BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Assessment of the nutrition care process (NCP) knowledge, attitudes, practices, and perceived barriers (KAPB) of dietetics practitioners is imperative before NCP is implemented completely in dietetics practice. No questionnaire assessing NCP KAPB has been developed and validated. Hence, we developed an NCP KAPB questionnaire called the KAPB-NCP and established its cont...

Aescin, the major active principle from Aesculus hippocastanum (Hippocastanaceae) the horse chestnut tree, has shown satisfactory evidence for a clinically significant activity in chronic venous insufficiency (CVI), haemorrhoids and post-operative oedema. In one controlled trial aescin was shown to be as effective as compression therapy as an alternative to medical treatment for CVI. The therap...

An alternative fabrication technique is proposed for ceramic matrix / ceramic fibre composites involving filling a fibre fabric preform with a SiSi N slurry and subsequently reaction bonding. For the first processing step in this process, chemical vapour infiltration (CVI) was evaluated as a means of both binding together and protecting the fibres. Sic (Nicalon) fibre p re fom consisting of thr...

Analyzing violent events in the amorous trajectory of young people mobilizes researchers worldwide. The scope of this study is to perform the cross-cultural adaptation and content validation of the Canadian Parcours Amoureux des Jeunes (PAJ) inventory in the Brazilian context. It is a methodological study with the following steps: (a) translation and back-translation; (b) committee of experts (...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to investigate videodensitometric parameters of the myocardium, in dialysis patients, who represent a complex pathophysiological model of pressure volume overload, and in essential hypertensive patients with the same level of left ventricular mass. METHODS We compared a group of male dialysis patients (D) with two groups: hypertensive patients (H) with com...

Gene expression differences between individuals within a species can be largely explained by differences in genetic background. The effect of genetic variants (alleles) of genes on expression can be studied in a multifactorial way by the application of genetical genomics or expression quantitative trait locus mapping. In this paper, we present a strategy to construct regulatory networks by the ...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of varicose veins and chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) in the general population. DESIGN Cross sectional survey. SETTING City of Edinburgh. PARTICIPANTS Men and women aged 18-64 years selected randomly from age-sex registers of 12 general practices. MAIN RESULTS In 1566 subjects examined, the age adjusted prevalence of trunk varices was 40% ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Differential considerations for pineal region CSF collections include both true cysts and normal cystlike anatomic variations. Our purpose was to determine the sonographic characteristics of pineal region fluid spaces that reflect the presence of a normal persistent cavum velum interpositum (CVI). METHODS Eighteen neonates and infants who had sonographic findings of "cy...

Objective To validate a questionnaire for measuring factors influencing organ donation and transplant. Methods The constructed questionnaire was based on the theory of planned behavior by Ajzen Icek and had 45 questions including general inquiry and demographic information. Four experts on the topic, Arabic culture, and the Arabic and English languages established content validity through rev...

[Purpose] This study was aimed to analyse the effects of short-term use of compression stockings (CS) on symptoms and QoL in patients with Chronic Venous Insufficiency (CVI). [Subjects and Methods] Based on the CEAP classification C2 and C3, 117 patients with CVI were enrolled in this study. The participants were divided into two groups. The control group refused to use CS, however, was advised...