BACKGROUND Anorexia nervosa and eating disorder not otherwise specified* (not fulfilling Anorexia Nervosa DSM IV criteria) are increasing in Singapore. Patients with eating disorders may also present with other psychiatric disorders such as depression and anxiety. The paper aims to investigate the association of co-morbid psychiatric disorders with the improvement of body mass index (BMI) in th...

Amaç: Obez bireylerin, obez olmayan bireylere göre daha fazla postural instabilite ve düşme riskinde artış gösterdiği bilinmektedir. Morbid preoperatif bariatrik hastalarda stabiliteyi, riskini stabiliteye katkıda bulunan faktörleri değerlendirmeyi amaçladık.
 Gereç Yöntemler: Çalışmamıza cerrahi öncesi değerlendirilen morbid 38 hasta (vücut kitle indeksi (VKI)≥40) 52 (BMI

Background: Since studies have demonstrated that morbid obesity can exponentially impair quality of life, the measurement of quality of life is paramount to monitoring the effects of treatment and influences the development of clinical pathways, service provision, healthcare expenditures, and public health policy. Accordingly, clinicians, researchers, and policy makers must rely on valid instru...

BACKGROUND Obesity, particularly morbid obesity, has various physical and mental complications. Excessive daytime somnolence (EDS) is a sleep disorder that reduces individuals' performance capability and the accuracy of their short-term memory and causes learning problems. This retrospective study aimed to document the presence of EDS in a sample of obese patients in comparison to patients with...

Pre-morbid schizoid and schizotypal traits and social adjustment were assessed blind to diagnosis by interviewing the mothers of 73 consecutively admitted patients with DSM-III schizophrenia or affective psychosis. Analysis of factors associated with pre-morbid deficits showed a highly significant interaction of diagnosis with sex, such that schizophrenic men showed much greater pre-morbid impa...

Background: Various studies have shown the effects of morbid obesity on adverse consequences various surgeries, especially postoperative infections. However, some that complications spinal surgery in obese and non-obese patients are not significantly different. Objectives: This study investigated compared duration surgery, length hospital stay, after common surgeries by orthopedic spine fellows...

This paper introduces the concept of a dynamic key infrastructure for Grid. It utilises the properties of Identity-based Cryptography (IBC) to simplify key management techniques used in current Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) settings for Grid. This approach can offer greater simplicity, flexibility, and enhanced computation trade-offs.

OBJECTIVES To examine whether patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with co-morbid cardiovascular disease (CVD) have different psychological morbidity (and psychosocial risk factors for it) compared with RA patients without co-morbid CVD. METHODS Patients with RA and co-morbid CVD (n = 44; hypertension alone for n = 27) were compared with RA patients without CVD (n = 110). Differences in ps...