BACKGROUND The dorsal aspect of the hallux is often cited as the anatomic location of choice for vibration testing in the feet of diabetic patients. To validate this preference, vibration tests were performed and compared at the hallux and 5th metatarsal head in diabetic patients with established neuropathy. METHODS Twenty-eight neuropathic, diabetic patients and 17 non-neuropathic, non-diabe...

The development of a counter-insurgency doctrine is an evolutionary process: no two insurgencies are the same. However, certain fundamental principals remain consistent and these can be applied to meet the required circumstances. The creation of an overarching plan encompassing a combination of military, political and social actions under the strong control of a single authority is central. The...

We read, with very much interest, the publication by AKKERMANS et al. [1] in the European Respiratory Journal. In this study they reanalysed data from the first Lung Health Study by forming four groups, based on the forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1)/forced vital capacity (FVC) ,0.70 or ,5th percentile, according to the LMS (lambda, mu, sigma) approach. However, we do have some remarks conc...

This study aimed to develop a 12-item version of the Erikson Psychosocial Stage Inventory (the 5th stage) (EPSI (5th)) and examine its reliability and validity. University students (N = 545) participated in this study. Confirmatory factor analyses revealed that a two-factor model provided a better fit than alternative one-factor models. An analysis of Cronbach's α coefficients and the test-rete...

Krx-20, a zinc finger protein, plays an essential role in hindbrain segmentation of vertebrates. Zebrafish gene frb35 encodes a novel zinc finger protein that shares a high homology with Krx-20. The expression domains of frb35 overlap those of krx-20. The expression of frb35 first occurs in the 3rd rhombomere primordium at the onset of segmentation, which is soon followed by expression in the 5...

Recovery from the transient pulmonary reaction which accompanies the nasal instillation of variola virus in mice was followed by a measurable protection against the homologous virus and also against vaccinia. Variola virus which regularly survived in the lung of normally susceptible mice through the 5th day was noticeably reduced in titer on the 3rd day in the lung of recovered animals, and usu...

The article, “Constructing receiver operating characteristics (ROCs) with experimental animals: Cautionary Notes” offered by Wixted and Squire (2008, this issue) attempts to dismiss our observation of linear ROC functions in rats performing recognition tasks in two recent reports (Fortin et al. 2004; Sauvage et al. 2008). The motive for their effort is that the model of recognition memory they ...