... associating the protein partially buried into the membrane [35] This would favour lipophilic substrates by placing the opening ofthe substrate access channel into the lipid bilayer Thus the pool of ... propensity in membranes containing PtdEtn Effect of lipids on the stereoselectivity of epoxidation The stereoselectivity ofthe epoxidation reaction can be demonstrated by the ratio ofthe formation ... ofthe formation rates ofthe two diol-epoxides, DE2 and DE1 These differ only inthe conformation ofthe 9,10-epoxy-group, anti in DE2 and syn in DE1 The respective data in Fig 1B and Table show...
... ofthe model in assessing the English versionofthe Law on Investment 2005 of Vietnam and conclusions based on the findings Finally, implications for translating Vietnamese legal documents into ... (Trosborg, 1997: 145-146 in Garzone) Every versionofthe documents in any ofthe official languages ofthe issuing international agency is supposed to have the same meaning as other versions, and after ... attitude, setting, the quality ofthe writing, connotations and denotations, and the cultural aspect ofthe text; 18 - translating into TL: before starting the actual work of translating, the translator...
... dollars using the chain-type price indices for “Information processing equipment 22 and software” from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) Then the average ofthe beginning and ending values ... also included inthe regression The focus will be on the interaction term between the dummy and IT input Since the regressions are subject to collinearity problem due to the inclusion ofthe interaction ... included inthe model to control for the maturity of a company Companies operating inthe Internet space are expected to improve their conduct of business over time Since the companies inthe data...
... questionnaire in 89.5% ofthe sample, it was the father in 4.57% ofthe sample, and it was someone else in 6.28% ofthe sample Distribution of all participants in terms of gender and age group is shown in ... years It was the mother who answered the questionnaire in 92.52% ofthe sample, and it was the father in 7.48% ofthe sample No parent inthe patient group refused to participate inthe study, ... cognitive interviews These interviews were performed to determine whether any questions were difficult to understand and/or irrelevant After some modification on wording and proofreading, the final version...
... to a rating scale inthe manner the test constructor intended [35] Because it is always uncertain how a rating scale was used by a sample, an investigation ofthe functioning ofthe rating scale ... the way it was intended by the developer ofthe scale [15] Thus, the assumptions about both the quality ofthe measures and utility ofthe rating scale in facilitating interpretable measures should ... panel of 13 school children with cognitive interviewing methods The cognitive interviews were conducted by four certified clinical psychologists at the participant's home and revisions inthe translation...
... Chinese translation A more recent study ofthe Chinese versionofthe HADS [12] across a broad clinical range of in- patients again found three underlying factors to the instrument These were interpreted ... compelling evidence for the tri-dimensionality ofthe HADS Hong Kong Chinese invariably speak Cantonese whereas inthe Xi'an province of China Mandarin is spoken Due to the pictorial nature of Chinese ... assisted inthe drafting ofthe manuscript CM participated inthe design ofthe study, performed the statistical analysis and assisted inthe drafting ofthe manuscript Acknowledgements All the authors...
... p-value < 0.001) Discussion In this study we investigated the construct validity ofthe Italian versionofthe EQ-5D administering the instrument to a sample of citizens living in Bologna (North Italy) ... settings, it lacks of empirical evaluations in Italy The lack of information on the construct validity and reliability ofthe instrument as well as the absence of utilities estimated inthe Italian ... affected by the clinical condition we obtained a 600% increased odds of reporting impairment inthe mobility domain (OR = 7.0, 95% C.I 4.7–10.4), a 690% increased odds of reporting impairment in the...
... Assessment of Chronic Illness Care (ACIC) The ACIC is based on the specific interventions and concepts within the CCM It consists of 28 items covering the six areas ofthe CCM: Organization ofthe healthcare ... speaker ofthe original language English and unaware ofthe original English ACIC translated the 1st ACIC German version back into the source language In a multidisciplinary consensus meeting where ... adjusted inappropriate items This process led to the final versionofthe German-ACIC, the G-ACIC Feasibility testing and validation in different primary care institutions The final German version...
... single dimension underlying the 10 items ofthe scale The reliability ofthe Spanish versionofthe 10-item CD-RISC was similar to that ofthe original version (Cronbach’s a ofthe original version ... and ofthe Spanish version = 0.85), and the weights in factor analysis were within the range of 0.48-0.76 on our scale and within the range of 0.44-0.74 inthe original The factor structure ofthe ... highest level of resilience In order to define the final version, theversionofthe scale translated into Spanish provided by the authors ofthe original scale and was adapted with minimal changes...
... similar to the EFA findings for the original US English version To confirm the results of our EFA, we utilized CFA Our results support the initial construct validity ofthe Iranian versionofthe PedsQLTM ... nonrespondents and investigation of only a sample from Tehran, the capital city of Iran, may limit the generalizability ofthe findings to other parts of Iran Further Iranian PedsQLTM studies inthe other ... Conclusions: The findings support the initial reliability and validity ofthe Iranian versionofthe PedsQLTM 4.0 as a generic instrument to measure health-related quality of life of children in Iran...
... be interesting to continue to explore the influence of these processes on patient functioning In conclusion, the study confirms the adequate psychometric properties ofthe Spanish versionofthe ... recommended 10:1 ratio ofthe number of subjects to the number of test items [18] The final study sample consisted of 205 patients attending the Pain Clinic (Santander, Spain) and Fibromyalgia ... is one ofthe most used questionnaires for the assessment of depression and anxiety in medical patients We have used the cut-off point recommended inthe validated Spanish versionofthe HADS...
... is joining the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, in August, 2006 He is the author or coauthor of 27 peer reviewed papers in mathematics (mathematical ... limited utility in microarray analysis, because the accuracy of approximation inthe tail region ofthe limiting distribution (the region of very small p-values one is interested in) is inevitably ... corresponding exponents leads to a significant difference inthe computing time Because ofthe design ofthe algorithm presented in Section 2.2, the case n = m + is the least favorable so that the difference...
... noted that inthe four-domain model, the domain of physical health contains more items, which were obtained due to the merging ofthe items ofthe level of independence domain within the physical ... obtained from the scientific committee ofthe Department of Psychiatry ofthe University of Athens All participants were screened for their ability to take part inthe study, including literacy Instruments ... scale, according to documented procedures included inthe relevant WHO guidelines [14,16,17] In addition, examining the possibility of grouping the WHOQOL-100 facets into a smaller number of comprehensive...
... assistance of relatives who accompanied them and of rheumatology nurses at the clinics The patients were asked whether they understood the 20 items from the eight domains ofthe Thai HAQ The levels of ... Among the others, 35 (27.8%) resided in Central Thailand, 23 (18.3%) inthe North, 11 (8.7%) inthe Northeast or East, and 31 (24.6%) inthe Southern part of Thailand The mean (SD) age ofthe studied ... domains ofthe Thai HAQ (dressing and grooming, walking, grip, and activity domains) The grip and walking domains ofthe Thai HAQ also had weak correlations with the number of swollen joints,...
... Assessment of Chronic Illness Care (ACIC) The ACIC is based on the specific interventions and concepts within the CCM It consists of 28 items covering the six areas ofthe CCM: Organization ofthe healthcare ... speaker ofthe original language English and unaware ofthe original English ACIC translated the 1st ACIC German version back into the source language In a multidisciplinary consensus meeting where ... adjusted inappropriate items This process led to the final versionofthe German-ACIC, the G-ACIC Feasibility testing and validation in different primary care institutions The final German version...
... respectively, ofthe patients who did not report them at the first interview Feelings of panic (the feeling memory with the lowest κ value) were reported at the second interview by one ofthe two patients ... at the first interview, and by two ofthe 65 who did not remember it at the first interview Ofthe 87 patients who underwent the first interview, those who reported that they did not remember their ... translators Inthe first, the Italian translation ofthe ICUM tool was back-translated into English and compared with the original version by critically examining, item by item, the linguistic...
... countries inthe other groups Scores equal or higher than the lowest score in clinical range ofthe Group norms were categorised as being of clinical significance The cutoffs for scores inthe clinical ... assessment Ofthe 65 children included into the intervention study [26], one inthe control arm was excluded because the CBCL was administered in English leaving 64 children for inclusion in this ... approved the final version for publication BG conceived the study, participated inthe design ofthe study, wrote the manuscript and approved the final version for publication, ROO participated in the...