The nonlinear dynamics of magnetic helicity HM, which is responsible for large-scale magnetic structure formation in electrically conducting turbulent media, is investigated in forced and decaying three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic turbulence. This is done with the help of high-resolution direct numerical simulations and statistical closure theory. The numerically observed spectral scaling o...

The purpose of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons Standardized Shoulder Assessment Form (ASES), patient self-report section. Patients with shoulder dysfunction (n = 63) completed the ASES, The University of Pennsylvania Shoulder Score, and the Short Form-36 during the initial evaluation, 24 to 72 hours after the initial visit, and a...

This article describes the development and field test of an instrument, the Views on Science and Education Questionnaire, designed to measure participants’ concepts of the nature of science (NOS) and relevant teaching attitudes. The questionnaire includes 15 questions, each followed by several items representing different philosophical positions. Participants rank each item on a five-point scal...

Objective: The objective of this study was to test the reliability and validity of the Turkish version of the Fibromyalgia Participation Questionnaire (FPQ). Material and Methods: One hundred and eighty-four female patients with fibromyalgia syndrome were included in the study. All patients filled out the Turkish FPQ (FPQ-T) questionnaire, which was obtained by translation from German according...

The notes below will serve as the basis for the module lectures to be given on the topics of Jordan form, nonnegative matrices, and Markov chains. As you'll see, most of the proofs have been omitted in the notes. The intention is to sketch the proofs during the lectures, but also to have the students work through some of the details (using references such as those listed at the end of this docu...

John Locke was born in 1632 and died in 1704, and devoted his working life to a remarkably wide range of interests, quite apart from the philosophical studies for which he is generally remembered. They included such topics as education, the national coinage, colonial administration and, not least, the life-long study of medicine. Indeed, Locke's interest in medicine was so strong that it was no...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate 3 pilot chlamydia retesting programmes in South West England which were initiated prior to the release of new National Chlamydia Screening Programme (NCSP) guidelines recommending retesting in 2014. METHODS Individuals testing positive between August 2012 and July 2013 in Bristol (n=346), Cornwall (n=252) and Dorset (n=180) programmes were eligible for inclusion in the ...

A Swedish Hearing In Noise Test (HINT), consisting of everyday sentences to be used in an adaptive procedure to estimate the speech recognition thresholds in noise and quiet, has been developed. The material consists of 250 sentences, with a length of five to nine syllables, normalized for naturalness, difficulty and reliability. The sentences were recorded with a female speaker. From the sente...

To use the VES-13 a tool for identifying vulnerable older people cultural adaptation was performed, a process that seeks the equivalence between the original instrument and its version in another culture. The evaluation of semantic, idiomatic, cultural and conceptual equivalence obtained a general average agreement of 78%, 78%, 97.0% and 94.0% respectively. Kappa coefficient was used to verify ...

The aim of this study was to compare the long-term consequences of refractory epileptic seizures for intellectual functioning in pediatric and adult patients, taking the severity of the epilepsy into consideration. Thirty-four patients, 17 children (mean age 10.2 years) and 17 adults (mean age 24.4 years) were tested twice with the age-appropriate version of Wechsler's Intelligence Scales. The ...