Developing a Conceptually Equivalent Type 2 Diabetes Risk Score for Indian Gujaratis in the UK

Developing a Conceptually Equivalent Type 2 Diabetes Risk Score for Indian Gujaratis in the UK

Aims. To apply and assess the suitability of a model consisting of commonly used cross-cultural translation methods to achieve a conceptually equivalent Gujarati language version of the Leicester self-assessment type 2 diabetes risk score. Methods. Implementation of the model involved multiple stages, including pretesting of the translated risk score by conducting semistructured interviews with...

Indian Diabetes Risk Score helps to distinguish type 2 from non-type 2 diabetes mellitus (GDRC-3).

AIM The aim of this study was to investigate whether the Indian Diabetes Risk Score (IDRS) could assist in classifying type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and non-T2DM among patients attending clinics in India. METHODS Patient records from 2006 through 2009 were taken from the clinical database of a tertiary care diabetes hospital in Chennai, Southern India. A total of 8747 patients with diabetes...

Osteoporosis: a cardiovascular risk factor equivalent to type 2 diabetes

Simple risk score to detect rural Asian Indian (Bangladeshi) adults at high risk for type 2 diabetes

AIMS/INTRODUCTION To develop and evaluate a simple, non-invasive, diabetes risk score for detecting individuals at high risk for type 2 diabetes in rural Bangladesh. MATERIALS AND METHODS Data from 2,293 randomly selected individuals aged ≥20 years from a cross-sectional study in a rural community of Bangladesh (2009 Chandra Rural Study) was used for model development. The validity of the mod...

developing a pattern based on speech acts and language functions for developing materials for the course “ the study of islamic texts translation”

هدف پژوهش حاضر ارائه ی الگویی بر اساس کنش گفتار و کارکرد زبان برای تدوین مطالب درس "بررسی آثار ترجمه شده ی اسلامی" می باشد. در الگوی جدید، جهت تدوین مطالب بهتر و جذاب تر، بر خلاف کتاب-های موجود، از مدل های سطوح گفتارِ آستین (1962)، گروه بندی عملکردهای گفتارِ سرل (1976) و کارکرد زبانیِ هالیدی (1978) بهره جسته شده است. برای این منظور، 57 آیه ی شریفه، به صورت تصادفی از بخش-های مختلف قرآن انتخاب گردید...