... locus of control) by means of bivariate analysis The results of this analysis then provided us with a guide for inclusion of co-variates in subsequent multivariate analysis On the basis of their ... to their: (i) Perception of their overall physical health; (ii) Prioritisation of their physical health in relation to other basic everyday needs; (iii) Perception of barriers to improving their ... June 2007 to participate in the study A poster displayed in the waiting area ofthe clinic gave details ofthe study and the potential participants were asked if they would agree to be approached...
... pertinent indictor ofthe state of health of stabilised schizophrenic patients [56] The present study tested the relationship of age of onset with the QOL of patients with schizophreniaspectrum disorders ... assesses the degree of pessimism exhibited by an individual [33] Each ofthe 20 items is scored as either or The total score is the sum ofthe individual item scores (range = 0-20) In a sample of 294 ... significance The complexity and variety of effects ofthe age of onset in schizophrenia patients reported in the literature are due not only to the difficulty in operationally defining the age of illness...
... http://www.hqlo.com/content/7/1/84 their family, emphasizing the subjective perspective held by the patient and the family In this context, one ofthe main objectives is the development of supporting activities rather than ... consequence of their role, lack of social and working support, course ofthe disease, and disruptions in family life All these factors were associated with a considerable damage of QOL The feeling of ... Zanus P, Maj M: A new questionnaire assessing the opinions ofthe relatives of patients with schizophrenia on the causes and social consequences ofthe disorder: reliability and validity Eur Psychiat...
... five bases at the 3'end ofthe primer NA8F, the alignment gave close to 100% match for all subtypes In the case ofthe primer NA10R, the alignment gave close to 100% predicted match in the last bases ... discoloration which could indicate the presence of compounds that may interfere with the sequencing process One ofthe panels of N6 viruses (H13N6) failed to amplify The Gen- Page of 11 (page number not ... Sensitivity ofthe one-step RT-PCR assay To determine the analytical sensitivity ofthe one-step RTPCR using NA8F-M13 and NA10R-M13 primers, ten-fold serial dilutions of in-vitro transcribed RNA of the...
... HCV, the inhibition is probably not due to a direct effect of ARB on the HCV glycoproteins E1 and/or E2 Rather, the data suggest that the effect of ARB on virus/ liposome interactions occurs at the ... orientation, the formation of an "ARB cage" could lead to excessive stabilization of cell membranes, and thereby prevent HCV fusion Alternatively, at the virus level, ARB might block the un-coating ofthe ... G-418-treated FLNeo cells perished, presumably due to the loss of replicon RNA and the concomitant loss of neomycin resistance The other half of ARB-treated, G418-free culture was extracted for...
... These calculations were used to compare both the magnitude ofthe estimated utility gains and the correlation ofthe gains between the two mapping functions To compare the responsiveness ofthe ... interactions between effects of symptoms ofthe disease and other aspects of quality of life Utilities were measured in the general public from a convenience sample of a large Internet survey panel ... interview, the total burden of symptoms and impact of disease Change in the PANSS may or may not be reflected in short-form measures such as the SF-36, although they often are responsive in schizophrenia...
... implementation The P1 spectrum is obtained after the computation ofthe rotation kernel in the Fourier domain, and then the IFT is used to obtain the final solution It must be noted that the fundamental ... from the initial p1 image, the new term bp12 has to be computed Second, the FT ofthe resulting image is done Third, thespectrum is rotated Fourth, thespectrum has to be integrated Finally, the ... Table To obtain the best performance with the FT library, every dimension ofthe 3D images must be a power ofThe estimation ofthe algorithm has been made through the calculation of four working...
... entire spectrum, or equivalently, it is thespectrum utilization of session i The numbers μc depend on the adopted channel alloi cation scheme that determines how thespectrum is shared among the ... Page of 11 immediately starts transmission of a packet if none ofthe neighbors currently use this channel Otherwise, the transmitter backs off until another timeout expires We shall analyze the ... 12 is initialized at either a saddle point or a local maximum of problem Equation 4, then the value of P never changes from this point However, the first statement ofthe theorem practically ensures...
... consider the spectral and spatial characterizationofthe system and assume all the users and interferences are present in the band where the first user is active The temporal characterizationofthe ... increasing the number of frequency slots improves the system performance regardless ofthe signal to interference ratio This is due to the increase ofthe processing gain ofthe DS/FH system The impact ... Outage probability of a DS/FH system, impact ofthe duty cycle of interferers, the number of antenna elements M = 2, processing gain GDS = 50, the number of users K = 40, the number of interferers...
... The duration of idle period is the time interval starting at the release ofthe channel until the first packet arrival Similarly, the duration of busy period is the time interval starting at the ... period ofthe channel We can see from (7) that the maximum collision probability is equal to the reciprocal ofthe average value ofthe busy period 3.6 Fixed STR Approach On the basis ofthe fundamental ... slots of PU in [0, T] T (1) Channel utilization ofthe secondary user is defined as the fraction of time in which the channel is utilized by the secondary user, denoted by ηSU The definition of spectrum...
... forecast the behavior of other players and that they believe that the other player can the same For this reason, the key point in this setup is the capability ofthe follower of sensing the environment ... the Karush-Kuhn-Tucker conditions ofthe optimization problem ofthe set of data rates Additionally, the physical meaning of (8) is that the uniqueness ofthe Nash equilibrium is ensured if the ... to update their strategy more frequently than the others And, they might even perform these updates using outdated information on the interference caused by others.) The existence ofthe Nash...
... every user has the same utility value Proof The proof of properties 1, 2, 3, and are the same as Theorem 4.2 The fourth property is from the 5th condition of (13) If wi = 0, then the user cannot ... variable Then, we have a characterization theorem of a competitive equilibrium that satisfies power demands Theorem 4.2 Every equilibrium ofthe discretized communication spectrum market with the Shannon ... economy Here Ai (xi ) represents the feasible action set of agent i that is possibly restricted by the actions of others, such as the budget restraint that the cost ofthe goods chosen at current...
... orientation to mothers of children ofthe autistic spectrum who attended weekly at the service and the verification ofthe results by the observation ofthe patients’ development the quality of life reported ... occurrence ofthe largest number of communicative acts per minute and the greatest proportion of responses Therefore if the aim ofthe assessment is to identify the best performance ofthe ASD child, the ... to verify the interference of these orientations on the way these mothers observe their child, according to an adaptation ofthe Questionnaire ofthe World Health Organization Quality of Life (Barbosa...
... represents G Thespectrumof a matrix M is the multiset ofthe eigenvalues of M, and is denoted by Sp(M) = {[λi ]mi : ≤ i ≤ m}, where λ1 , λ2 , , λk are the eigenvalues of M and m1 , m2 , , mk their ... k Proof Let G be a srg(n, k, r, s) Let A = M(G) and U = U(G) We define the amplitude of a given path to be the product ofthe entries of U corresponding to the transitions along the path The entry ... tested the validity ofthe conjecture We have tested also the complements of these graphs In all cases the conjecture held The number of non-isomorphic srg(n, k, r, s) is denoted by N(n, k, r, s) The...
... through the end ofthe year The mean cumulative days of hospitalization at the end of each ofthe 12 months post initiation indicated that the average number of hospitalization days for the RIS-treated ... initiation ofthe drug therapy are assigned to that therapy, even if therapy is discontinued [17] In contrast, the inclusion of patients who were continuously treated with the index drug during the ... times that ofthe olanzapine treatment group By the end ofthe sixth month following initiation, the patients in the RIS-treatment group had a mean of 3.9 hospitalization days more than the OLZ...
... conjunction of these factors could explain the relatively high level of binge eating symptoms observed in this study Due to absence of non schizophrenic psychiatric controls and the correlation nature of ... in the high body mass index (BMI) subgroup [3] The purpose of this study is to assess binge eating symptomatology in a group of individuals receiving treatment for schizophrenia and a group of ... we cannot causally link intake of antipsychotic drugs, BED, BS and WG Limitations of this study included the small number of controls in regard to the prevalence of BED in non overweight patients;...
... than the controls but the number of years of education was slightly higher in the control group The mean duration of illness was 11.3 ± 5.8 years, ranging from to 20 years A total of 24% ofthe ... characteristics There were a greater proportion of females in theschizophrenia group compared to the control group, but the difference was not statistically significant The mean age ofthe patient ... function [15] The findings ofthe present study show that cognitive deficits are persistent even during periods of remission, suggesting the 'trait' nature ofthe deficits The similarity of cognitive...