introduction: international study on asthma was conducted to study the prevalence of asthma symptoms among 13-14 year old children using written and video questionnaires during the early 90's. the aim of the present study (isaac) was to evaluate the agreement between the two questionnaires which were self-completed by the children. methods: this study, which was a part of the third phase o...

Authors and addresses: 5 Isaac Kurtzer, J. Andrew Pruszynski, and Stephen H. Scott 6 Centre for Neuroscience Studies, Department of Anatomy & 7 Cell Biology, and Department of Medicine 8 Queen's University, Kingston, ON Canada K7L 3N6 9 10 Corresponding author: 11 Isaac Kurtzer, Ph.D. 12 Centre for Neuroscience Studies, Botterell Hall Rm 232 13 Queen's University, Kingston, ON Canada K7L 3N6 14...

A study was done about non-participation during Phase III of the International Study of Asthma and Allergy in Childhood (ISAAC III) in Valencia to determine whether the non-response rate significantly affected the results obtained in Valencia. Of the schools selected to participate in ISAAC III, 13.3% denied not to, the main reason being they were already participated in a similar study. The IS...

It is remarkable that the founders of African nations lamented the destruction of African civilisations by slavery and colonisations and yearned for the rebirth of Africa. From the outset these African leaders though subscribing to foreign ideologies and religions recognised and acknowledged the distinctive features of the African personality and world-view and aspired to build a new Africa bas...

ion Techniques for Configuration Systems Rainer Weigel and Boi Faltings DRAFT Laboratoire d’Intelligence Artificielle Ecole Polytechnique F~d~rale de Lausanne (EPFL)