Background: Given the high prevalence of type II diabetes and its complications, the evidence regarding the beneficial effects of probiotic yogurt on some cardiovascular biomarkers in diabetic patients is worthy of investigation. Aim: To investigate the effect of probiotic yogurt on blood glucose level and cardiovascular biomarkers in patients with type II diabetes. Method:This randomized, clin...

Modern system engineering is supported by a families of modelling languages; each member of a specific family addresses a different aspect of the application domain. Constructing families of modelling languages is facilitated by the use of packages and templates. Packages are containers of modelling elements. Packages may be specialised and merged. Renamings may be applied to packages. Template...

High dropout rates and poor levels of engagement are well documented for patients with eating disorders. Utilising motivational techniques and providing psycho-education have been suggested as ways to reduce treatment disengagement. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of a newly developed motivational and psycho-educational (MOPED) guided self-help intervention for people with eating disord...

Policy interventions generally have both desirable and undesirable effects on the efficiency and/or equity of market allocations. The balance between the former and the latter depends importantly, for each instrument, on the scope and elasticity of market reactions to its introduction, which in turn depend on the pervasiveness and character of policy intervention along the margins where such re...

The Wilkinson Tests, entry-level tests for assessing the numerical accuracy of statistical computations, have been applied to statistical software packages. Some software developers, having failed these tests, have corrected deficiencies in subsequent versions. Thus these tests have had a meliorative impact on the state of statistical software. These same tests are applied to several econometri...