The National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) intramural research program conducts basic and biobehavioral symptom science research and provides training opportunities to the next generation of scientists. Recently, the NINR developed the Symptom Science Model to guide research. The model begins by identifying a complex symptom, which is then characterized into a phenotype with biological a...

in desert reclamation strainer plants can be used for improvement and decrease pollution of soil and water. this technology can be used to remove both inorganic and organic contaminants in soil. in this study, one year old acacia victoriae seedlings were exposed to pb (no3)2 in 5 different concentrations; 0, 50, 250, 500 and 1000 mg pb l-1 for 45 days in two growing seasons. subsequently, the h...

Aim: To define the admission symptoms and complaints of cases with vaginal cuff prolapse
 Materials Methods: A retrospective study between January 2019 – 2021 including 34 patients admitted to University Health Science Turkey diagnosis prolapse. While who had grade < 3 prolapse were accepted as early stage prolapse, ≥ advanced Patients’ initial clinical at time recorded.
 Results: ...

The rigid spine syndrome (R.S.S.) is a unusual muscular disorder first defined in 1965 by Dubowitz [1,2] and later described by several others. It is a rare manifestation which typical features include a reduction of the spine flexion and fibrous degeneration of axial muscles. The main clinical features in this condition is a pronounced limitation of flexion of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar...

Signs and symptoms of depression can be linked to one or more monoaminergic systems, specifically the norepinephrine (NE), the dopamine (DA), and the serotonin (5-HT) systems. In particular, the modulation of energy, vigilance, and arousal can be directly linked to the NE system. There is, however, a great deal of overlap in the modulation of the symptoms of depression between these monoaminerg...

To empirically investigate the usefulness and validity of clinical presentation and recent history variables in the detection of malingered psychiatric disorder, 30 criminal defendants involved in forensic evaluations, who had a documented history of psychiatric hospitalization preceding their arrest on the instant offense (low risk of malingering group) and 30 defendants who complained of psyc...

87-0792/$ see front matter Q 200 i:10.1016/j.smrv.2005.06.001 Abbreviations DSM-IV-TR, Diagnos r Mental Disorders, edition IV, tex hearsal Therapy; LDT, Lucid Dreami pid Eye Movement; PTSD, Posttraum pid Eye Movement. * Corresponding author. Tel.: C31 3 3 4718. E-mail address: v.i.spoormaker@fs Summary The DSM-IV-TR definition of nightmares—extremely frightening dreams from which the person wak...

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) present with a variety of symptoms that significantly impair health-related quality of life. Despite this, COPD treatment and its management are mainly based on lung function assessments. There is increasing evidence that conventional lung function measures alone do not correlate well with COPD symptoms and their associated impact on pa...

BACKGROUND Skin picking disorder (SPD) remains poorly understood with limited data regarding its underlying pathophysiology and appropriate treatment choices. One approach to refining our treatment of SPD might be to better understand the range of illness severity and the clinical associations with severity. METHODS 125 adults aged 18 to 65 with a primary, current DSM-5 diagnosis of SPD were ...