survey instrument (Survey Monkey, http://www.surveymonkey.com, accessed December 1 , 2009 was distributed electronically in February 2009 to all 128 internal medicine residents via a personalized invitation e-mail.
Bone mass; i.e. tibial and femoral wet weights were measured using an electronic balance (Denver Instrument Company, AA-160 USA) [ 5].
The reproductive organs, that is, uterine horns and ovaries, were carefully removed and cleaned and weighed by using an electronic balance (Denver Instrument Company, USA).
Height (cm) and body weight (kg) were measured to the nearest 0.1 cm and 0.1 kg respectively using an electronic height-weight measurement instrument (Shuangjia, Shenzhen, China) that had been adjusted before use.
Total peak force (in gram force/gram bodyweight) was determined once a week using an electronic Grip Strength Meter, Columbus Instruments (Columbus, OH, USA).
Pulmonary function is measured using an electronic peak flow meter (Jaeger AM, Yorba Linda, CA), a validated instrument [ 9].
Health-related QoL was measured using Patient Care Monitor assessment, an electronic instrument validated for the symptomatic and functional evaluation of patients with cancer.
In response to a commission for a piece to accompany light-and-water shows on the Seine during the Paris Exposition, in 1937 Messiaen demonstrated his interest in using the ondes Martenot, an electronic instrument, by composing Fêtes des belles eaux for an ensemble of six.
In Radiohead he has complemented his guitar with an ondes Martenot, an electronic instrument used in several Messiaen scores.
Agora is an electronic instrument for procurement and marketing needs.
