OBJECTIVE Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) is classified as a disruptive disorder, but shows a wide range of associations with other psychopathology, including internalizing problems. The reasons for these associations are unclear. Here we test the hypothesis that two distinct early temperamental precursors-emotionality and activity-underlie ODD and differentially predict its comorbidities. ...

there is a misconception among our people that opioids may prevent or have ameliorating effects in the occurrence of cardiovascular diseases. in this study we evaluated 556 consecutive male patients hospitalized due to acute myocardial infarction (mi) in city of yazd, from may 2000 to october 2001 and compared the characteristics of opium addicts to non opium users. prevalence of opium addictio...

Background: Pregnancy is one of the most important periods of a woman’s life and is influenced by many different factors. For years, it was assumed that teenage pregnancy can cause poor pregnancy outcome. The purpose of this study was to compare some pregnancy complications between 2 groups of 15 to 19 and 20 to 35 year- old primigravida pregnant women    Methods: This was a c...

We use committee-vote via empirical transfer functions obtained from various regression models of actual physicochemical data for describing possible zone of hazardous precipitation of calcium and phosphate for particular amino acid brand name, i.e., Moripron-F or Aminovenos-N-Paed. The logistic regression with modified Hosmer-Lemeshow method is also presented. We use a slack variable for group...

OBJECTIVE Report the results of hyperglycemia in the patients with acute cerebral infarction. MATERIAL AND METHOD A retrospective review of 231 patients who presented with the syndrome of acute cerebral infarction at Ratchaburi Hospital from January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2004. Patients data, diagnosis, blood glucose, and underlying disease were collected from medical records (n = 231). RE...