functions qualities and correlates of friendships

... Lack of understanding by my partner/family Lack of recognition by colleagues Lack of recognition by the public The attitude of my clients/customers The attitude of my superiors The attitude of ... Attitude of my colleagues/workmates H) Attitude of my superiors I) Attitude of my clients/customers J) Lack of recognition by the public K) Lack of recognition by colleagues L) Lack of understanding ... factor focussed on professional-related items such as the attitude of colleagues and superiors, and lack of colleague recognition (range: 0.628 to 0.717) The internal validity of these items was...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 00:20

... Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Ministry of Health, Jamaica, were used to facilitate the development and inclusion of standard questions that have been found to employ reliable and valid ... measures of HIV-related attitudes and behaviors across various samples.[27-30] Our survey instrument was reviewed and approved by the Research and Ethics Committee, Ministry of Health, and included ... seeks to identify the predictors of HIV testing (sociodemographics, perceived risk of HIV) and the role of HIV testing on sex-related behaviors (condom use, number of sex partners) Methods Data...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 08:20

... constitutes a standard procedure of the visit and includes both an evaluation of cognitive status by means of the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) [16] and an evaluation of frailty status ... multi-professional team which included a geriatrician and a professional nurse The demographic characteristics considered were: age, gender, years of schooling and civil status A number of social and ... "home and neighbourhood", "psychological and emotional well-being", and "leisure, activities and religion") except "social relationships and participation" and "financial circumstances" (Table and...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 16:20

... participated in the interpretation of the results, and drafting of the manuscript SS conducted a re-analysis of data, participated in the interpretation of results, and drafting of the manuscript ASM participated ... in the interpretation of the results, and drafting of the manuscript ER participated in the interpretation of the results, and drafting of the manuscript All authors read and approved the final ... made fun of because of my religion", "I was made fun of with sexual jokes, comments, or gestures", "I was left out of activities on purpose or completely ignored", "I was made fun of Page of (page...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 23:20

... creatinine and BUN One-way analysis of variance (Anova) was used to compare values at base line, initiation of ART, weeks of ART, weeks of ART, termination of ART, and end of study (Table and Figure ... 0), initiation of ART (t = 92 days), weeks of ART (105 days), weeks of ART (119 days), termination of ART (284 days), and study end (day of death) values were compared to composite and individual ... study end, and 18 animals were euthanized at the end of the study 52.4% (11/21) of these animals developed morphologic evidence of ART nephropathy A variety of changes were observed in Sanders-Beer...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 05:21

... the aims of this study were to evaluate the distribution of plantar hyperkeratotic lesions in a large sample of older people and to explore associations between the presence of lesions and physical ... with?'' The presence and severity of hallux valgus was determined using the Manchester Scale [24] This instrument consists of standardised photographs of feet with four degrees of hallux valgus – ... callus and callus at the plantar-medial aspect of the 1st MPJ and IPJ, often referred to as "roll-off" callus Interestingly, the most common lesion pattern found in this study was medial roll-off...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 21:23

... and correlates of alcohol use from adolescence to young adulthood in a Swiss community survey BMC Psychiatry 2010 10:15 Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Central and take full advantage of: ... References Steinhausen H-C, Eschmann S, Heimgartner A, Winkler Metzke C: Frequency, course and correlates of alcohol use from adolescence to young adulthood in a Swiss community survey BMC Psychiatry ... 2010, 10:15 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-244X/10/15 Page of Correction After the publication in this journal [1] we became aware of the fact that the article contained wrong data in figure...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 16:22

... prevalence of ASAD relative to other anxiety subtypes; How the inclusion of the category of ASAD altered risk factor profiles across the anxiety subtypes; and The level of symptom severity and functional ... much, or most of the time) High levels of severity on this measure are indicated by scores of 20, 14 and 26 or greater for depression, anxiety and stress, respectively In the development of the measure, ... of transforms into a score of In past studies, mean transformed SASI scores of or more have been associated with reports of past childhood separation anxiety disorder and/ or school refusal, offering...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 16:22

... initiation of substance use, and (4) educational factors were studied as correlates of alcohol and other substance use disorders in young adulthood As substance use and the incidence of SUDs generally ... parental factors, early initiation of substance use, and educational factors as correlates of SUD, specifically focusing on whether behavioral and affective factors and correlates from other domains ... lifetime use of cannabis for more than five times Correlates of SUDs Unadjusted associations Our findings replicated previous results of disinhibitory and affective traits as correlates of SUD [7,8,20]...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 17:20

... provide some objective measures The purpose of this manuscript is to describe the prevalence and correlates of HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis B and C and harm reduction program use among IDUs entering ... incarceration and medical histories, drug use and sexual behaviors, and knowledge of infection transmission and prevention Drug use behaviors of interest included sharing needles/syringes ever and in ... Prevalence and Correlates of Infections Prevalence of HIV, HCV Ab, HBV, and syphilis was 2.1% (CI: 1.0-3.8), 36.1% (CI: 31.8-40.4), 4.6% (CI: 2.96.9), and 1.2%,(CI: 0.5-2.7), respectively Of those...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 18:20

... of this study was to describe and quantify variability over time of TC, SBP, and DBP and to determine their correlates in patients with SLE We used > 26,000 measurements of each of TC, SBP, and ... collection and analysis of data, interpretation of results, and preparation of manuscript; DDG, in the study design, collection of data, interpretation of results, and preparation of manuscript; ... number of visits Likewise, the status of 46.4% of patients varied between normotensive and hypertensive, with hypertension recorded for 14% of the total number of visits The total and the within- and...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 14:22

... health and educational policies We therefore conducted a secondary analysis of the Swaziland Global School-Based Health Survey (GSHS) in order to obtain estimates of prevalence and correlates of ... reported history of truancy was associated with lower school grade, having been victim of bullying, having gone hungry sometimes because of lack of food at home and consumption of alcohol Adolescents ... reflect the likelihood of selection of each student into the sample and to reduce bias by compensating for differing patterns of non response The weight used for estimation of prevalence estimates...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 18:21

... vCSF, sCSF, and PVH Age, DWMH, vCSF, and sCSF Age, DWMH, and vCSF Age and DWMH Age Table Correlations of Coherence with SSBD and Cognition* r2 F P Values Measure Prerolandic Area Postrolandic Area ... RELATIONSHIP OF SSBD AND FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY, AND OF CONNECTIVITY WITH COGNITION Increasing PVH volumes were associated with significantly lower values of coherence in prerolandic and postrolandic ... between the genu and splenium of the corpus callosum, drawn where that distance was smallest The use of the MRX software package has been investigated by Sandor and colleagues,40 and Guttmann et...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 21:20

... moiety of Arg51 and three atoms of FMN (N1, O2 and O3) In both FeR and M acetivorans avoredoxin, the corresponding residue is asparagine (Asn47 and Asn52, respectively) to which only the O2 atom of ... the Km and kcat values of E coli Fre for riboavin are reported as 2.5 lm and 52.4 s)1 with NADPH as the electron donor and 1.3 lm and 30.6 s)1 with NADH [13] For FMN, Km and kcat values of E coli ... of the logarithms of the concentration ratios for oxidized and reduced forms of the mediator versus that of recombinant avoredoxin Reduction titration of avoredoxin by NAD(P)H The reduction of...

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 02:20

... L(small)-Trp as an endogenous ligand which binds to site II, and of cefazolin (site I-ligand) and verapamil (site I and II-ligand) as exogenous ligands All these ligands are known for their high ... fragment of HSA N, nonoxidized HSA; H, highly oxidized HSA (B) Densitometric analysis of intensities of undigested HSA Changes in intensities of HSA bands relative to the band of starting point of ... ligand-binding properties and antioxidant activities, using both purified nonoxidized and oxidized HSA samples Ligand-binding properties are the most significant functions of HSA [26] HSA binds and...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 13:20

... subclass of SR-BI, which mediates binding of LDL and selective uptake of HDL cholesteryl esters and the efflux of cholesterol [30,31] SR-BI has previously been found in a caveolinenriched fraction of ... (lanes and 4, VHD-caveolae; lanes and 5, HD-caveolae; lanes and 6, LD-caveolae) The amount of the analysed proteins is expressed as arbitrary densitometric units and normalized to percentage of maximum ... FEBS ¨ U Ortegren et al Identification of caveolae subclasses Table Constituent proteins and lipids of three subclasses of caveolae A compilation of components and properties Property Approximate...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 13:20

... Piatetskii-Shapiro, and P Sarnak, Estimates for Hilbert modular L -functions and applications, in preparation [CI] B Conrey and H Iwaniec, The cubic moment of central values of automorphic L -functions, Ann of ... equidistribution of (the image of) small orbits of Heegner points in the group of connected components of the Jacobian of a Shimura curve associated to an indefinite quaternion algebra at a place of bad ... right-hand side of (1.8) and would evaluate the amplified mean square of partial sums of the form λf (n)τ (n)W (n), n See also [H] for a slightly weaker bound, and [CPSS] for another proof, in...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 16:20

... mixed with offal provided by local elk and deer hunters The animals had ad lib access to food and water, and were occasionally provided with elk and deer heads, hoofs and legs to play with and chew ... National Forest, Bureau of Land Management, Oregon Zoo, Northwest Trek Wildlife Park, Center for Wildlife Conservation and grants from the private foundations of J A Ahlstrand and Roland Nilsson We are ... number of litters produced, number of mating seasons with behavioral data and number of breeding attempts with endocrine data Female Year born Origin Number of breeding attempts Number of litters...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 16:20

... three clusters of cDNAs for members of the a-crystallin family From a total of about 3700 sequences, 63 corresponded to aA-crystallin and 24 to aB-crystallin However, a third group of 28 clones ... Fig SDS ⁄ PAGE analysis of native zebrafish lens and various recombinant proteins Four micrograms of total soluble zebrafish lens protein (zebrafish) and one microgram each of recombinant zebrafish ... acid-binding proteins [23] Separation of functions after gene duplication also occurred during evolution of d-crystallin, a major component of the bird and reptile lens, from the enzyme argininosuccinate...

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 11:20

... g(y) ≥ g(x + y − xy), and the proof of the first part of Theorem 3.6 is complete The proof of the second part is similar Note that the condition c ∈ (1/2, ∞), d ≥ c/(2c − 1) of Lemma 2.11 is equivalent ... equivalent to the condition 1/c + 1/d ≤ of Theorem 3.6 4.8 Proof of Theorem 3.7 (1) The left-hand side of this inequality is a direct consequence of part (1) of Theorem 3.6 Next, from Lemma 2.11, ... since parts (1) and (4) of Lemma 2.11 give R − B + < and B − < Because the right-hand inequality is a consequence of Theorem 3.6, part (2), the proof is complete 4.9 Proof of Theorem 3.9 Putting...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 15:20