Some preliminary results about the verification and validation of SCIAMACHY’s Absorbing Aerosol Index (AAI) are presented. The operational AAI level 2 product of SCIAMACHY is compared to our own AAI algorithm, developed at KNMI. The operational product shows general agreement with the KNMI algorithm but both suffer from large errors in reflectancees, resulting in a large off-set. Also, the negl...

Atlanto-axial instability (AAI) is a developmental anomaly often occurring in persons with Down's syndrome (DS). According to various reports, AAI affects from 6.8 to 27% of the population with DS. The aim of this review was to illustrate the issue of AAI with regard to the progressively changing state of scientific knowledge. The extended distance between the rear surface of the frontal arcus ...

OBJECTIVES The Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) has been the gold standard of attachment assessment, but requires special training. The Relationship Scales Questionnaire (RSQ) is a widely used self-report measure. We investigate how each correlates with brain activity during appraisal of subjects' mothers. METHODS Twenty-eight women were scored on the AAI, RSQ, and mood measures. During funct...

INTRODUCTION The association between age at injury (AAI) and long-term cognitive outcome of traumatic brain injuries (TBI) is debatable. METHODS Eligible participants with a history of TBI from Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative were divided into a childhood TBI (cTBI) group (the AAI ≤ 21 years old) and an adult TBI (aTBI) group (the AAI > 21 years old). RESULTS The cTBI group has ...

Animals have a long history of inclusion in psychiatric treatment. There has been a recent growth in the empirical study of this practice, known as Animal-Assisted Intervention (AAI). We conducted a systematic review of the empirical literature on AAI for trauma, including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Ten studies qualified for inclusion, including six peer-reviewed journal articles and...

Recent studies conclude that the ankle/arm blood pressure index (AAI) is a useful clinical tool for refining cardiovascular risk classification in the elderly. A reduction in the AAI to 0.9 or less is associated with increased risk for both coronary heart disease and total cardiovascular disease morbidity and mortality, as well as all-cause mortality. This relationship persists after adjusting ...

This meta-analysis on 33 studies, including more than 2,000 Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) classifications, presents distributions of AAI classifications in samples of nonclinical fathers and mothers, in adolescents, in samples from different cultures, and in clinical groups. Fathers, adolescents, and participants from different countries show about the same distribution of AAI classification...

The inclusion of animals in therapeutic activities, known as animal-assisted intervention (AAI), has been suggested as a treatment practice for autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This paper presents a systematic review of the empirical research on AAI for ASD. Fourteen studies published in peer-reviewed journals qualified for inclusion. The presentation of AAI was highly variable across the studie...

Authentication and Authorisation Infrastructures (AAIs) support service providers on the Internet in outsourcing security services. AAIs influence and change the process of e-commerce transactions on multiple points. Changes influence users, service providers, and provider federations likewise. This work analyses the alterations implied by an AAI, comparing various AAI paradigms and traditional...

I read the article by Dr. Molina et al. on alopecia areata incognita (AAI) with great interest. As the author of the original 1987 article in which the existence of AAI was hypothesized, I feel entitled to present my dissenting opinion with respect to some of statements made by Dr. Molina et al. The case Dr. Molina et al. described and successfully cured is not a case of AAI but rather of diffu...