Seats have been newly developed with an anti-vibration suspension system for agricultural machinery. These seats were examined in a series of laboratory tests to determine their static and dynamic physical characteristics. These seats are specifically designed for the Japanese physique. An artificial track was constructed to simulate a farm field based on BSI (British Standard) and to examine v...

PURPOSE The Tailored Activity Program (TAP) is a home-based occupational therapy intervention shown to reduce behavioral symptoms and caregiver burden in a randomized trial. This article describes TAP, its assessments, acceptability, and replication potential. DESIGN AND METHODS TAP involves 8 sessions for a period of 4 months. Interventionists identify preserved capabilities, previous roles,...

Vocally disruptive behaviors are not uncommon in the elderly, especially in dementia and institutionalization context. Although they do not constitute the most frequent of the behavioral symptoms of dementia, they are one of the most disturbing and therefore a challenge for nursing home staff. They can result in serious consequences for the patient itself as well as for caregivers, nursing staf...

We report the quantitative measurement of aptamer-protein interactions using backscattering interferometry (BSI) and show that BSI can determine when distinct binding regions are accessed. As a model system, we utilized two DNA aptamers (Tasset and Bock) that bind to distinct sites of a target protein (human α-thrombin). This is the first time BSI has been used to study a multivalent system in ...

The length of Spielberger's State Anxiety Inventory (SAI) makes its use difficult for critically ill populations. To shorten it, exploratory factor analysis was used with data from 530 acute myocardial infarction patients. The resulting 6-item shortened version demonstrated good internal reliability consistency with a Cronbach's alpha of .84. Construct validity of the shortened version was supp...

This study aimed at developing an Urdu version of the Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation (BSI) for use with Pakistani adolescents and young adults. For this purpose, the English BSI was translated into Urdu and tested for psychometric properties. The analyses were carried out with data from a sample of 904 adolescents and young adults from eight major cities of Pakistan. The Cronbach's alpha of .7...

The clinical course of bronchiectasis is unpredictable, posing a challenge both in clinical practice and in research. Two mortality prediction scores, the bronchiectasis severity index (BSI) and FACED scores, have recently been developed. The aim of this study was to assess the ability of these scores to predict long-term mortality and to compare the two scores.The study was a single-centre ret...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to identify factors that contribute to the development of burnout among physiotherapists with different length of service in physiotherapy. MATERIAL AND METHODS The following research tools were used to study burnout: the Life Satisfaction Questionnaire (LSQ), based on FLZ (Fragebogen zur Lebenszufriedenheit) by Frahrenberg, Myrtek, Schumacher, and Brähler...

Bornhop et al. (1) had shown that interactions between protein molecules in solution can be detected bymeasuring the solution refractive index shifts using a technique referred to as backscattering interferometry (BSI). The origin of the BSI signal was unclear. In a recent article in PNAS, Bornhop et al. (2) claim to provide an explanation of its origin. Based on a large body of published liter...

Flare-up of allergic rhinitis has been implicated in worsening neuropsychiatric symptoms such as hyperactivity and anxiety in the general population, mostly supported by epidemiological data. However, it is unknown how such respiratory allergy symptoms affect behavioral symptoms in patients with intellectual disability and limited expressive language. These patients may express more severe beha...