... SES) was computed with c2 for categorical and analysis of variance (ANOVA) tests for continuous variables For ANOVA, post hoc pair-wise comparisons were adjusted for multiple calculations with ... substance use and status offenses such as running away and truancy since these are generally not prosecuted under criminal law In this paper, children detained by the police are called arrestees Children ... explained variance in offending in the combined model The combined model was the same model as the individual risk factor model van Domburgh et al Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health...
Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 18:22
... vibration signal as an aspiration when a swallow has actually occurred, whereas a false negative (FN) is the event of classifying a vibration signal as a swallow when an aspiration has actually occurred ... radial basis function was selected for its proven approximation capabilities The number of radial basis units was increased as necessary during training to achieve the targeted performance Initially, ... the participants was 6.0 ± 3.9 years with 64 males and 53 females Swallowing difficulty in all the participants was neurological in origin, with the overwhelming majority having a primary diagnosis...
Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 10:20
Báo cáo y học: "Asthma is a risk factor for acute chest syndrome and cerebral vascular accidents in children with sickle cell disease" ppt
... neurological syndrome with a focal neurological finding on examination associated with ischemic changes (images compatible with stroke) on a brain MRI or computed tomography scan Inpatient admissions ... mental status without pulmonary infiltrates or arterial hypoxemia The study excluded children with an exacerbation of reactive airways disease If patients with sickle cell disease are at increased ... http://www.clinicalmolecularallergy.com/content/3/1/2 in data collection MCZ participated in coordination and manuscript preparation JPS participated in design, coordination and manuscript preparation KJK participated...
Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 13:22
Báo cáo y học: "A pilot study for augmenting atomoxetine with methylphenidate: safety of concomitant therapy in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder" pot
... atomoxetine/placebo including early responders Efficacy was analyzed using a repeated measure analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) comparing changes on the ADHDRS-IV-Parent:Inv total score from initial baseline, ... treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs) from baseline to treatment endpoint by treatment group Event Initial insomnia Rash GI discomfort Cardiac SE Toothache Vomiting Abdominal pain BP Increase Hand fracture ... resulted in small statistically significant mean increases in pulse and heart rate Categorical data With regard to efficacy, in a previous cross-over study comparing stimulants and atomoxetine, 45%...
Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 18:21
Is Lactobacillus GG Helpful in Children With Crohn’s Disease? Results of a Preliminary, Open-Label Study docx
... PCDAI is a multi-item index including subjective reporting of abdominal pain, general well-being, and diarrhea and physical findings, including linear growth and laboratory parameters (hematocrit, ... predisposed individuals A defect in mucosal barrier function could allow luminal bacterial antigens to initiate a chronic relapsing inflammation Several studies have shown an increased intestinal permeability ... Quantitative variables are described as medians with ranges in parentheses The significance of changes was evaluated us- ing analysis of variance (ANOVA) for parametric variables and the Mann–Whitney...
Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 12:20
Reproductive System Structure, Development and Function in Cephalopods with a New General Scale for Maturity Stages pot
... and appear granular Oocytes are at intercalary and protoplasmic growth phase AG are completely formed and usually white Gonad is large, usually dullwhite Spermatozoa accumulate in testis ampullae ... can be divided into stages which are functionally similar in males and females With the foregoing considerations, a general scale for maturity stages is described using only distinctive characteristics ... not distinguishable before simple follicle formation in Octopoteuthis sicula, Sepia bertheloti and Abraliopsis atlantica In Argonauta argo and Pteriqioteutnis gemmata, at the stage when the simple...
Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 16:20
báo cáo hóa học: " Effect of dexamethasone on quality of life in children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia: a prospective observational study" pdf
... with subscales for determining problems in relevant areas during cancer treatment such as pain, nausea, treatment and procedural anxiety, worry, cognitive problems, perceived physical appearance ... coordination of the study, gathering and processing of data (questionnaires), performed the statistical analyses and drafting of manuscript RL: coordination of the study, gathering and processing ... QoL was similar at time points for most domains (see tables and 4) For certain relevant domains however, QoL deteriorated over time During maintenance treatment we found no improvement in QoL at...
Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20
Báo cáo hóa học: " Predictors of quality of life: A quantitative investigation of the stress-coping model in children with asthma" pptx
... 9:625-636 Garcia-Marcos L, Carvajal Uruena I, Escribano Montaner A, fernadez Benitez M, de la Garcia Rubia S, Tauler Toro E, Perez Fernandez V, Barcina Sancez C: Seasons and other factors affecting ... the stress-coping model Data analysis Prior to the analyses, all variables were examined for multi- and univariate outliers, missing values, normality, and linearity Missing data were excluded ... decides what can be done to deal with the situation (secondary appraisal) An event is appraised as stressful when primary appraisals exceed secondary appraisals, and by using coping processes a person...
Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 22:20
Báo cáo hóa học: " Oromotor variability in children with mild spastic cerebral palsy: a kinematic study of speech motor control" docx
... displacement, and peak opening velocity) obtained by dividing the standard deviation of kinematic data by the mean kinematic data Larger CV indicates higher variability of kinematic data in speech ... Illustration indicates the original waveforms, normalized wave forms and spatiotemporal indexes (STIs) Comparison of original waveforms, normalized wave forms and STIs between a child with cerebral ... older and more damaged brains For example, the complicated speech tasks with increased utterance length and complexity can be selected as part of the high-demanding articulatory training program As...
Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 08:20
báo cáo hóa học: " The possible link between the elevated serum levels of neurokinin A and anti-ribosomal P protein antibodies in children with autism" pot
... damaging inflammation within the CNS [39] Brain mast cells in some autoimmune neuroinflammatory diseases of CNS such as multiple sclerosis are activated by neural factors, including tachykinins ... 168-177 43- Al-Ayadhi LY, Mostafa GA.Low plasma progranulin levels in children with autism J Neuroinflammation 2011 Sep 5; 8(1):111 [Epub ahead of print] 44- Al-Ayadhi LY, Mostafa GA Increased serum ... possible link between the elevated serum levels of neurokinin A and anti-ribosomal P protein antibodies in children with autism Gehan A Mostafa1,2, Laila Y AL-Ayadhi1 Autism Research and Treatment...
Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 22:20
báo cáo hóa học:" Health-related quality of life in children with newly diagnosed cancer: a one year follow-up study" pptx
... been measured in terms of survival and rates of response to treatment Five-year survival rates are now approaching 70% for children with brain tumors and are exceeding 80% for patients with acute ... method variance as an explanation In general, better parental adjustment was associated with better HRQOL in the child, particularly in the emotional domain, six weeks after diagnosis Surprisingly, ... participated in the acquisition and interpretation of data HEG and FHS participated in the design of the study, the acquisition and interpretation of data All authors read and approved the final manuscript...
Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20
báo cáo hóa học:" Double disadvantage: a case control study on health-related quality of life in children with sickle cell disease" potx
... effect to account for within family correlation Besides analyzing the total study sample, we performed exploratory analyses separately for children aged 6-11 and adolescents aged 12-18 years, as the ... Environment’ and ‘Bullying’ Items are scored on a five-point scale Within each domain, item scores are summed and transformed to a T value Children in the European norm population have a mean score ... participated per family, which resulted in related measurements within groups and between groups) All domains were analyzed using group (patients or healthy siblings) as fixed factor and family as random...
Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20
báo cáo hóa học:" Measuring health-related quality of life in children with cancer living in mainland China: feasibility, reliability and validity of the Chinese mandarin version of PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core Scales and 3.0 Cancer Module" pdf
... Chinese mandarin version scales in longitudinal studies and in other areas, particularly in rural areas Studies measuring HRQOL in children who have refused or abandoned treatment are also warranted ... personal health [8] It is increasingly acknowledged as an important health outcome measure in clinical trials and health services research and evaluation However, one challenge in measuring HRQOL in ... Chinese Mandarin version of PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core Scales and 3.0 Cancer Module in children with cancer living in mainland China Background Currently, an increasing number of children with cancer...
Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20
báo cáo hóa học:" Effect of dexamethasone on quality of life in children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia: a prospective observational study" pdf
... with subscales for determining problems in relevant areas during cancer treatment such as pain, nausea, treatment and procedural anxiety, worry, cognitive problems, perceived physical appearance ... coordination of the study, gathering and processing of data (questionnaires), performed the statistical analyses and drafting of manuscript RL: coordination of the study, gathering and processing ... QoL was similar at time points for most domains (see tables and 4) For certain relevant domains however, QoL deteriorated over time During maintenance treatment we found no improvement in QoL at...
Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 16:20
Báo cáo y học: "Expert agreement confirms that negative changes in hand and foot radiographs are a surrogate for repair in patients with rheumatoid arthritis" pot
... that a negative change for an entire group of patients, for example a treatment arm in a therapeutic trial, may be a very conservative estimate of the existence of repair in single joints A firm ... repair or progression were omitted This indicated that readers were able to accurately recognize a single feature or a combination of features that was interpreted as repair in many cases Assignment ... of patients with repair phenomena in single joints, an increase and decrease in the score occurred in different joints in the same patient at the same time Page of (page number not for citation...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:20
Báo cáo y học: "A feasibility study of immediate versus deferred antiretroviral therapy in children with HIV infectio" ppt
... data JI, WA and TC helped JA coordinate the study, acquire and monitor data at all sites SU coordinated and defined strategies for analyzing all samples TB assisted JA in following patients, acquiring ... B .A1 , Kobkeaw Laohajinda, R.N1 Laboratory: Ratthanant Kaewmarg, BSc3, Apicha Mahanontharit, BSc1, Bunruan Sopa, BSc1, Theeradej Boonmangum, BSc1, Naphassanan Laopraynak, BSc1 Violari A, Cotton ... without ART initiation and deferred arm with ART Intention to Treat analysis of viral load in the immediate arm, deferred arm without ART initiation and deferred arm with ART initiation * P-value represents...
Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 05:21
Báo cáo y học: "Clinical symptoms and performance on the continuous performance test in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder between subtypes: a natural " doc
... One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to compare the demographic data and the CBCL, SNAP-IV, ADHD-RS, and CPT scores between ADHD subtypes Patients with a baseline assessment and at least ... aggressive behavior, delinquency, internalizing behavior, and externalizing behavior A T-score of 50 for each scale indicates average functioning in reference to other children of the same age and gender, ... errors, a principal components analysis was performed Four factors yielding eigenvalues greater than 1.00 were retained for varimax rotation The weights for the measures of each factor are listed in...
Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 15:22
Báo cáo y học: " Protocol for a randomised controlled trial of risk screening and early intervention comparing childand family-focused cognitive-behavioural therapy for PTSD in children following accidental injury" pot
... trials that have been published examining TF-CBT for children with PTSD following a single-incident trauma Chemtob, Nakashima and Hamada [19] and Stein and colleagues [20] provided school-based interventions ... such as burns and sporting injuries), with an average prevalence of 19.82% [3] Prevalence rates appear to differ according to factors such as the type of injury sustained and in particular, the ... research has examined a very narrow sub-group of traumatic events that may affect children and adolescents (e.g sexual abuse) Unfortunately, accidental injuries represent a sub-group of traumatic...
Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 16:22
Báo cáo y học: " Protocol for a randomised controlled trial of risk screening and early intervention comparing childand family-focused cognitive-behavioural therapy for PTSD in children following accidental injury" pptx
... symptomatology in children and adolescents American Journal of Psychiatry 2006, 163:644-651 Scheeringa MS, Zeanah CH, Myers L, Putnam FW: New findings on alternative criteria for PTSD in preschool children ... article as: Kenardy et al.: Protocol for a randomised controlled trial of risk screening and early intervention comparing child- and family-focused cognitive-behavioural therapy for PTSD in children ... cognitive-behavioural therapy for PTSD in children following accidental injury BMC Psychiatry 2010, 10:92 Scheeringa MS, Wright MJ, Hunt JP, Zeanah CH: Factors affecting the diagnosis and prediction...
Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 16:23
báo cáo khoa học:" Measurement properties of physical function scales validated for use in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: A systematic review of the literature" pps
... et al: A cross sectional assessment of health status instruments in patients with rheumatoid arthritis participating in a clinical trial Minocycline in Rheumatoid Arthritis Trial Group J Rheumatol ... to indeterminate ratings for these questionnaires as well For the remaining questionnaires that were rated indeterminate, factor analysis had not been applied Page of 13 with respect to the acceptability ... activities and activities of daily living subscales The HAQ-II and SF-36 were rated indeterminate because internal consistency was tested with Rasch analysis and although the person separation index was...
Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 00:20