BACKGROUND Nerve blockades are used for the treatment of acute migraine episodes in emergency room conditions and beneficial results are obtained from this clinical use. Although this is the case, there are limited numbers of studies investigating the long-term effects of such an approach. PATIENTS AND METHODS In this investigation, we had 26 patients diagnosed as migraine based on the ICHD I...

In this paper we report progress on the use of novel data sets to calibrate and improve car-following models of highway traffic. These models describe vehicles as discrete entities moving in continuous time and space, and use plausible behavioural assumptions to derive systems of differential equations which must be solved for vehicles’ trajectories. To date, there has been little or no systema...

Psychotropic medication use by children in the USA has increased. We used the IMS MIDAS Prescribing Insights to examine prescribing trends in nine countries between the years 2000 and 2002. Trends in seven countries rose significantly from year 2000 to 2002; the UK had the highest increase (68%).

The direct radiative effects of atmospheric aerosols are essential for climate, as well other societal areas, such the energy sector. goal present study is to exploit newly developed ModIs Dust AeroSol (MIDAS) dataset quantifying on downwelling surface solar irradiance (DSSI), induced by total and dust aerosol amounts, under clear-sky conditions associated impacts broader Mediterranean Basin, o...

The aim of this pilot study was to determine health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with history of medication overuse headache (MOH) after detoxification and a headache-specific inpatient rehabilitation program and to receive necessary information for future prospective studies.HRQoL and headache-related disability were cross-sectionally measured by Short Form 36 (SF-36), Hospital ...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of blood-letting with wet cupping therapy (WCT) in migraine treatment and to determine whether there was any difference according to the phase of the moon when the treatment was applied. MATERIAL AND METHODS This self-controlled study was conducted in Karabuk between 2014 and 2016. Patients who were diagnosed with migraine were enrolle...

Germany's economic composition is heterogenous across regions, which makes regional projections based on German gross domestic product (GDP) growth unreliable. In this paper, we develop forecasting models for Baden-Württemberg's growth, a economy that dominated by small- and medium-sized enterprises with strong focus foreign trade. For purpose, evaluate the backcasting nowcasting performance of...

China is currently the country with largest carbon emissions in world, to which, power industry contributes greatest share. To reduce emissions, reliable and timely forecasting measures are important necessary. By using different frequency variables, this study, we used mixed-data sampling (MIDAS) regression model forecast annual of China’s compared a benchmark model. It was found that MIDAS ha...

Introduction/main objectives: The aim of this research is to study the impact macroeconomic variables on Indonesian Islamic stock market’s volatility. Background issues: To predict volatility, daily or high-frequency data has been applied model’s explanatory with same frequency. However, when it comes as volatility drivers, low-frequency, such weekly, monthly, quarterly. current uses a model wh...

We develop a misspecification test for the multiplicative two-component GARCHMIDAS model suggested in Engle et al. (2013). In the GARCH-MIDAS model a short-term unit variance GARCH component fluctuates around a smoothly timevarying long-term component which is driven by the dynamics of a macroeconomic explanatory variable. We suggest a Lagrange Multiplier statistic for testing the null hypothes...