OBJECTIVE To assess the effect of the novel Kinesio taping treatment approach on meralgia paresthetica (MP) symptoms. DESIGN Repeated measurements, feasibility study of 1 intervention. SETTING Referral private physical therapy clinic. PARTICIPANTS Men (n=6) and women (n=4) with clinically and electromyographically diagnosed MP. INTERVENTION Application of Kinesio tape, twice a week for ...

PURPOSE To validate the Muscle Power Sprint Test (MPST) against the Wingate Anaerobic cycling Test (WAnT) in a group of youth with cerebral palsy (CP). METHODS Twenty children and adolescents (11 boys and 9 girls; mean age = 14.8 years) with spastic CP, and classified as either level I or II of the Gross Motor Function Classification System, completed the study. RESULTS Very strong signific...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of Candida carriage and Candida species among cigarette and Maras powder (MP) users. MATERIAL AND METHODS This study was conducted on 180 volunteering men in 20 cafehouses in the city of Kahramanmaras, Turkey. The sociodemographic characteristics of the participants and the behaviors of MP and cigarette usage were noted down. Cul...

The bioavailability of oral mercaptopurine (MP) is poor, and plasma levels following p.o. dosing are highly variable. In an attempt to circumvent these problems, we conducted a Phase I trial and clinical pharmacological study of MP administered as a prolonged i.v. infusion. An infusion rate of 50 mg/sq m/h, which was designed to achieve therapeutic drug levels in plasma, was used in all patient...

There have been some limitations on early diagnosis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae (MP) infection because of no immunoglobulin M (IgM) responses and variable detection rates of polymerase chain reaction in the early stage of the disease. We wanted to discuss regarding early diagnostic method using short-term paired titration of MP-specific IgM and cold agglutinins (CAs) in the early stage of MP pneum...

The principal purpose of this study is to present a new design for preparing highly active immobilized gold nanoparticle-based plasmonic photocatalysts. Gold nanoparticles were loaded on rutile TiO2 particles with a mean size of 80 nm (Au/TiO2) by the deposition precipitation method. The surface of SnO2 particles with a mean size of 100 nm was modified by copper(ii) oxide clusters (CuO/SnO2) wi...

The purpose of this study was to examine self-reinforcement as an agent of behavior change with children who were deficient in desired attention behaviors. Twenty three first and second grade school children were taught through external reinforcement procedures to raise their level of attention on a simple discrimination task. Subjects in one group were then taught to manage their cwn reinforce...

We consider the microfoundations controversy from the perspective of economic evolution. Although the analogy between biology and economics has been noted before, it has rarely focused on clarifying the micro–macro distinction in economic theory and modelling. The micro–macro debate is more developed in biology than in economics owing to a greater degree of specialisation and a greater degree o...