INTRODUCTION The need for cognitive closure (NFC), defined as the desire for "an answer on a given topic, any answer … compared to confusion and ambiguity," is a topic that has become increasingly important in behavioral neuroscience. The present study aimed to assess the applicability of a measure of need for cognitive closure, the "Need for Closure Scale-Short Form" (NFC-SF), for Turkish coll...

ARTICLE HISTORY Received 12 December 2016 Revised 16 February 2017 Accepted 16 February 2017 ABSTRACT Post-mitotic midbody remnants have recently been added to the list of structures degraded via LC3associated phagocytosis (LAP). LAP involves proteins of the autophagy pathway to degrade phagosomal contents, mingling 2 pathways that were thought to be distinct. To better characterize how similar...

Antisocial behavior is strongly associated with academic failure in adolescence. There is a solid body of evidence that points to parenting style as one of its main predictors. The objective of this work is to elaborate a reduced, valid, and reliable version of the questionnaire by Oliva et al. (2007) to evaluate the dimensions of parenting style and to analyze its psychometric properties in a ...

The internal validity of an observational study is enhanced by only comparing sets of treated and control subjects which have sufficient overlap in their covariate distributions. Methods have been developed for defining the study population using propensity scores to ensure sufficient overlap. However, a study population defined by propensity scores is difficult for other investigators to under...

BACKGROUND The new socio-ecological model of disability directs attention to the importance of the environment in understanding individual functioning and promotes the provision of support from an early age. Following on from that thinking, the SIS-C (Supports Intensity Scale for Children) has been developed as an innovative assessment tool focused on designing individualized support plans. The...

Pediatric and adolescent gynecology (PAG) is a subspecialty that involves the diagnosis and treatment of symptoms and diseases of genitalia and breasts of female children and adolescents and which is mainly performed by gynecologists and pediatricians. Specific knowledge of the agedependent maturation process is therefore most important in order to distinguish between normal and pathologic crit...

This study sought to develop and test a measure of social presence. Based on review of current definitions and measures, a synthesis of the theoretical construct that meets the criteria and dimensions [1] is proposed for a broad successful measure of social presence. An experiment was conducted to test the internal consistency and criterion validity of the measures as determined by theory, spec...

BACKGROUND Clinical signs are a core outcome domain for atopic dermatitis (AD) trials. The current lack of standardization of outcome measures in AD trials hampers evidence-based communication. OBJECTIVE We sought to provide evidence-based recommendations for the measurement of clinical signs in AD trials and to inform the Harmonising Outcome Measures for Atopic Dermatitis Initiative. METHO...

from internal validity. The point estimates for school enrollment and work-in-home are attenuated relative to experiment 1. Descriptive statistics suggests that the sample in experiment 2 is better-off than that of experiment 1, given higher rates of electricity use, asset ownership, and other income proxies. This plausibly explains the attenuated effects, since the literature on conditional ca...

The Paternal Adjustment and Paternal Attitudes Questionnaire (PAPA) was designed to assess paternal adjustment and paternal attitudes during the transition to parenthood. This study aimed to examine the psychometric characteristics of the Portuguese versions of the PAPA-Antenatal (PAPA-AN) and -Postnatal (PAPA-PN) versions. A nonclinical sample of 128 fathers was recruited in the obstetrics out...