An attempt was made to convert 24 patients on corticosteroid treatment from a daily to an alternate daily regimen. Ten patients were successfully converted, 11 failed to convert, and 3 had to be withdrawn for irrelevant reasons. A simple tetracosactrin stimulation test gave some indication of which patients were more likely to convert successfully. Success was not influenced by severity or dura...

This study dealt with estimating AADT which serves the important basic data in transportation sector. AADT estimation is fundamental to the analysis of transportation data sets and the management of transportation systems. AADT is estimated using short-term traffic counts at most sites because permanent traffic counts is installed at limited sites. To estimate AADT, an adjustment factor applica...

AIM The Redesigning Daily Occupations programme (ReDO) is a Swedish work rehabilitation programme for women on sick leave due to stress-related disorders. The aim of the study was to investigate the participants' perceptions of taking part in the work rehabilitation programme. METHODS Seven of the 38 women who completed ReDO were interviewed during and after the programme. The interviews were...

An Advanced Distributed Learning environment needs to extend beyond technical drivers to pedagogical and organizational dimensions that focus on the interaction between the learner and the learning environment. In fact, effective e-learning resources can not only be used to compliment faceto-face education or replace the classroom for distance education, but can facilitate the integration of st...

AIMS The aim was to (i) assess the outcomes of the 16-week Redesigning Daily Occupations (ReDO) programme for women on sick leave due to stress-related disorders, in terms of occupational value, satisfaction with everyday occupations, and participation level; (ii) investigate the relationships between those outcomes and return-to-work rate. METHODS A total of 42 women receiving ReDO and 42 re...

Objective measurement of daily steps was used to assess whether children (n = 2,076) in Years 1, 5 and 10 who reported walking to or from school were more active and more likely to reach recommended step targets than those who were driven or took public transport to school. Walking to school was associated with higher school-day steps in older children (16,238 vs 15,275 for Year 5 male p < .05,...