The elderly population in the United States is increasing exponentially in tandem with risk for frailty. Frailty is described by a clinically significant state where a patient is at risk for developing complications requiring increased assistance in daily activities. Frailty syndrome studied in geriatric patients is responsible for an increased risk for falls, and increased mortality. In effort...

Evaluating the fit of a structural equation model via bootstrap requires a transformation of the data so that the null hypothesis holds exactly in the sample. For complete data, such a transformation was proposed by Beran and Srivastava (1985) for general covariance structure models and applied to structural equation modeling by Bollen and Stine (1992) . An extension of this transformation to m...

Skin type classification is important because it provides guidance for professionals and consumers to recommend select the most appropriate cosmetic products skin care protocols also in clinical research. Several methods have been proposed classifying typologies such as non-invasive bioengineering tools (examples: Corneometer® Sebumeter®), visual tactile (subjective that evaluate appearance, te...

We describe the new species Norops triumphalis sp. nov. from Darién, Panama. Norops triumphalis differs from all congeners by having a combination of (1) smooth, bulging, subimbricate ventral scales; (2) a short tail, ratio tail length/SVL 1.54; (3) short hind legs, longest toe of adpressed hind leg reaching to ear opening, ratio shank length/SVL 0.24; (4) a lichenous body pattern; and (5) a ve...

Despite growing recognition of male-on-male rape and its related myths, research in this area has been held back by the lack a reliable comprehensive measure or scale. The present work utilises large diverse participant sample over two studies (Study 1 N = 510, Study 2 527) to validate new Male Rape Myth Acceptance Scale (MRMAS), measuring myths falling under six principle themes: masculinity, ...

Department of Chemistry, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08855, USA Many systems in nature cannot equilibrate with the environment giving rise to novel and surprising behaviour including memory, aging and nonlinear-dynamics. Glasses[1-11], interfaces[12] and fractures are some examples[13]. Unlike their equilibrated counterparts, the dynamics of out-of-equilibrium systems is generall...

PURPOSE To develop a reliable and valid instrument to measure older adults' expectations regarding aging. DESIGN AND METHODS Using focus groups, cognitive interviews, and multitrait scaling analysis, we developed a 38-item survey to measure expectations regarding aging (ERA-38). The survey consisted of 10 scales, each representing a domain of expectations. We mailed the survey to 588 English-...