... examine the interrelationship between the folk taxonomy of diseases and the choice of therapies, and whether the same choice of therapies were to be used on the same clusters of diseases among the ... Erythe‐ matosus has skin symptoms, especially in the area of face Therefore, they grouped this dis‐ ease under the category of “head” The folk taxonomies ofthe seventy-two diseases showed how the ... induced by the “wet hot” (濕熱) and the toxins ofthe body, and the best way to deal with these bad forces was the use of traditional Chinese medicine in order to “clear the root” Whether the disease...
... (ADHD), the investigators required the presence of elated mood and/or grandiosity in their bipolar 214 subjects They defined an episode of mania as the entire length ofthe illness with cycles of manic ... through the process of grieving the loss of their healthy child This is particularly true for families in which the child experiences an acute onset of BPD Families need to mourn the loss ofthe ... lithium or divalproex as the first medication choice for nonpsychotic mania Both the clinical experience ofthe clinician in the use of these agents and the side effects profile ofthe medication for...
... phenotype ofthe respective SPP/SPPL family member (Krawitz et al 2005) The formal proof ofthe requirement ofthe aspartate within the YD motif of SPPL family members is still missing The glycine ... al 2007; Weihofen et al 2003) and are likely to also block the members ofthe SPPL family, since the active site ofthe GxGD proteases is highly conserved Therefore, the development of selective ... finally remove the TMD from the cellular membranes FAD-associated mutations affect the kinetics of these intramembrane cleavages In the case of APP processing specifically, the production ofthe benign...
... per day NPH is still dosed as 2/3 ofthe total daily dose Ofthe 2/3 daily dose of NPH, 2/3 is given in the morning, and 1/3 at bedtime The remaining 1/3 ofthe total daily dose is divided in ... result of good control The incidence, the pathophysiologic changes of pregnancy, and the interplay between these changes and asthma are reviewed in this article The classification of these patients ... in the pregnant patient as in the nonpregnant woman; however, there may be physiologic changes in pregnancy that affect many aspects ofthe pharmacokinetics of these medications The mainstay of...
... fat The events that occur upstream ofthe mitochondrial changes are complex and involve interactions of several types of proteins The Bcl-2 family of proteins was originally discovered in the ... understand the etiology and pathogenesis of these disorders to facilitate rational development of effective therapies Numerous partially overlapping hypotheses about the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative ... in the inner membranes of mitochondria ATP is generated through the reduction of molecular oxygen to water by the sequential addition of four electrons and four H+ Leakage of electrons along the...
... Annual Review of Psychology 2002, 53:83-107 Dalgleish A: The relevance of non-linear mathematics (chaos theory) to the treatment of cancer, the role ofthe immune response and the potential for ... submodules The source uncertainty, H, ofthe language dual to the collective cognitive process, which defines the richness ofthe cognitive language ofthe workspace, will grow as some function of g, ... coefficient C as the proportion of triads in a network out ofthe total number of potential triads, i.e C= 3N∆ , N3 ( 5) where N∆ is the number of triads in the network and N3 is the number of connected...
... accessibility ofthe former within the framework of mean-field theory, as well as the finite connectivity ofthe latter Interest in these models has intensified lately since they occur in the context of random ... ‘energy’ states On the other hand, there is only one way of covering the graph with the + + + state, which of course corresponds to the global minimum ofthe ‘energy’ It is therefore more probable ... to (6.2) as the density increases The point where the height of these barriers scales with the system size marks a breaking ofthe ergodicity ofthe dynamics; an exponential number of valleys...
... that must be treated in the hospital The type of drugs, the method of giving them, and the length ofthe treatment depend on where the malaria was contracted and how sick the patient is For all ... identified since 1969 Symptoms of Malaria The amount of time between the mosquito bite and the appearance of symptoms varies, depending on the strain of parasite involved The incubation period is usually ... evidence of only one cat drop According to the April/June 2005 issue ofthe Quarterly News ofthe Association of Former WHO Staff, the flight manifest from a March 1960 delivery mission by the Royal...
... accounts of those impacted by the disease The result is a well-rounded combination of primary and secondary sources that, together, provide the reader with a better understanding ofthe disease ... understanding ofthe importance ofthe liver and no frame of reference to know how a liver disease could affect the bones in his body Researchers still not understand the cause of this childhood ... medical costs In the U.S., there are an estimated 1,000,000 people who have been unable to fight off the virus Many of these chronically infected individuals are unaware of their infection and...
... in the realm of those who have the authority to define a problem as medical In this sense it is the viability ofthe designation rather than the validity ofthe diagnosis that is grist for the ... and move to the next one For those who stay the course there is the promise of a greater understanding ofthe contours ofthe medicalization process The earliest critiques argued that the medicalization ... terms of illness and disorders Some analysts have suggested that the growth of medical jurisdiction is “one ofthe most potent transformations ofthe last half ofthe twentieth century in the West”...
... helped with the interpretation ofthe results, reviewed the manuscript and participated in the editing ofthe final version ofthe manuscript 20 21 22 23 24 Acknowledgements We thank the participants ... significantly affect the average stride time, the average swing time, or the stride-to-stride variability of these measures (p > 0.29) In contrast to the control group, the gait ofthe patients with ... [29,30] The system measures the forces underneath the foot as a function of time The system consists of a pair of shoes and a recording unit Each shoe contains load sensors that cover the surface of...
... 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 ... 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 ... 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...
... may change the attitude ofthe parents is whether they themselves would accept medication [13,14] In the literature there are only a few reports regarding the attitudes and opinions ofthe general ... and adolescents under 18 years of age All were residents ofthe Byron-Kesariani area ofthe city of Athens, Greece Methodology The Service for the Mental Health of Children and Adolescents is ... Annals of General Psychiatry 2007, 6:32 first contact ofthe parents with the child psychiatry service ofthe Center The questionnaire comprised of questions regarding the attitudes and beliefs of...
... further information about the prevalence of PTSD Among the male participants the prevalence of PTSD was highest from their mid 40s to their mid 50s, whereas, the female participants showed the ... important for the perception ofthe trauma and coping strategies The inclusion ofthe age extremities beyond the age of 54 seems otherwise relevant especially with an increasing tendency for the average ... (59.2%) women The age distribution ofthe participants ranged from 13 to 80 years of age The frequency ofthe 13 to 15 year olds was low in the trauma sample For both the total sample and the trauma...
... patients were indicative of isolated damage ofthe peroneal nerve None ofthe patients had abnormalities in the distribution of other peripheral nerve ofthe limb, indication of lumbosacral radiculopathy, ... common peroneal nerve (PN) originates as one ofthe two terminal divisions ofthe sciatic nerve at the apex ofthe popliteal fossa At the level ofthe fibular head it divides into its terminal ... velocities ofthe superficial peroneal and the sural nerve were calculated The electromyographic evaluation ofthe tibialis anterior, the extensor digitorum brevis, the peroneus longus and the gastrocnemius...
... None ofthe offenders was sentenced to mandatory care Crime rates Ofthe total sample of 541 persons, 131 (24%) were found in the crime registry at follow-up (Table 2) Of these, 114 (31%) ofthe ... determine the personal identification number at the Central Bureau of Statistics A total of 550 subjects (87% ofthe original sample) were identified in the population register at the Central Bureau of ... 57% ofthe patients were admitted to the family ward, where the intervention was based mainly on diagnostic evaluation and family Page of 10 therapy The other patients, who were admitted to the...
... Acknowledgements The authors thank Professor Wei-Tsun Soong for granting us use ofthe Chinese version ofthe K-SADS, and Professor Shur-Fen Gau for granting our use ofthe Chinese version ofthe SNAP-IV ... Page of 10 investigated the long-term course of improvements in ADHD symptoms and their neurocognitive function; as well as the differences between ADHD subtypes Therefore, the aims ofthe present ... based on the aggression scale ofthe CBCL, with a cutoff point of 60 Chisquare was used to compare the rate of lost to followup between subtypes The Student’s t-test or One-way analysis of variance...
... invited to indicate the services they used, type and frequency of utilisation, and degree of appropriateness ofthe service they used Services covered by this questionnaire were those offered in hospitals ... contained in the National Population Health Survey (NPHS, 2003-2005) Participants had the option to choose the language (English or French) of their interview The research was approved by the Douglas ... to 90,640 Immigrants represent 25% ofthe population (versus 26% in Montreal) The proportion of low-income household represents 33% (versus 23% in the province of Quebec and 35% in Montreal) Low-income...
... involved in the oversight ofthe trials, the analysis and interpretation of these post hoc analyses, and in the preparation and finalization ofthe manuscript JP was involved in the design and ... design and oversight ofthe trials, the analysis and interpretation of these post hoc analyses, and in the preparation and finalization ofthe manuscript AvW and KN were involved in the analysis and ... These data suggest asenapine may be useful in the treatment of depressive episodes associated with bipolar disorder However, the results of these analyses need to be interpreted in light of the...
... Quality ofthe therapeutic relationship Complementary to the patient’s view on the quality ofthe therapeutic relationship, nurses will be asked to fill in the professional version ofthe STAR ... in the value of CC and in the feasibility ofthe intervention from different perspectives Qualitative analyses To describe and understand the process ofthe application ofthe CCP versus CAU, the ... ofthe patient, the patient’s cognitive capacities, and to the extent of illness insight/acceptance of each individual patient The different components ofthe CCP will be briefly elucidated The...