Methods The Baecke questionnaire for the evaluation of habitual physical activity (HPA), assessment of quality of life (WHOQOL-Bref), and the Fatigue Severity Scale were administered to patients with PPS, poliomyelitis sequelae (PS) and to a control group (CG). Participated in the study 116 individuals (PPS=52,PS= 28,CG=36). Results Patients with PPS tended to increase their HPA from 10 to 20...

The mol-ecule of the title compound, C(13)H(21)NO(8), consists of two methyl-enedi-oxy rings and one tetra-hydro-furan ring. In the crystal, inter-molecular O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds link the mol-ecules into helical chains running along the 6(1) screw axis. Weak inter-molecular C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds help to stabilize the crystal packing. Voids of 245 Å(3) per unit cell occur.

OBJECTIVE Advanced paternal age is related to poor sperm quality; however, little is known on its effect on aneuploidy embryo rates and, more importantly, on chromosomal abnormalities like trisomy 21, 18 and 13. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of advanced paternal age on the trisomy rates of the chromosomes 21, 18 or 13 in embryos obtained from donated oocytes. METHODS ...

Let M be a complex matrix of rank one, i.e. M = pq′ where p, q are complex nby-1 matrices and ′ denotes Hermitean conjugation. Let μC(M) and μR(M) denote the structured singular values μ(M,∆) of M defined with ∆ = ∆C and ∆ = ∆R respectively, where ∆C is the cone of all diagonal matrices with complex entries, and ∆R is the cone of all diagonal matrices with real entries. (a) Express μC(M) and μR...

OBJECTIVES To describe the clinical features, antecedents and impact of chronic pain. DESIGN Telephone survey of randomly selected household respondents. SETTING Northern Sydney Health Area, metropolitan Sydney, July to September 1998. PARTICIPANTS 2092 English-speaking residents aged 18 years or over. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Age- and sex-adjusted prevalence of chronic pain (pain experien...