... psychotic symptoms) and the DSM-IV recognises psychotic features as an indication of the severity of illness One of the most significant findings of this factor analysis is the identification of a ... analysis ofsignsandsymptomsof the manic episode with BechRafaelsen Mania and Melancholia Scales J Affect Disord 2001, 64(23):267-270 11 Sato T, Bottlender R, Kleindienst N, Moller HJ: Syndromes and ... disorganization, positive symptomsand dysphoria The authors suggest the possibility of separating manic patients into two groups based on the presence of disorganization symptomsand investigating if...
... Epidemiology ofsignsandsymptoms in temporomandibular disorders Clinical signs in cases and control JADA 1990, 120:273-281 Okeson JP: Assessment of orofacial pain disorders, In: Okeson JP orofacial ... prevalence of anxiety and depression in non patient adolescents and their relationship to signsandsymptomsof TMD They reported that anxiety (16.5%) and depression (26.7%) although of mild intensity, ... N: Temporomandibular dysfunction and emotional status of 6–14 years old Saudi female children Saudi Den J 1999, 11:114-119 Farsi NM: Symptomsandsignsof temporomandibular disorders and oral parafunctions...
... 000 forest formation SE of Brussels, the Soignes forest (50 45 00 N, 25 30 E) There, oak stands consist either of pure or mixed stands of Q petraea and Q robur L., or of oak mixed with beech ... bark of tree XII was the thinnest of all 12 trees studied and, in spite of a considerable leaf loss, this oak showed no evidence of Agrilus-attack Haack and Acciavatti [10] reported that larvae of ... Institute of Forestry and Game Management (IBW Geraardsbergen, Belgium) of the Ministry of the Flemish Community within the framework of the research projects Oak decline in Flanders and Wood...
... the number ofsymptomsof rhinitis and severity of asthma are closely associated Furthermore, symptomsof chronic rhinosinusitis, defined as nasal blockage, rhinorrhea, aching sinuses and/ or reduced ... reporting physician diagnosis of asthma, use of asthma medication, recurrent wheeze and attacks of shortness of breath, and one more asthma symptom, with the aim of identifying those with more ... close association between severity of rhinitis, and severity of asthma in general, in a random population, and, in addition, clarifying the true prevalence of these symptoms as well as the associations...
... to a variety of thermal, chemical and mechanical stimuli, and defined as polymodal nociceptors At the level of damage-sensing neurons, release of protons and high concentrations of adenosine ... nitrites and nitrates assays and contributed to the management and interpretation of data from the pain and functional evaluation and revised the manuscript TB participated in the conception of the ... palpation (score to 4); Evaluation of response to flexion and extension (score to 4) Inter- and intra-observer reliability of both VAS and NRS were tested and found to be highly satisfying (Spearman...
... results of secondary efficacy endpoints with respect to reduction ofsignsandsymptomsofinflammation during flares and exploratory endpoints regarding HRQoL Results for the primary endpoint and ... role-physical score of 35.0 and PCS value of 34.2 for a population with a Page 10 of 13 mean age of 59 years and experiencing 0.6 flares per month [18], while Strand et al reported reductions of 30 to 32 ... 11 of 13 and reduced physical functioning The results of this study indicate that anti-inflammatory therapy with canakinumab 150 mg produces rapid pain relief, relieves signsandsymptomsof inflammation...
... review ofmajor characterictics of a good test with the major focus on test reliability and validity Finally, in Section 2.4, the achievement test and its types are explored 2.1 The importance of ... effectiveness of programs of instruction Providing Research Criteria: to provide a standard of judgment in a variety of other research contexts based on language test scores Assessment of Attitudes and ... Aims of study The major aim of the study is to evaluate the currently used achievement test of the 3rd year non-English students of technology with a special focus on the test reliability and...
... any SOFC system, the performance of the INER SOFC system is dependent not only on the design and operating conditions of the fuel cell stack, but also on the design and operating conditions of ... provided by the anode off-gas given an anode off-gas temperature of less than 650 oC, a cathode off-gas temperature of less than 390 oC, and a flame barrier temperature of less than 700 oC However, ... SOFC BOP system (S/C=1.7, O/C=0.3, fuel utilization = 64.2%, electrical conversion efficiency = 44%) Design of SOFC BOP components The BOP components of a SOFC system account for between 50% and...
... Board of the Ministry of Public Health, Afghanistan, and the ª 2009 Blackwell Publishing Ltd Institutional Review Boards of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the University of ... Chicago, IL) using standard statistical tests for comparison of means and proportions Predictors of TB symptomsand diagnoses were analysed using chi-squared (dichotomous predictors) and univariate ... health services are expanding and quality improving, gaps in access and deficient quality of some interventions persist The Ministry of Public Health adopted a Basic Package of Health Services (BPHS)...
... distribution with a mean of 21 kg/m2 and a standard deviation of kg/m2 Low fruit and vegetable intake We used the estimated regional mean and standard deviation of fruit and vegetable consumption ... deviation of 0.3 mmol/l Mean of 21 kg/m2 and standard deviation of kg/m2 Mean of 3.8 mmol/l and standard IHD, ischaemic stroke deviation of 0.6 mmol/l Theoretical minimum Sexual and reproductive health ... maternal conditions and around 90% of unsafe abortions globally Globally, lack of modern contraception caused around 0.3% of deaths and 0.8% of DALYs Africa, South-East Asia and low- and middle-income...
... Cation-exchange HPLC of native P1, P2-2 and P3, and their synthetic peptides Mixtures of synthetic P1-COOH and P1-CONH2 (A), native P1 and P1-CONH2 (B), P2-COOH and P2-CONH2 (C), native P2 and P2-CONH2 ... structure of chrysophsins Fig Cation-exchange HPLC of P1, P2 and P3 Aliquots of P1 (A), P2 (B) and P3 (C) were loaded on a PolySulfoethyl Aspartamide column and eluted with a linear gradient of KCl ... isolation of chrysophsin-1, chrysophsin-2 and chrysophsin-3, novel peptides of 25, 25 and 20 residues with bactericidal and hemolytic activity, from the gills of the red sea bream, C major They...
... for a more complete understanding of its mechanisms of action and therefore, for a better assessment of its antitumor efficacy The experimental hepatic colonization of B16 melanoma (B16M) is a ... of prometastatic effects of hepatic inflammation created in the liver microenvironment by tumor-induced IL-18 IL-18 is a proinflammatory cytokine that increases in the blood of the majority of ... microenvironment of hepatic inflammation generated by tumor-induced host IL-18 Materials and methods Cells and culture conditions B16M cells (B16F10 subline) were cultured in DMEM supplemented with 10% FCS and...
... relapsing disease, of inflammation, andof demyelination, as well as the extent of axonal damage [19] We provided evidence of regulation of IL-16 in EAE, which suggested that production of secreted IL-16 ... inflammationand subsequent tissue damage in MS remain largely unexplored In this study we investigated correlations between the regulation of IL-16, regulation of CD4+Th1 inflammation, and inflammation- induced ... production of IL-16 correlates with increased levels and fragmentation of phosphorylated neurofilament medium and heavy chains [NF(M+H)]P Phosphorylated neurofilament medium (160 kD) and heavy...
... Journal of Neuroinflammation 2011, 8:116 http://www.jneuroinflammation.com/content/8/1/116 Table Review of reported cases of CAA-related inflammation (Continued) Page of 10 Sakaguchi et al Journal of ... Page of 10 Greenberg et al 2007 [24] Sakaguchi et al Journal of Neuroinflammation 2011, 8:116 http://www.jneuroinflammation.com/content/8/1/116 Table Review of reported cases of CAA-related inflammation ... frequency of apolipoprotein E ε4/ε4 genotype [9] The clinical spectrum of CAA-related inflammation is mainly composed of rapidly progressive dementia and seizure Although the initial presentation of...
... deoxynucleoside triphosphates (dNTPs), 2.5 µM of reverse primer, 40 U of RNaseOUT (Invitrogen) and 200 U of reverse transcriptase SuperScript II (Invitrogen) An aliquot of µl of this product was amplified in ... extension of 72°C for minutes Cloning and sequencing of amplified fragments RT-PCR amplified DNA fragments were separated by agarose gel, and DNA fraction was cut and purified using Per- Page of (page ... and four of the HSP70h recombinants (HM1, HM2, HM4, and HM7) are genuine As none of these recombinants were found in both of the trees with CSD, they can also be excluded as causal agents of the...
... disability, handicap, or quality of life Most of the instruments include items about impairment and disability, but only the WHOQOL-environmental measures handicap, and only the QLDS and the WHOQOL-psychological ... a prospective cohort of primary care patients with major depressive disorder [6] LIDO investigators evaluated depressive symptoms, mental and physical health, and quality of life for 982 clinically ... performance of the various measures of each construct Changes in mental health, physical health, and quality of life All of the measures improved significantly over time, with the measures of mental...
... presents the rationale for and design of a longitudinal study to examine Page of functional status, adjustment, quality of life, andsymptoms in a diverse sample of English and Spanish speaking adult ... knowledge of the pattern and correlates of recovery and long-term survivorship can be applied to inform screening/surveillance in transplant survivors, and would guide the development and testing of ... current stage of disease, performance status, current anti-cancer treatment, history of acute [85] and chronic GVHD, current grade [86] and severity [87] of chronic GVHD, and the intensity of current...
... Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen, Norway 5Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen, Norway Department of Public Health and Caring ... attention and monitoring of cardiac related stimuli, and fear and worries about heart-sensations and functioning Higher degrees of these symptoms indicate higher degrees of heart-focused anxiety ... with and without heart diseases or cardiac symptoms [17] It consists of 18 items, and the three subscales; avoidance, attention, and fear may be regarded as the patients’ fearful symptomsof heart-focused...
... among a population of adult men and women who presented to the ED with symptomsof respiratory illness The results of this study have implications for the feasibility and design of smoking cessation ... respiratory illness) or symptomsof respiratory illness Lower respiratory symptoms included at least one of the following: cough, shortness of breath or wheeze The diagnoses that these symptoms encompass ... motivated to quit smoking at the time of their ED visit, many may not be aware of the extent of the connection between their symptomsand their smoking The concept of perceived risk is central to many...