... this article as: van Nieuwenhuizen and Bongers: Psychometric
evaluation of the Forensic Inpatient Observation Scale (FIOS) in
youngsters with a judicial measure. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and
Mental ... for instance, correlated negatively with the
anxiety and depression scale of the SCL-90 [14] and
anxiety disposition of the State-Trait Anxiety...
... of the manuscript. CMT, ALN, LAA and
MMV drafted the questionnaires and contributed in the analysis and
interpretation of the data. All authors read and approved the final
manuscript.
Competing ... this value by the scale s Cronbach’s
alpha. The construct validity of each scale was measured
by its ability to detect statistically significant variations
in different g...
... after ACLF treated with or without
using MARS. These measurements can not be interpreted
as a separate quality of life study e.g. because of the miss-
ing of baseline data. But they are seen as a ... arterial
hypotension, disseminated intravascular coagulation or a
disorder of microcirculation leading to damage of extra-
hepatic organs. All therapeutic measures aim at the...
... and participated in the design and data analy-
sis and interpretation of the findings. HG reviewed the
manuscript and assisted in collecting and cleaning the
data. RS reviewed the manuscript and ... subscale correlations were also evaluated. The
validity of scales are substantiated when conceptually
related scales are substantially correlated with each other
(r > 0.40...
... reliability of mus-
cle parameters has been in the past difficult. Only with an
increase in accessibility to the higher-end US machines
and also the development and increase in availability of
low-cost ... that
the AbdH muscle and its distal attachment play an impor-
tant role in the aetiology as well as in therapy of hallux
valgus [5,29,30]. In orthopaedic, plas...
... test of
sphericity was used to determining the necessity of a
factor analysis. The initial validity of the CCBQ was
assessed using a principal components analysis (PCA) of
a correlation matrix with ... typical of the demo-
graphic makeup of heroin abusers in Taiwan, the fact
remains that it was restricted to Chinese patients living
in Taiwan. Since the alco...
... universities and
the participants received a research participation credit as
well as a written debrief and a professional support con-
tact information.
Data Analysis
Data was analysed using Rasch analysis ... and
may not be indicative of psychopathology in a non-clinical population. Rather it may be more
indicative of developmentally related risk taking behaviours while a...
... use.
Results
Phase I: Evaluation of the LSTAT by clinicians using a
patient simulator
Thirty-one volunteer clinicians participated in the simulator
evaluation of the LSTAT. All of them had been trained in
Advanced ... represents a preliminary evaluation of the LSTAT
in a clinical setting. The goal was to validate the functionality
of the LSTAT before...
... An
increased amount of collagen type III in scar may indicate either an enhanced synthesis
or a delayed degradation of collagen type III. It is reasonable that any disturbed matura-
tion of collagen ... than collagen; we choose some of them and analyzed all
together 16 markers of cell-physiology in different layers of skin and scar. As part of the
inflammatory system we...
... (Fig. 3A) . CCR5 was quantitatively
retained on the column, and could be eluted with imidazole.
The protein was unidentifiable by autoradiography in cell
lysates, but appeared as the predominant band ... consistently observed, and probably reflects low
affinity binding to heparan-like glycosaminoglycans [37].
As the myc-his tag of the protein was present at the
C-terminus of...