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Qatar
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D011780 |
[A country in the Middle East, a peninsula bordering the Persian Gulf and Saudi Arabia. The capital is Doha.
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Qb-SNARE Proteins
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D050766 |
[A subfamily of Q-SNARE PROTEINS which occupy the same position in the SNARE complex as the N-terminal SNARE domain of SNAP-25 and which also are most similar to the N-terminal region of SNAP-25 in their AMINO ACID SEQUENCE.
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Qc-SNARE Proteins
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D050767 |
[A subfamily of Q-SNARE PROTEINS which occupy the same position in the SNARE complex as the C-terminal SNARE domain of SNAP-25 and which also are most similar to the C-terminal region of SNAP-25 in their AMINO ACID SEQUENCE.
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Qi
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D019413 |
[The vital life force in the body, supposedly able to be regulated by acupuncture. It corresponds roughly to the Greek pneuma, the Latin spiritus, and the ancient Indian prana. The concept of life-breath or vital energy was formulated as an indication of the awareness of man, originally directed externally toward nature or society but later turned inward to the self or life within. (From Comparison between Concepts of Life-Breath in East and West, 15th International Symposium on the Comparative History of Medicine - East and West, August 26-September 3, 1990, Shizuoka, Japan, pp. ix-x)
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Qigong
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D064906 |
[An ancient Chinese system of postures, exercises, breathing techniques, and meditations designed to improve and enhance the body's QI.
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Quackery
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D011781 |
[The fraudulent misrepresentation of the diagnosis and treatment of disease.
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Quadriceps Muscle
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D052097 |
[The quadriceps femoris. A collective name of the four-headed skeletal muscle of the thigh, comprised of the rectus femoris, vastus intermedius, vastus lateralis, and vastus medialis.
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Quadricuspid Aortic Valve
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D000082902 |
[Congenital malformation where the AORTIC VALVE has four instead of three cusps. It is often associated with AORTIC REGURGITATION and AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS.
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Quadriplegia
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D011782 |
[Severe or complete loss of motor function in all four limbs which may result from BRAIN DISEASES; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; or rarely MUSCULAR DISEASES. The locked-in syndrome is characterized by quadriplegia in combination with cranial muscle paralysis. Consciousness is spared and the only retained voluntary motor activity may be limited eye movements. This condition is usually caused by a lesion in the upper BRAIN STEM which injures the descending cortico-spinal and cortico-bulbar tracts.
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Quadruplets
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D011783 |
[Four individuals derived from four FETUSES that were fertilized at or about the same time, developed in the UTERUS simultaneously, and born to the same mother.
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Quail
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D011784 |
[Common name for two distinct groups of BIRDS in the order GALLIFORMES: the New World or American quails of the family Odontophoridae and the Old World quails in the genus COTURNIX, family Phasianidae.
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Qualitative Research
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D036301 |
[Any type of research that employs nonnumeric information to explore individual or group characteristics, producing findings not arrived at by statistical procedures or other quantitative means. (Qualitative Inquiry: A Dictionary of Terms Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1997)
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Quality Assurance, Health Care
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D011785 |
[Activities and programs intended to assure or improve the quality of care in either a defined medical setting or a program. The concept includes the assessment or evaluation of the quality of care; identification of problems or shortcomings in the delivery of care; designing activities to overcome these deficiencies; and follow-up monitoring to ensure effectiveness of corrective steps.
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Quality Control
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D011786 |
[A system for verifying and maintaining a desired level of quality in a product or process by careful planning, use of proper equipment, continued inspection, and corrective action as required. (Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)
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Quality Improvement
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D058996 |
[The attainment or process of attaining a new level of performance or quality.
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Quality Indicators, Health Care
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D019984 |
[Norms, criteria, standards, and other direct qualitative and quantitative measures used in determining the quality of health care.
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Quality of Health Care
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D011787 |
[The levels of excellence which characterize the health service or health care provided based on accepted standards of quality.
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Quality of Life
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D011788 |
[A generic concept reflecting concern with the modification and enhancement of life attributes, e.g., physical, political, moral, social environment as well as health and disease.
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Quality-Adjusted Life Years
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D019057 |
[A measurement index derived from a modification of standard life-table procedures and designed to take account of the quality as well as the duration of survival. This index can be used in assessing the outcome of health care procedures or services. (BIOETHICS Thesaurus, 1994)
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Quantitative Light-Induced Fluorescence
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D000078704 |
[A FLUORESCENCE technique used in DENTISTRY for the analysis of mineral changes in DENTAL ENAMEL to detect early DENTAL CARIES, or for the evaluation other normal or pathological processes or lesions of the dental enamel.
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