1 Biology Department, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, Rua DomManoel de Medeiros, Recife, PE, Brazil 2 Laboratory of Comparative Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurobiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA 3 Campus Cuité, Centro de Educação e Saúde (CES), Unidade de Educação (UAE), Curso de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Campina Grande (UFCG), ...

Cat eye syndrome (CES) is a rare malformation syndrome with a variable pattern of congenital anomalies. The characteristic features of CES include ocular coloboma, preauricular pits or tags, anal anomalies, and congenital heart and renal malformations. Furthermore, CES may be associated with other craniofacial malformations, skeletal anomalies, and, in some cases, with mental retardation. 2 In ...

BACKGROUND Antenatal depression is not uncommon and is associated with a greater risk of negative pregnancy outcomes. AIM Exploring the effect of exercise in preventing and treating antenatal depression. METHODS This was a prospective interventional controlled study carried out in 100 pregnant women treated at the Ain-Shams Family Medicine Center and Maadi Outpatient Clinic, Cairo, Egypt. T...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to test the internal validity of the total Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression (CES-D) scale using Rasch analysis in a rheumatoid arthritis (RA) population. METHODS CES-D was administered to 157 patients with RA over three time points within a 12 month period. Rasch analysis was applied using RUMM2020 software to assess the overall fit of the model...

Raymond Riezman Department of Economics, University of Iowa Center for Economic Studies Institute for Economic Research (CES-ifo, Munich) John Whalley Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. (NBER, Cambridge) Center for Economic Studies Institute for Economic Research (CES-ifo, Munich) The Centre for International Governance Innovation (...

C iência & Súde C otiva, 13(Su:569-577, 2008 Barreiro EJ. Desenvolvimento de novos fármacos. Palestra apresentada na mesa-redonda: Ética no desenvolvimento de fármacos. XIV Congresso Paulista de Farmacêuticos, São Paulo, 2005. [acessado 2007 Dez 05]. Disponível em: http://www.farmacia. ufrj.br/lassbio/download/XIV_congPaulista.pdf Waxman HA. The lessons of Vioxx. Drug safety and sales. N Engl J...

OBJECTIVES Psychometric evaluation of reliability and usefulness of the Polish version of the CESD-R - a revised version of the CES-D - screening test for depression. METHODS In an online survey the CESD-R and the Beck Depression Inventory were applied to 260 participants (men and women). Reliability was assessed with Cronbach's method and split-half (odd-even) method. Same as in the original...

This study compared the effects of a carbohydrate-electrolyte-protein solution (CEPS, 2% protein plus 4% carbohydrate), carbohydrate-electrolyte solution (CES, 6% carbohydrate), and noncaloric sweetened placebo (PLA) on both 21-km running performance and cognitive function. Eleven female recreational endurance runners performed a 21-km time-trial running on three occasions, separated by at leas...

This study examined the factor structure, reliability, and validity of the German translation of the Childhood Anxiety Sensitivity Index (CASI). A total of 1292 adolescents participated in the study. Analyses using the Schmid-Leiman solution showed the CASI to have one higher order factor and three orthogonal lower order factors. CASI scores correlated significantly with anxiety symptoms and wi...

PURPOSE The prevalence of depressive symptoms in elderly adults is high, yet the criteria to identify clinically significant depression may leave many elders undiagnosed and untreated. We explored the demographic and risk factor profiles of two groups, one with more severe depression and one with less severe depression. DESIGN AND METHODS The data come from the Duke University Established Pop...