INTRODUCTION Investigation into the psychological effects of violence toward health care workers and its associated trauma is increasing. The Impact of Event Scale (IES) provides a measure of current, subjective, emotional distress symptomatic of a specific traumatic event. However, its validity among paramedics is largely unknown. PROBLEM The purpose of this study was to investigate the psyc...

drought monitoring, which is a crucial component of drought management, aims to provide information that enables and supports people and organizations to take actions to reduce potential drought-related impact and damage. we usually tend to focus on drought when it is occurring and to react when crises strike. however, recent experiences and developments on drought knowledge are encouraging soc...

Destinations with marine protected areas due to their resources can offer visitors experiential fishing tourism. The tourist carry out the activity community and experience its culture in this activity. present study’s objectives are (1) establish which preference dimensions for tourism, (2) determine influence interest book an tour, (3) identify dimension influences importance of visit. resear...

Threshold functions for sinusoidal depth corrugations typically reach their minimum (highest sensitivity) at spatial frequencies of 0.2-0.4 cycles/degree (cpd), with lower thresholds for horizontal than vertical corrugations at low spatial frequencies. To elucidate spatial frequency and orientation tuning of stereoscopic mechanisms, we measured the disparity sensitivity functions, and used fact...

OBJECTIVE To identify and evaluate latent variables (variables that are not directly observed) for adopting and using nuclear technologies in diagnosis and treatment of chronic diseases. The measurement and management of these latent factors are important for healthcare due to complexities of the sector. METHODS An exploratory factor analysis study was conducted among 52 physicians practicing...

BACKGROUND Metabolic syndrome and its risk factors are predictors of cardiovascular events. Metabolic syndrome is also directly associated with echocardiographic phenotypes. METHODS The current study is the first to investigate the factors associated with both metabolic syndrome risk factors and echocardiographic phenotypes and assess their heritability. Multivariate factor analysis was perfo...

BACKGROUND The Shoulder Pain and Disability Index (SPADI) is a self-report measure developed to evaluate patients with shoulder pathology. While some validation has been conducted, broader analyses are indicated. This study determined aspects of cross-sectional and longitudinal validity of the SPADI. METHODS Community volunteers (n = 129) who self-identified as having shoulder pain were enrol...

This research aims to evaluate the National Public Procurement System (NPPS) as a strategic instrument of public management, in Portugal. The creation NPPS, 2007, followed European Union model for procurement, based on criteria economy, efficiency, and effectiveness that leads greater transparency accountability reflects value. experiment analysis which are weakest strongest dimensions NPPS wha...

In this study, the application of factor analytic (FA) rotation methods in the context of neuroimaging data analysis was explored. Three FA algorithms (ProMax, QuartiMax, and VariMax) were employed to carry out blind source separation in a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) experiment that involved a basic audiovisual stimulus paradigm. The outcomes were compared with those from three...

Background: To date, no instrument in Portugal has evaluated the attitudes of population about advance care directives. This paper describes development and testing General Public's Attitudes Toward Advance Care Directives (GPATACD) Scale.Design Methods: Methodological study. The was based on a literature review, updated 2018. Face content validity were verified by an expert panel piloted among...