OBJECTIVES Patient compliance influences results of treatment of mental disorders. The study compares four measures of treatment adherence. METHODS 103 subjects were examined in the early remission from an acute psychotic (schizophrenic or schizoaffective) crisis. Compared was patient's compliance assessed by two simple scales: 5-point POP (patient's self-rating) and 7-point POK (clinician's ...

A probability sampling method called SALT (Selection At List 'Time) has been developed for collecting and summarizing data on delivery of suspended sediment in rivers. It is based on sampling and estimating yield using a suspended-sediment rating curve for high discharges and simple random sampling for low flows. The method gives unbiased estimates of total yield and variance. The technique has...

Visual grading of the reproduction of important anatomical structures is often used to determine clinical image quality in radiography. However, many visual grading methods incorrectly use statistical methods that require data belonging to an interval scale. The rating data from the observers in a visual grading study with multiple ratings is ordinal, meaning that non-parametric rank-invariant ...

PURPOSE We previously described a new procedure specific module (Tube 3) to allow the practice of vesicourethral anastomosis after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy. Herein, we report a predetermined proficiency level of Tube 3 and preliminary validation to explore whether this new module can lead to performance improvement in the da Vinci system. MATERIALS AND METHODS Eight urology reside...

The objective of this study is to evaluate discriminative validity of the Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS) and Children's Depression Rating Scale-Revised (CDRS-R) in a clinical sample of children when administered in an unfiltered manner (i.e., regardless of whether symptoms occur in a mood episode). The Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia is the gold standard for assessing...

OBJECTIVE The diagnosis of mitochondrial disorders (MDs) is occasionally difficult because patients often present with solitary, or a combination of, symptoms caused by each organ insufficiency, which may be the result of respiratory chain enzyme deficiency. Growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF-15) has been reported to be elevated in serum of patients with MDs. In this study, we investigated w...

Isolated power systems meet the electricity demand by generating power close to its point of utilisation. It is viewed as an option to electrify communities located in remote areas where extending the grid could be uneconomic. The principal design objective for such systems is the estimation of the ratings of the generators and the storage capacity requirements for meeting specified reliability...

Although satellite radar altimetry was developed and optimized for open oceans, it has been used to monitor variations in the level of inland water-bodies such as lakes and rivers. Here, for the first time, we have further used the altimetry-derived variation of water level for estimating the fluctuation of water storage as an addition to the present in situ water storage estimation systems to ...