... fewer mean minutes of TV/video watching (143.8 mins vs 191.6 mins.), computer/internet use (50.0 mins vs 66.4 mins.), video/ computer game playing (14.2 mins vs 16.7 mins.), and talking on the ... at 300 minutes for the morning interval, 300 minutes for the interval between lunch and dinner, and 420 minutes for the after-dinner interval These intervals were arbitrarily set defining am to ... mins vs 69.9 mins.) compared to normal weight girls Overweight boys reported more minutes of computer/internet use (40.9 mins vs 39.2 mins.), video/computer game playing (63.1 mins vs 34.8 mins.),...
... wasting time on trivial matters One, of course, can relax and entertain such as chatting, listening music …during studying, but time he spend working accounts for a little amount compared to time ... outof one’s time with the aim of improving the quality of life Much attention is paid on time management thanks to its big benefits one good time manager can obtain To students, when their time ... and "wasting time. " This type of studying is efficient because while you are taking a break, the brain is still processing the information Make Sure the Surroundings are Conducive to Studying: This...
... the final manuscript Authors’ information None Competing interests The authors declare that they have no financial competing interests and non-financial competing interests Conflict of interest: ... in main family dwellings (households) of Spain and is mainly performed by the Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs and the National Statistics Institute (Instituto Nacional Estadística-INE) ... the prevalence of LTPA declined from 29.8% in 1994 to 23.7% in 2007 in the United States In Spain, more than 40% of older adults are sedentary [34-37] Although the percentage of people who practice...
... of proteins by methylglyoxal under physiological conditions A kinetic and mechanistic study with Nalpha-acetylarginine, Nalpha-acetylcysteine, and Nalpha-acetyllysine, and bovine serum albumin ... & Barter P (2006) Effect of inhibiting cholesteryl transfer protein on the kinetics of high-density lipoprotein cholesteryl ester transport in plasma: in vivo studies in rabbits Arterioscl Thromb ... receptor-blocking experiments The rates of uptake of both the lipid and protein components are not matched by the rate of cellular metabolism of these species, resulting in the accumulation of both...
... The feasibility of conducting quality of life interviews among TB patients using the MOS in urban Uganda setting was evaluated by examining the percent of missing item responses, interviewer-reported ... functioning and well being of TB patients so that individual patient specific needs are addressed to attain the best clinical or treatment outcome, and thus increasing the likelihood of adequate ... information The study nurses were not involved in the routine care of patients at the individual clinics Patient’s HIV sero-status was obtained verbally from the individual patient and later confirmed...
... issued As one of the NAVY TRAINING COURSES, this book represents the joint endeavor of the Training Courses Section of the Bureau of Naval Personnel and those sections of Chief of Naval Operations ... force in figure 40 indicate the flux to be LEAVING the NORTH and ENTERING the SOUTH pole The STRENGTH of a magnet is expressed by the NUMBER OF LINES OF FORCE in the CROSS SECTION AREA of the ... are flowing in a large spark than in a small one It's like comparing rivers of different size The flow of a river is measured in units of gallons or cubic feet that pass a point each minute The...
... identified as a single point in Fig Point (∼17:00) is an interception of the plume at a lower altitude upon return into the MCMA The higher mixing ratios of MTBE at the beginning and the end of the flights ... turnover of air in the MCMA basin (de Foy et al., 2006) Thus, it serves the purposes of this discussion to consider the morning hours as the starting point of the plume evolution Following morning ... (PM) remain (Molina and Molina, 2002) Fewer studies have looked at the out ow from the city in terms of spatial extent and temporal evolution This is of topical interest since the export of pollutants...
... history In the literature relating to the validityin the diagnosis of the clinical features and history we did not find specific values More frequently observed findings are given The absence of ... Tuberculin skin test: estimation of positive and negative predictive values from routine data Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 9: 310316 Control and prevention of tuberculosis in the United Kingdom: code of ... smear obtained from our study was lower than Crampin and Mfinanga’s studies TST PPD, tuberculin, is composed of a witch’s brew of proteins from heatkilled M tuberculosis Injection of PPD under...
... decrease in the bias of β with increasing df is explained in Dominici et al (2004) for the natural spline case and explored by Rice (1986) and Speckman (1988) in the nonparametric setting Dominici ... sensitivity of β by varying the df that is used in the model(s) and examining the associated ˆ changes in β In summary, we explore the following strategies for deciding on an appropriate number of degrees ... notion of ‘degrees of freedom’ ∼ N 0, σ / σ > 2.1 Representing f Common choices for representing the smooth function f in model (1) include natural splines, penalized splines and smoothing splines...
... comparison of different indices of responsiveness J Clin Epidemiol 1997, 50(3):239-246 Gordon JE, Powell C, Rockwood K: Goal attainment scaling as a measure of clinically important change in nursing-home ... deriving the health-related quality of life component of the QALY for the purposes of economic evaluation include scaling techniques, such as the standard gamble, time trade-off and person trade-off ... preferences in a large maternity population in England In so doing, we aim to provide evidence on the relative merits of two prominent multi-attribute utility measures for those involved in analysing...
... collected Since the inclusion of preference based measures increases the number of items in collected in a study, adding to patient burden, and are often seen as less important than clinical outcome ... 28 Tender joint count† 28 Swollen joint count† Physician assessment of tenderness in 28 joints Physician assessment of swelling in 28 joints 28 28 0 ESR (mm/hr)† Laboratory test of inflammatory ... Page of include at least one measure of HRQoL, specifically one which allows the estimation of utilities, in all relevant clinical studies interpretation of data, and was involved in drafting...
... comparison of two instruments in a health screening population Journal of General Internal Medicine 1994, 9(4):202-206 Fawzi MC, Pham T, Lin L, Nguyen TV, Ngo D, Murphy E, Mollica RF: The validityof ... Construct validity was also assessed by examining convergent and discriminant validity using the Pearson Correlation Test [42,48,49] Convergent validity seeks to show that the dimensions of an instrument ... constructs Convergent and discriminant validity were tested by examining the correlations of items with the PCS and MCS summary scores, and then examining inter-instrument correlations between...
... neuropathic pain had interfered with their sleep It consists of a single-item with an 11-point numerical rating scale, ranging from (pain does not interfere with sleep) to 10 (pain completely interferes ... single item with an 11-point numeric self-administered rating scale ranging from (no pain) to 10 (worst possible pain) At the end of the baseline phase, a mean of the daily pain scores was calculated; ... association of painful DPN with sleep impairment [15] The present study examines perceptions of sleep in an international clinical trial aimed at evaluating the efficacy and safety of the pregabalin,...
... low internal consistency in the Abdominal pain domain probably reflects the difficulty of measuring this often fluctuating symptom, as well as the fact that the GSRS Abdominal pain domain contains ... technology is becoming an increasing part of clinical trials, it is not yet widely available, and certainly not that widespread in clinical practice Thus, in South Africa, paper versions of the ... Constipation domains of the GSRS in all language versions However, although abdominal pain is the typical dyspepsia symptom, internal consistency was only moderate in the Abdominal pain domain of the GSRS...
... are often restricted from participating in normal everyday activities such as laughing with friends, swimming in chlorinated pools, riding horses, playing with pets, going to camp, eating certain ... collection Power analysis In determining sample size for psychometric testing, the number of items contained in the target instrument, sensitivity of other instruments being used, and data analysis ... participating in this activity? Scoring Subjects receive points for answering "YES" and point for answering "NO" to each of the activity-specific questions Figure offers an overview of scoring Mean...
... key kinematic variables The kinetic data including timeof crossover in the hip flexion-extension moment and the power burst of hip flexor in the late stance were obtained The hip flexor index ... Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2011, 8:4 http://www.jneuroengrehab.com/content/8/1/4 for clinical use This study examined the validityof kinematic and kinetic variables measuring ... measuring hip flexor function during gait Therefore, the validityof kinematic and kinetic data regarding hip flexor function relies on the content validity and construct validity Construct validity...
... recording the freely chosen walking speed Freely chosen walking speed is primordial when examining STV because it is the only walking speed that takes into account the strategy aiming at maintaining ... Gruendlinger L, Hausdorff JM: Effect of gait speed on gait rhythmicity in Parkinson's disease: variability of stride time and swing time respond differently J Neuroengineering Rehabil 2005, 2:23 Owings ... and Mean value of stride velocity for each walking condition expressed in cm.s-1 The primary outcome measure was CoV of stride time Mean value and SD of stride time, and Mean value of stride velocity...
... decrease in HS is indicative of a more precisely controlled movement in that the value of HS corresponds to the slope of the short-term of the loglog plot of Δt and This decrease in HS is indicative ... longer critical times in elderly subjects, implying that a greater time spent in openloop control could be a factor in falls in the elderly [29] Since the pioneering work of Collins and De Luca, ... Furthermore, the mean of four short time series of 256 points was shown to provide a better estimate of H than a single time series of 1024 points The results of the reliability analysis of the present...