This study investigates the effectiveness of a parent support group for parents who have a child who has been sexually abused. The parents completed pre- and post-evaluation packages to assess the effectiveness of the group. The Louisville Behavior Checklist, the Parenting Stress Index, and a subjective evaluation using a rating scale and content analysis were used. The results indicated that t...

Comparative models of three proteins have been built using a variety of computational methods, heavily supplemented by visual inspection. We consider the accuracy obtained to be worse than expected. A careful analysis of the models shows that a major reason for the poor results is the interconnectedness of the structural differences between the target proteins and the template structures they w...

Hyperventilation and other clinical manifestations of dysfunctional breathing have been reported in childhood, but the prevalence is unknown. In adults, dysfunctional breathing may be a relevant comorbidity in asthma. We aimed to determine the prevalence of dysfunctional breathing in children with asthma and its impact on asthma control. We performed a cross-sectional survey in 203 asthmatic ch...

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enopause is an inevitable part of every woman’s life. Currently, 42 million women in the United States are over the age of 50 years and potentially menopausal. With the aging of the population, this number is expected to grow to 52 million by the year 2010. Physician familiarity with treatment options for symptoms associated with menopause will be a necessity. The definition of menopause is the...

Le faux anevrysme de lartere uterine est une complication rare, encore mal connue la cesarienne, il responsable dune hemorragie du post-partum secondaire, le plus souvent severe. Nous rapportons observation dun gauche survenu 1 mois apres accouchement par cesarienne et revele des metrorragies. diagnostic repose sur les donnees echographiques couple au Doppler vasculaire.Langiographie arteres ut...

This is a 30-year-old patient, without history, primigravida, with full-term pregnancy, who consulted in the obstetric emergency department for treatment of heavy metrorrhagia. After conditioning, ultrasound showed completely covering placenta, hence indication an caesarean giving birth to Apgar boy 5/10th then 9/10th. The patient presented uterine atony resistant medical treatment. Uterine pad...

Antibody microarrays could have an enormous impact on the functional analysis of cellular activity and regulation, especially at the level of protein expression and protein-protein interaction, and might become an invaluable tool in disease diagnostics. The array surface is bound to have a tremendous influence on the findings from such studies. Apart from the basic issue of how to attach antibo...

The 3 studies reported here were designed to clarify the nature of the personality trait of impulsivity. Two types of impulsivity were distinguished. Dysfunctional impulsivity is the tendency to act with less forethought than most people of equal ability when this tendency is a source of difficulty; most previous work on impulsivity appears to have focused on this trait. Functional impulsivity,...

Reaction tests are typical tests from the field of psychological research and communication science in which a test person is presented some stimulus like a photo, a sound, or written words. The individual has to evaluate the stimulus as fast as possible in a predefined manner and has to react by presenting the result of the evaluation. This could be by pushing a button in simple reaction tests...