ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE An ethnopharmacological survey indicated that the leaves of Byrsonima intermedia A. Juss. (Malpighiaceae), a medicinal species commonly found in the Brazilian Cerrado, can be used against gastroduodenal disorders, such as gastric ulcers and diarrhea. AIM OF THE STUDY The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of a methanolic extract of Byrsonima int...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the impact of initial "sitting-unsupported" Berg Balance Scale (SUB), the specific trunk control parameter, on patients' functional outcome, Korean version of Modified Barthel Index (K-MBI) at 6 months. METHODS The charts of 30 patients retrospectively reviewed reviewed. The initial Korean version of Berg Balance Scale (K-BBS) including SUB along with patients' Korean ve...

BACKGROUND Statistical methods for inferring the true magnitude of an effect from a sample should have acceptable error rates when the true effect is trivial (type I rates) or substantial (type II rates). OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to quantify the error rates, rates of decisive (publishable) outcomes and publication bias of five inferential methods commonly used in sports medic...

The logic MBI is a substructural modal logic of locations, resources, and processes that is closely related to both the bunched logic BI and Hennessy-Milner logic. MBI stands in a (slightly weak) Hennessy-Milner correspondence with the synchronous process calculus of located resources, LSCRP. Starting from motivations in large-scale systems modelling, I will introduce MBI and LSCRP, and explain...

The endotoxin from gram-negative bacteria consists of a molecule lipopolysaccharide (LPS) which can be shed by bacteria during antimicrobial therapy. A resulting syndrome, endotoxic shock, is a leading cause of death in the developed world. Thus, there is great interest in the development of antimicrobial agents which can reverse rather than promote sepsis, especially given the recent disappoin...

The purpose of this study was to validate Japanese research version of Maslach Burnout Inventory-General Survey (MBI-GS), a newly developed measure intended for persons of every occupation. The Japanese MBI-GS was administered to a sample of hospital workers. Exploratory factor analysis found three factors, as in original MBI-GS. Confirmatory factor analysis largely supported MBI-GS structure o...

We have read with utmost interest the preliminary report by Yamamoto et al. of breast cancer screening by fluorine18 fluorodeoxyglucose (F-FDG) positron emission mammography (PEM) [1]. However, despite its many reported advantages, we have some concerns about its actual superiority in the diagnosis of tumours in the dense breast tissue. At present, there also reports on the application of anoth...

OBJECTIVE To determine the sensitivity of molecular breast imaging (MBI) to detect small cancers of the breast. PATIENTS AND METHODS A cadmium-zinc-telluride gamma camera with a field of view of 20 x 20 cm was used. The detector elements were 2.5 x 2.5 mm. The gamma camera was mounted on a modified mammographic gantry. Between November 2001 and March 2004, we performed MBI on patients who wer...

OBJECTIVES To determine the influence of motivation on performance in a divided attention test of patients after mild traumatic brain injury (MBI). METHODS Comparison of the performance of 12 patients with MBI with 10 patients with severe brain injury (SBI) and 11 healthy controls in a computer supported divided attention task before (T1) and after (T2) verbal motivation. RESULTS At T1, the...