The purpose of the present study was to report on the psychometric properties of a revised version of a brief inventory designed to screen and assess personality disorders. The short form of the Coolidge Axis II Inventory (SCATI) is a 70-item, self-report, form of the 250-item Coolidge Axis II Inventory (CATI). On a community sample of 588 adults (range=16-88 years), the median internal scale r...

PURPOSE To compare the 1-year results of total versus partial epithelium removal in corneal cross-linking in the treatment of progressive keratoconus. METHODS This retrospective study compared the results of total (the total group) versus partial (the partial group) approaches of epithelium removal in corneal cross-linking. Eighty eyes of 65 patients (40 eyes in each group) were enrolled. The...

Background: Health interview surveys are important data sources for empirical research in public health. However, the diversity of methods applied, such as in the mode of data collection, make it difficult to compare results across surveys, time, or countries. The aim of this study was to explore whether the prevalence rates of health-related indicators amongst adults differ when self-administe...

We analyzed Lynx rufus fecal parasites from California and Colorado, hypothesizing that bobcats shed zoonotic parasites around human landscapes. Giardia duodenalis, Cryptosporidium, Ancylostoma, Uncinaria, and Toxocara cati were shed. Toxoplasma gondii serology demonstrated exposure. Giardia and Cryptosporidium shedding increased near large human populations. Genotyped Giardia may indicate indi...

In this note we report on a new kind of algebraic Ric-cati equation which we encountered when studying an H 1 type problem of disturbance attenuation for stochastic linear systems. The same equation occurs in the analysis of stability radii of linear systems with both deterministic and stochastic uncertainties. The associated linear matrix inequality is also considered.

BACKGROUND Previous studies have shown that survey methodology can greatly influence prevalence estimates for alcohol and illicit drug use. The aim of this article is to assess the effect of data collection modes on alcohol misuse and drug use reports by comparing national estimates from computer-assisted telephone interviews (CATI) and audio-computer-assisted self interviews (A-CASI). METHOD...

The specialist tingid, Carvalhotingis visenda, is a biological control agent for cat's claw creeper, Macfadyena unguis-cati (Bignoniaceae). Cat's claw creeper is an invasive liana with a wide climatic tolerance, and for biological control to be effective the tingid must survive and develop over a range of temperatures. We evaluated the effect of constant temperatures (0-45 degrees C) on the sur...