There is controversy regarding the clinical utility ofclassifying foods according to their glycemic responses by using the glycemic index (GI). Part ofthe controversy is due to methodologic variables that can markedly affect the interpretation ofglycemic responses and the GI values obtained. Recent studies support the clinical utility of the GI. Within limits determined by the expected GI diffe...

The assessment of parenting has been problematic due to theoretical disagreement, concerns over generalisability, and problems with the psychometric properties of current parenting measures. The aim of this study was to develop a comprehensive, psychometrically sound self-report parenting measure for use with parents of preadolescent children, and to use this empirical scale development process...

In a cross-sectional study in Qazvin, Islamic Republic of Iran, 846 residents (425 men and 421 women) aged > or = 25 years were assessed for coronary heart disease and its associated risk factors comparing ischaemic and non-ischaemic groups. The age-adjusted prevalence of possible myocardial infarction, ischaemic ECG changes and angina pectoris were 4.2%, 36.8% and 2.2% respectively. There was ...

To evaluate in an interventional trial on knee osteoarthritis (OA) the level and change of two serum biomarkers and their correlation with imaging parameters. The previously reported interventional OA study (ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT00536302) identified a positive effect of collagen hydrolysate (CH) on cartilage morphology in patients with knee OA using delayed gadolinium enhanced magnetic resona...

It is very common in regression analysis to encounter incompletely observed covariate information. A recent approach to analyse such data is weighted estimating equations (Robins, J. M., Rotnitzky, A. and Zhao, L. P. (1994), JASA, 89, 846-866, and Zhao, L. P., Lipsitz, S. R. and Lew, D. (1996), Biometrics, 52, 1165-1182). With weighted estimating equations, the contribution to the estimating eq...

In this paper I introduce a new algorithm called ps13 that reliably computes the correct pitch names (e.g., C 4, B 5 etc.) of the notes in a passage of tonal music, when given only the onset-time and MIDI note number of each note in the passage. ps13 correctly predicts the pitch names of 99.81% of the notes in a test corpus containing 41544 notes and consisting of all the pieces in the first bo...

In this study we examined the factor structure of the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) filled out by group care workers. Group care workers' judgements were collected on 846 children and adolescents treated in various residential settings in The Netherlands. Using confirmatory factor analysis, we were able to show that the original CBCL factor model based on parental judgments of child behavior ...

In this paper we presents results of the spectral study of plasmas-laser of dental amalgam by technique Laser-induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS). Plasmas were generated focusing the beam of a Nd: YAG laser on the matrix of the mixture Ag-Sn-Cu and on amalgams with different proportions of mercury (3:2, 5:2, 6:2). Based on the spectral results and reported atomic parameters, became estimation...

Studies of associated cancer in patients with mycosis fungoides (MF) have focused primarily on secondary cancers in North American and European populations. This study investigated the association between MF and malignancies, anxiety and depression in the Israeli population. Data on Israeli patients with MF and age- and gender-matched controls were collected from a database of population- based...

OBJECTIVE Antimicrobials are used interchangeably in medical practice, contributing to the emergence of resistant microbial strains. METHODS This study describes the antimicrobial audit performed by forecasting analysis of medical records of 846 patients at the Hospital Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz do Sul - Rio Grande do Sul - Brazil. RESULTS Of the patients studied, 134 (15.8%) received antimicr...