... social,
educational and cultural systems as a result of having a
British colonial background. These are Anguilla, Antigua
and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cayman
Islands, Dominica, ... Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Montser-
rat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and
the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos,
and the British Virgin Islands.
Though...
... (life-
time) was gathered from the medical file as an indication
of sexual risk behavior.
Social and Health Assessment (SAHA)
The Social and Health Assessment (SAHA) [26,27] was
used to assess pregnancy, ... that early sexual trauma
determines later sexual risk behavior as well as adolescent
pregnancy [12-18]. Early physical maturity has been
reported to be a potential risk fa...
... been
physically abused, and having been coerced into having
sex) and self-reported past-year drunkenness among ado-
lescents aged 12-19 years living in Burkina Faso, Ghana,
Malawi, and Uganda.
Alcohol ... 0.2% in Burkina Faso, Ghana, and Malawi
respectively. Age-disaggregated data were not available
for Uganda in the World Health Survey; however, data
from the 2003 Ugandan Globa...
... S, Nagaya N, Satoh T, Kyotani S, Sakamaki F, Fujita M,
Nakanishi N, Miyatake K: Clinical correlates and prognostic sig-
nificance of six-minute walk test in patients with primary
pulmonary hypertension. ... change in response to therapy.
That abdominal complaints were associated with
impaired HRQOL may be an important finding among
patients with PAH. While abdominal discomfort might be...
... manipulation had a
clinically important advantage over light massage in
headache pain, number, and disability; there was little
effect of dose. A path analysis suggested that a trial on
manipulation ... for
binary data [5,7].
Clearly, binary analysis is appropriate with naturally
dichotomous variables, such as cure or death. When out-
comes are evaluated as continuous variables, such...
... adolescents with
ADHD, especially in the emotional, behavioral, and
achievement aspects [6]. Similarly, in our meta-analysis
clinically relevant impairments were found in the Risk
Avoidance and ... o which the
adolescent must adapt. Most of these changes are
adverselyaffectedbythedelayinself-regulationthatis
usually associated with ADHD. Impaired self-esteem
and sociability i...
... responsibility of planning the study, collecting the data,
performing the data analyses and writing the article. LS also collected data.
ISB, LS and HM participated in the planning of the study and discussions
during ... disorders. The ability to answer the
questionnaire was assessed by a nurse at the ward or
rehabilitation institution the patient was transferred to
af...
... for
gouty arthritis although advanced imaging techniques
may be used. The appearance of gout in MR imaging is
variable. Joint effusion and para-articular edema may be
present in an inflamed joint. ... that clini-
cians may not be as familiar with these changes, especially
in the early stages of bone and joint destruction. Radio-
graphs still remain the imaging examination of choic...
... contained acidic proteins. Nevertheless, they were
aspartic-rich in EDTA-SM whilst being quite glutamic acid-
rich in WSM.
Glycosaminoglycan analysis
Glycosaminoglycans are highly negatively charged ... by amino acid analysis
of the precipitate after two deacetylation steps revealed the
predominance of two amino acids: alanine (39.2%) and
glycine (30%). Interestingly, the proportion...