... all six SMAS -S subscales In addition, we assessed correlations between three subscales ofthe SMAS and SMAS -S at T0 and between three subscales ofthe SMAS -S at T0 and T1 RESULTS Study Sample ... successful aging is a life-long process of realizing and sustaining well-being, even inthe face of declining resources Rather than being the process of neutralising losses and discrepancies, successful ... behavior’ (0.83 SMAS vs 0.78 SMAS -S) , and ‘self-efficacy’ (0.84 SMAS vs 0.80 SMAS -S) At T1 we tested all six subscales ofthe SMAS -S These results showed that the SMAS -S is a reliable instrument (range...
... patients presenting to the hospital The traditional approach to assessing the probability of Candida as a cause of nosocomial BSI has relied upon assessing the number and type of risk factors (e.g., ... to assess the discrimination ofthe model and Hosmer-Lemshow test to assess model calibration A higher value for the Hosmer-Lemshow test indicates better model fit Sensitivity analysis Using ... analyses were performed using Statistical Analysis Software (SAS, version 9.01; SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, USA) Two-sided P values < 0.05 were considered statistically significant Results Baseline...
... hypersensitive sites correlate with transcription starts, CpG islands and regions of high sequence conservation at the genome-wide level They are following up on their findings by screening hypersensitive ... hypersensitive sites in multiple cell types (such as the ones listed on the ENCODE website [http://www.genome.gov/10005107]) to assess their tissue specificities, and to discover additional candidate ... Issue 3, Article 312 Bernstein and Kellis polyadenylation signals inthe transposon are rejected if they occur early inthe coding strand but can be tolerated on the reverse strand Taken together,...
... acid linked to insulin resistance status, hypoxic tissue, increases the production of cytokines and free radicals so they could affect the cardiovascular system and prognosis in these patients deteriorate ... voluntary participation of subjects Safety issues and benefits ofthe study subjects had been assured during the research process Chapter III RESULTS 3.1 Situation of increasing in serum uric acid among ... alcohol and using bone soup inthe analysis as less frequent use of these For each unit of 10 years old would increase the risk of hyperuricemia at 2.5 times in female and 1.6 times in male Increasing...
... legislative and political responses The rising cost of hazardous waste disposal and increased sensitivity to LULUs and other toxic waste Storage, Treatment, and Disposal Facilities (STDFs) have ... subsistence of indigenous people The roles ofthe state and MNCs in suppressing the rights of communal groups to a safe and sound environment are examined Furthermore, the alliance of states, elites, ... proper investigation ofthe nature of a series of violent conflicts masterminded by the militant branch of MOSOP was grossly irresponsible The problems of gross human rights violation and massive...
... involved inthe pathogenesis of SS [2], could thus also be involved inthe selective processes shaping the VL gene repertoires of B cells accumulating inthe parotid gland of this SS patient Also, ... manifested a typical histology ofthe minor salivary glands (focus score >1) The duration ofthe disease was years at the time of analysis The patient expressed elevated titers of anti-52 kDa Ro(SS-A) ... typically present in sera of patients with SS [18] and was also detected inthe saliva or in salivary gland biopsies [19] of these patients In this regard, Martin et al described two salivary gland lymphomas...
... renal system This impact is pertinent in milrinone use, and therefore dosing is often renally adjusted in neonates In cases of persistent pulmonary hypertension ofthe newborn associated with sepsis, ... contractility inthe setting of sepsis Complicating the cardiovascular response to sepsis inthe neonate are additional morbidities, including reopening of a patent ductus arteriosus andthe development of ... hyperinflammatory state persists in tissues, which makes defining the role of cytokines in sepsis more difficult [19] Page of (page number not for citation purposes) The inflammatory cytokine response to sepsis...
... ordinal logistic regression to assess the effect of both Orchard sports injury classification (NP1 versus SN1) and phase of play (Scrum versus Tackle) No significant effect of either of these ... miss the injuries of interest during the observation period Neck injury definition was all encompassing[19] Neck injury was defined as any injury to the neck region which was sustained as a result ... with similar injury definition and study design limits comparison of these results with parallel studies Since the commencement of this study consensus has been achieved on injury definitions and...
... [47] unless the size ofthe training populations increases Exploiting bioinformatics, such as from expression analyses and knowledge ofthe location of genes known to influence traits in beef ... than addressing the traits difficult and costly to measure Sharing of information among parties to the benefit of industry is still in its infancy, as is the incorporation of MBV into NCE The latter ... tenderness, but this is difficult to measure in most processing plants Inthe US, carcass marbling has been used as a surrogate for tenderness/eating quality More recently, QTL inthe region of the...
... DNA ladder Samples in lanes 1, and represent the PCR products and samples in lanes 2, and 6, are the digest products of each sample, respectively Sample in lane is the mutant homozygous uncut TT ... Page of Figure Gel electrophoresis of C3435T polymorphism from tissue samples Left: The last lane from the right is 50 bp DNA ladder Samples in lanes 1, and represent the PCR products and samples ... cells to chemotherapy were described [31] The most important one is the increase efflux of chemotherapeutic agents outside the cells by increasing the expression level ofthe major membrane transporter...
... version ofthe Manchester Foot Pain and Disability Index is a useful tool in assessing theseverityof disabling foot pain in Greek-speaking older people, although the component structure in ... Results Translational issues Differences between the original English version andthe back-translated version ofthe Manchester Foot Pain and Disability Index can be seen in Table Six ofthe seventeen ... Statistical analysis All statistical tests were conducted using SPSS Release 14 for Windows (SPSS Inc, Chicago, IL, USA) In order to determine the suitability ofthe data for principal components...
... males versus females, a one minute increase in ETT, a one class increase in CCS, a 10 unit increase inthe SAQ scales and a 0.1 unit change in SF-6D as these seemed reasonable quantities across ... patients to assess the relationship between the EQ-5D indexand various patient characteristics and outcomes Using studies from a range of clinical scenarios allowed us to assess relationships between ... limitations EQ-5D indexand SAQ Increases inthe scales ofthe SAQ, which indicate improvements in different aspects of angina, were associated with increases in EQ-5D index greater than the MID...
... This measure includes twenty items comprising six scales reflecting major dimensions of depression: depressed mood, feelings of guilt and worthlessness, feelings of helplessness and hopelessness, ... M, Christensen T, Lessard S, Bushnell DM: Understanding and assessing the impact of treatment in diabetes: the TreatmentRelated Impact Measures for Diabetes and Devices (TRIM-Diabetes and TRIM-Diabetes ... TRIM-Diabetes Device) Health Qual Life Outcomes 2009, 7:83 SPSS Inc: SPSS for Windows, Rel 11.5.0 Chicago: SPSS Inc 2002 Scientific Advisory Committee ofthe Medical Outcomes Trust: Assessing health status...
... oral endothelin receptor antagonists through to nebulised or continuous intravenous or sub-cutaneous infusions of prostaglandin or prostaglandin analogues [2] Many of these treatments are inconvenient ... based on CAMPHOR symptom scores) Ethical approval was sought and gained for thevalidation survey Results Table includes details of items selected The internal consistency for these six items ... understood the task and were answering the questions as expected The final sample size for this study was 249 individuals At the start of each interview respondents were given a self-completed questionnaire...
... modalities of dialysis Hemodialysis Peritoneal dialysis Duration of dialysis, years, mean ± SD Comorbidities Hypertension Diabetes Hepatitis Peripheral vascular disease Depression Smoking status BMI, ... 57(suppl):121-130 Gentile S: Principal determinants of quality of life Soins 2004, 688(suppl):4 Shrout PE, Fleiss JL: Intraclass Correlations uses un assessing rater reliability Psychol Bulletin 1979, 86:420-428 ... those without (< 3) The test-retest reliability of RTQ was assessed for patients whose health status was declared unchanged between M0 and M6, and for those without stressful events Intraclass...
... 0.001 Insulin naïve (n = 146) Mean (SD) Insulin signifies failure with pre-insulin therapy Insulin signifies diabetes has worsened Insulin will improve prognosis Insulin will make others perceive ... patient 's needs Also, the instrument has potential to assess changes inthe appraisal of insulin over time, both in individuals and groups Future research should establish its test-retest reliability ... expenses from Novo Nordisk SES is an employee of Novo Nordisk Authors' contributions SES participated inthe conceptualisation and design ofthe original web-based survey FJS, SES and FP assessed...
... Your sexual life Disposing of used supplies Carrying insulin and supplies Storing insulin Easy/difficult to prepare the insulin dose Easy/difficult to use the insulin Easy/difficult to carry insulin ... The pain that giving insulin causes your child Preparing insulin for administration Having to administer insulin to your child Administering insulin prior to meals Administering insulin in public ... influence on their social life, work, and families, and satisfaction with diabetes treatment (such as administering and preparation of injections, carrying, storing and disposing ofthe insulin, and flexibility...
... by the WHOQOL Group in developing quality of life measures [16,17] This includes translation and back-translation ofthe items and instructions by distinct professionals, as well as semantic and ... viewers are important for testing the validity of existing models and measures, since most ofthe discussion tends to reflect only the academic point of view [13] Even though investigating the ageing ... Table presents the Rasch findings for the 24-item version in its original form At this stage, the 5-point Likert response scale was maintained in its original form As mentioned above, the Chi-Square...
... feature of this instrument remains the use of both classic and modern test theory practices to select items for inclusion inthe PMH instrument As the results showed, classic approaches to item ... the instrument The purpose of including these items was to investigate pattern responses These were subsequently not included in any analysis or scoring PMH instrument (Stage 2): Following factor ... versions ofthe questionnaire Version one included the Healthy Days Measure, PHQ-8, EQ5D, PGIS MSPSS andthe SWLS The second version ofthe questionnaire included the following validity measures;...
... each severity assessment method Three types ofseverity assessments were made during the study: diagnosis severityofthe patients recruited (i.e control, non-SS KCS or SS), clinician report ofseverity ... hypothesis In our testing across known diagnostic groups, results were fairly consistent across methods of defining severity (self-assessment, clinician assessment, or recruited diagnosis) Given ... comprehensiveness; the clarity ofthe instructions, items and response choices; and their interpretations and opinions ofthe relevance of each question Subjects were also asked to provide suggestions...