OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to determine demographic, clinical, articular and laboratory variables predicting etanercept response in JIA. METHODS A total of 863 patients registered in the BIKER registry were included. Predictors of response for ACR paediatric criteria (PedACR) 30, 70 and 90 were analysed by bivariate analysis and logistic regression. RESULTS After 6 months, 81.9% of...

in this paper, we formalize the menger probabilistic normed space as a category in which its objects are the menger probabilistic normed spaces and its morphisms are fuzzy continuous operators. then, we show that the category of probabilistic normed spaces is isomorphicly a subcategory of the category of topological vector spaces. so, we can easily apply the results of topological vector spaces...

purpose: the purpose of this study is to model cryptosporidiosis in laboratory animals. the parasites were inoculated into animalsand thenmultiplied. the process of proliferation was compared to controlcryptosporidiosis in humans. materials and methods: twenty-five laboratory mice (4-7 days of age) and twenty-five laboratory rats (5 days of age) were assigned to the category i while the categor...

Despite the fundamental role of category learning in cognition, few studies have examined how this ability differs between younger and older adults. The present experiment examined possible age differences in category learning strategies and their effects on learning. Participants were trained on a category determined by a disjunctive rule applied to relational features. The utilization of rule...

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES Although globally the numbers of children diagnosed with failure to thrive (FTT) have decreased, FTT is still a serious pediatric problem. We aimed to investigate the effects of zinc supplementation for 6 months on growth parameters of infants and children with FTT. SUBJECTS/METHODS In this retrospective study, of the 114 participants aged between 4 months and 6 years, 8...

Although adults' ability to recognize materials from complex natural images has been well characterized, we still know very little about the development of material perception. When do children exhibit adult-like abilities to categorize materials? What visual features do they use to do so as a function of age and material category? In the present study, we attempted to address both of these iss...

SUBJECTS On the basis of changes seen in the chest x ray films 95 male anthracosilicotic patients were recruited with the study. They included 24 suspected cases, 25 cases in category 1, 24 in category 2, and 22 in category 3. In addition, the study included 20 cases of anthracosilicotuberculosis. The ages of the subjects ranged from 32 to 73 (mean 48-7 +±9.1) with a working life from six to 34...