BACKGROUND There is growing body of evidence of an association between cardiovascular risk factors and depressive and anxiety symptoms. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether these associations are similar in ethnic minority groups. METHODS A random urban population sample, aged 18+, stratified by ethnicity (484 native Dutch subjects, 383 Turkish-Dutch subjects, and 316 Moroccan...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to survey refugees and asylum-seekers attending a Refugee Health Service in Melbourne, Australia to estimate the prevalence of psychiatric disorders based on screening measures and with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) specifically highlighted. A secondary aim was to compare the prevalence findings with Australian-born matched comparators from the 2007 ...

Background The World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 (WHODAS 2.0) is a generic measure of functional impairment and disability but to date no studies have reported its applicability in population Syrian refugees. Aims aim this study was explore the psychometric properties factor structure Arabic version WHODAS among refugees Jordanian refugee camp setting. tool used as pa...

Multi-core processors are widely used today. So what is the usual technology in these processors and what is state-of-the-art? This report provides an insight into the development of multi-processors, shown by the following three examples: AMD K10 and Intel Core are examples of end-user hardware and the IBM POWER6 microarchitecture is an example of high-end hardware. In addition, this report gi...