... family when several children fulfilled criteria for ADHD-CT In general, the researchers defined the child with the highest probability to fulfil the criteria to be the proband, and only swapped the ... Similarly, the SCQ was used as a screening instrument for applying the autism section of the PACS in probands and siblings The dimensional measures of all Conners’ scales, the scales of the SDQ andthe ... found higher symptom frequencies in the parents’ ratings compared to the teachers’ ratings in the proband sample, independent of whether the CPRS or the PACS was compared to the CTRS These findings...
... Similarly, the present second part deals with the question of whether and how the questionnaire and IQ findings are biased due to thestudy design and diagnostic procedures applied The behavioural ... the DSM_IV scales but they differed from the ‘oppositional’ scale In the sibling sample, the discrepancy between the ‘oppositional’ scaleandthe DSM_IV scales seemed to be less pronounced When ... than girls (101.1), and higher scores on all subtests except for the ‘digit span’, where the girls scored higher than the boys The IQ difference between boys and girls was larger in the probands...
... distributed throughout the membrane fractions (Fig 4A) Cytochalasin D caused a slight reduction in the relative amount of the Na+ /H+ exchanger in fraction and a slight enrichment in the relative ... showed that the Na+ /H+ exchanger was present in these low density membrane fractions First, we showed that it colocalized with caveolin in the cholesterol enriched fractions (Fig 3) The Na+ /H+ ... fractionation and immunocytochemistry Recently, the NHE3 isoform of the Na+ /H+ exchanger has been shown to be present in both raft and nonraft membrane fractions [36] Our results show that the NHE1 isoform...
... undressed at night, and buying clothes made them think about their weight In addition, the women said that they thought about their weight when they were in the public eye, such as when they attended ... Issue Chapter The Weight-Health Connection: How the Genders Differ Chapter When and How the Mirror Lies 33 Chapter He’s Fit, She’s Thin: The Language of Weight Loss 49 Chapter Why Guys Lose Weight ... triggered thoughts about their weight When asked about their emotional responses to their thoughts about their weight, the women were more likely than themen to say that the thoughts elicited...
... related Nevertheless, the former genome contains the RNase HI and RNase HII genes, whereas the latter contains the RNases HII and HIII genes [4] These results suggest that RNase H genes have been ... structure of Bha-RNase H with the substrate and metal ions (yellow) The positions of the RNA strand of the substrate with the scissile phosphate group between R()1) and R(0) and two metal ions A and B ... A¢, B, and C represent those encoding RNases HI ⁄ H1 without HBD, RNases HI ⁄ H1 with HBD, RNases HII ⁄ H2 , and RNases HIII, respectively The accession numbers for the proteins which not exhibit...
... (P < 0.0001) Of the 21 individuals with the Trp316Ser mutation, 20 had the )1CfiA mutation On the other hand, of the 16 individuals with the Cys306Gly mutation, only one had the )1CfiA mutation, ... the coding region andthe intron–exon boundaries, we have not found causative mutations, other than the Cys306Gly and Trp316Ser We therefore hypothesized that the 5¢ flanking region of b2GPI harbors ... hypothesis that the effect of the Trp316Ser polymorphism was due to its non-random association with the )1CfiA mutation and that the effect of the Cys306Gly is independent, which is perhaps mediated...
... correlated with their hypothesized dimensions than with the other dimensions of the instrument Based on the results of the psychometric evaluation, the different language versions of the MOS-Sleep ... (only items and did not reach the threshold of 0.40) All items had a higher correlation with their own dimensions than with the others Per language version, the majority of items had item -scale corre- ... using the SF-12 tool or the Nottingham Health Profile [1,16] As hypothesized, the highest overall correlations were observed between the "sleep disturbance" andthe "sleep adequacy" scores and the...
... for each) The mean index score for low-risk respondents was significantly higher than the mean for the high-risk group (p < 0.001) EQ-5D dimensions Examination of each of the dimensions of the EQ-5D ... Questionnaire, Barthel Index, and Modified Rankin scale) [25,27,28] The EQ-5D has performed equally well when compared with other generic HRQoL and utility-based instruments, including the Health Utilities ... diabetes and high risk on HRQoL in a large sample with a high survey response rate Moreover, the respondents are representative of the U.S population, andtheevaluation of HRQoL was done using a standardized,...
... families through physicians' offices and schools Families interested in learning about thestudy contacted the PI After being informed of the purpose and nature of the study, requirements and responsibilities ... $5 for the first study, $10 for the second study, and $30 for the third study For the first two studies, healthcare providers who recruited eligible subjects were paid $5 per family that returned ... questionnaires For the third study, school nurses were reimbursed for the time they served as recruiters on thestudy Instruments The Participation in Life Activities (PLA) scale is a 3-indicator scale designed...
... discriminant of the characteristic equation of (2.2) and (2.3) The following John H Jaroma 147 two theorems pertain to the rank of apparition of a prime of the form 2n p ± in the Lehmer sequences ... q in {Fn } John H Jaroma 151 Acknowledgment The author would like to thank both referees, whose expertise and constructive comments improved the quality andthe appearance of this paper References ... remark that Lehmer’s modification of the Lucas sequences shown in (2.2) and (2.3) was motivated by the fact that the discriminant P − 4Q of the characteristic equation of (2.1) cannot be of the form...
... [33] Throughout the history of the HAQ, women have been found to report poorer scores than men [8,50-53] This is reasonable as women are not as physically strong as men [54,55], which has a major ... United Arab Emirates, the UK, andthe US Thestudy was car- Available online http://arthritis-research.com/content/11/1/R7 ried out in compliance with the Declaration of Helsinki Ethics committees ... greater than 70% in any RA cohort (including the present study) , although RA can occur at any age in either gender Furthermore, gender differences are seen in biologic (hormones) [40] and behavioral...
... [33] Throughout the history of the HAQ, women have been found to report poorer scores than men [8,50-53] This is reasonable as women are not as physically strong as men [54,55], which has a major ... United Arab Emirates, the UK, andthe US Thestudy was car- Available online http://arthritis-research.com/content/11/1/R7 ried out in compliance with the Declaration of Helsinki Ethics committees ... greater than 70% in any RA cohort (including the present study) , although RA can occur at any age in either gender Furthermore, gender differences are seen in biologic (hormones) [40] and behavioral...
... the FRAM study, and this did not alter the lack of difference between the groups We also adjusted for BMI and found that the differences between HIVinfected men with lipodystrophy andthe other ... LIPO+ than the LIPO- group (p = 0.09) Amounts of subcutaneous adipose tissue in the abdomen and thigh were lowest in the LIPO+ group, intermediate in the LIPO- group, and highest in the HIV-uninfected ... the LIPO- group compared to the HIV-uninfected group Anthropomorphic data Additional file shows the anthropometric data in the three groups The average waist circumference was highest among HIV-uninfected...
... from three perspectives: the treating therapist (THER), the team of therapists concerned with the patient (TEAM), andthe patient him- or herself (PAT) The team of therapists concerned with the ... depression (4) The self-management phase begins after several days of high-density psychotherapy At the beginning of this phase, the therapist helps the patient to plan and organize the tasks to ... participated in the analysis and interpretation of the data MB participated in the design of thestudyandthe statistical analysis RJ and MP participated in the design of thestudyand coordinated the data...
... whether the selection of specific items and/ or changing the distribution of the marks enhanced the correlation of the BPRS with the CGI-SCH and how much the rsquared decreased On the basis of the ... between the BPRS andthe CGI-SCH Two experienced psychiatrists shared their evaluations, andthe scores for the BPRS andthe CGI-SCH were presented graphically, making it possible to examine whether ... possible The limitations of the present study should be noted The first was the use of the CGI-SCH as a scale that substituted for theevaluation made by the patients’ psychiatrists There is no...
... within the genome They indicate that there is bias in the types of genes that contribute the most to functional innovation and evolution of complexity As a direct result of their greater chance ... substitutions that have occurred since the duplication [12] Second, and more important, is the need to determine whether the function(s) of the genes are different, similar, or identical Clearly, the most ... function directly through the annotations attached to the genes of interest, such as those presented by the Gene Ontology (GO) [27] Comparison of the annotations contained within the 'molecular function'...
... elegies honored the dead, but the manner in which they did so revealed the living for who they were and where they stood The American Puritan elegy The writing of elegies flourished during the ... on the ropes lying next to the open grave Although fierce winds and rain had pelted the valley the night before, there had been a recent stretch of unusually warm weather, andthe gravediggers had ... to that They had made this same walk together to bury five infants, and then she was gone Taylor worked long and hard on her elegy, which he carefully preserved along with courtship poems he had...
... zero even at the 95% level in Canada, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK andthe US Moreover, while in some countries, (including Finland, the UK andthe US) residential ... to monetary policy shocks is higher with variable-rate mortgages 14 which is less significant and shorter-lived than the GDP decline in the other group The reactions of the other variables to a ... hardship Figure shows that the reaction of property prices in the high-LTV group is slightly larger but that the differences between both groups are negligible The fourth characteristic is the...
... specialists just for the first 72 h of treatment but further utilization required IDS approval In this multicenter study we aimed to assess theimpact of the antibiotic restriction policy on the antibiotic ... newspaper of the state [11] This is a quasi-experimental study performed in four year period, which included two years before and after of the initiation of NARP in 2003 Thestudy included the data ... evaluate the consumption because of some concerns The DDD is a technical unit which is the assumed average maintenance dose per day for the drugs main indication in adults and is assigned by the WHO...