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... sociodemographic information on the non-participants of the comparison group. The situational context of questionnaire completion at theclinicorathomealsoneedsconsideration .The influence of site of administration on ... and 42 (8%) of unknown gender. It was the mother who answered the questionnaire in 89.5% of the sample, it was the father in 4.57% of the sample, and it was someone else in 6.28% of the sample. Distribution ... pediatric patients with congenital heart disease. The challenges are the impact of the condition ondailylifeandfunctioning, the psychosocial conse- quences, and the impact on individual psychological and...

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... and treatment on the quality of life of patients. Moreover, decisions for the implementation of improvements in public healthcare may be adopted based on the impact of interventions on quality of life ... was no report by the patients or guardians of any lack of comprehension regarding the questions. The lack of validation studies on assessment scales of the quality of life among children and ... Cancer Module and the PedsQL™ 4.0 Generic Core scales. Weak correlations were found between the reports of the children and those of the guardians. Conclusion: The Brazilian version of the PedsQL™...

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... is the angle between the projection of the tilt of the z axis on the xÂ,y plane (dened direction of tilt of z and the x axis), and j % a + c denes the location of the rhombic (x, y) axes. The ... Tyr at position E7 as the source of the H-bond to ligand on the basis of a partial sequence, which had indicated a Tyr on the distal E-helix. The similarity in the 1 HNMRspectraofthe three globin ... cyanide. The observation of a significant iso- tope effect on the heme methyl contact shifts confirms a strong contact between the Tyr32(B10) OH and the ligated cyanide. The quantitative determination of...

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... with providing further evidence for the construct validity of the scale (Objective 2) by testing the strength of the hypothe- sised relationships between the dental anxiety scale and the HADS. In the current ... care. The questionnaires The questionnaire consisted of the participants' demo- graphic profile, dental attendance patterns and the Chi- nese versions of the MDAS and the HADS. The MDAS asks ... evidence of a significant correlation between the two residual errors for the first two questions of the scale (namely 'mdas1' and 'mdas2'). The question content of these 2...

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... expression. Testing the hypothesis: The effects of 3a on the internalization of cell surface spike protein can be examined biochemically and the significance of the interplay between these two ... surface, consistent with the role of these motifs in the transportation of other pro- teins to the plasma membrane [22]. 3a on the cell surface can also undergo internalization [13]. Analyzing the ... SARS-CoV infection. Implication of the hypothesis This hypothesis, if proven, will indicate that the interac- tion between SARS-CoV-unique 3a protein and S results in a reduction of S on the cell surface...

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... surface, consistent with the role of these motifs in the transportation of other pro- teins to the plasma membrane [22]. 3a on the cell surface can also undergo internalization [13]. Analyzing the ... expression. Testing the hypothesis: The effects of 3a on the internalization of cell surface spike protein can be examined biochemically and the significance of the interplay between these two ... retention of the spike protein. This motif is missing from the spike protein of the severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus (SARS-CoV), resulting in high level of surface expression of the...

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... refinements to the glossary have been made [71- 73]. Construct validity There is a paucity of evidence on the construct validity of the HoNOS65+. The only relevant data come from the original pilot ... the Nation Outcome Scales (HoNOS)Health of the Nation Outcome Scales for Children and Adolescents (HoNOSCA)Health of the Nation Outcome Scales 65+ (HoNOS65+) Abstract Background: The Health of ... Mostly, the instruments perform adequately or better on most dimensions, although some of their psychometric properties warrant closer examination. Conclusion: Collectively, the Health of the Nation...

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... understand the circumstances in which private equity has entered the sector. On the one hand, there was a huge unsatisfied demand for microfinance credit and on the other, there was a limitation on the ... surveillance of MFIs through their branches. d) The Reserve Bank should have the responsibility for off-site and on- site supervision of MFIs but the on- site supervision may be confined to the larger ... months irrespective of the amount of the loan. However, the larger the loan, the larger the amount of the repayment installment, and a large installment may strain the repayment capacity of...

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... abuse their office and influence to the injury of the laws and peace of the country. The elimination of the Christian teachers of the Negro race, and the prevention of the immigration of workers ... who then constituted probably the majority of the teachers of the colonies.[1] In 1773 Jonathan Boucher said that two thirds of the teachers of Maryland belonged to this class.[2] The contact of ... in the number of colored freeholders. As a result of the introduction of the Lancastrian and monitorial systems of instruction the enrollment was further increased and the general tone of the...

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... staff of the several libraries, archives, and missions on which I have drawn, among them Father Guennou of the Missions Etrangères, Father Combaluzier of the Congrégation de la Mission, and the ... generalizations) nothing beyond the chronological limit of the story and paid no particular attention to place. Canton city, the Canton River upon which it lies, the Gulf of Canton into which ... Canton and Macao The south China City of Canton lies in the latitude of Calcutta, Mecca, and Havana, on the left bank of the Canton River seventy-five miles from the sea. Between city and sea there...

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... [3,19]. Dis- tribution-based approaches rely on statistical properties of the sample (e.g., variation of score distribution) or the instrument (e.g., measurement precision of scale) to establish ... Pearson's correlation coeffi- cients of the satisfaction domain of the DQOL with diabe- tes control and energy/mobility of the D-39S were all 0.57, which were larger than with the other D-39 domains (0.30 ... demonstrate variability among estimates. The main purpose of this study was to validate and inter- pret a Taiwanese version of the DQOL [24]. We evaluated the psychometric properties of the DQOL using several clinical...

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... child's date of birth, gender, race/ethnicity, and parental educa- tion and occupation information. One survey question asks the parent to report on the presence of a chronic health condition ("In the ... compari- son is essential because the type and severity of chronic health conditions did not have a significant impact on the social functioning of the children who participated in the present ... Analogous to Cronbach's alpha, it is bounded by 0 and 1. Person separation index is an estimate of the spread or separation of persons on this measured variable. Item reliability index is the estimate...

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... both them appear at the late phase of the phrenic neurogram as maturation proceeds [29]. The objective of the study herein presented was to investi- gate the similarity on the time-frequency respiratory ... and the remaining brain structures ros- tral to the incision were removed. After completion of the decerebration, anesthesia was removed. Piglets were chemically paralyzed for the rest of the ... Breckenridge CG, Hoff HE: Pontine and medullary regulation of respiration in the cat. Am J Physiol 1950, 160:385-394. 13. Lumsden T: Observations on the respiratory centres in the cat. J Physiol...

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... utilized in non-Italian set- tings, it lacks of empirical evaluations in Italy. The lack of information on the construct validity and reliability of the instrument as well as the absence of utilities ... anxiety/depression dimension. Likewise the MCS-12 scores differentiated the level of anx- iety/depression dimension more strongly than for the lev- els of the functional dimensions of mobility, self-care, usual ... validation is an ongoing process of learn- ing more about the construct, making new predictions and then testing them. It is a process where the theory and the measure are assessed at the same...

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