BACKGROUND Pneumatic tube systems (PTSs) for the transport of blood samples are regaining popularity in medical centers after earlier reports that their use could introduce preanalytical distortions such as hemolysis and changes in blood gases. METHODS We drew duplicate blood samples from 30 volunteers. One sample was hand transported, and the other sample was transported through a PTS togeth...

The current study sought to investigate measurement discrepancies in self-report assessment of experiential avoidance (EA). Recent research indicates that EA may be more appropriately conceptualized as a multidimensional construct, operationally defined in terms of specific avoidance strategies. To test this notion, EA was measured using two self-report assessment instruments, the Acceptance an...

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic as a stressor can harm the community's mental health. Iran is one of first countries to be severely affected by since February 2020. Objectives: This study aimed assess rates COVID-19-related Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms (PTSS) and general health burden among Iranian population during explore potential influencing factors. Methods: Through web-based cross-sect...

OBJECTIVES The general aim was to assess dietary exposure to selected persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and metals among Eskimo (Inuit) and Chukchi of the Chukotka Peninsula of the Russian Arctic, and to establish recommendations for exposure risk reduction. STUDY DESIGN A cross-sectional evaluation of nutritional patterns of coastal and inland indigenous peoples of the Chukotka Autonomous...

Schools have become a common incident site for targeted mass violence, including mass shootings. Although exposure to mass violence can result in significant distress, most individuals are able to fully recover over time, while a minority develop more pervasive pathology, such as PTSD. The present study investigated how several pre- and posttrauma factors predict posttraumatic stress symptoms (...

In this paper we study the addition of parameters to typed -calculus with definitions. We show that the resulting systems have nice properties and illustrate that parameters allow for a better fine-tuning of the strength of type systems as well as staying closer to type systems used in practice in theorem provers and programming languages. 1 What are parameters? Parameters occur when functions ...

Physical injury and illness are common potentially traumatic events during childhood adolescence. Many children experience psychosocial difficulties after medical events. The sample consisted of 399 aged 4 to 15 who had been hospitalized for physical or injury. Elevated psychological symptomatology (PTSS, depression, anxiety) was more frequent multiple (type II) compared single I) events, but o...

Background: Posttraumatic growth (PTG) has been reported after various types of potentially traumatic events, as a part of the personal recovery process among survivors. Even negative changes in survivors' life view, known as posttraumatic depreciation (PTD), have been identified as an additional aspect in the personal recovery processes. Objective: To examine how the type of exposure experienc...

The primary objective of this pilot study was to develop and implement a telephone intervention for veterans with diabetes and posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS). Additional objectives were to evaluate study feasibility and to conduct exploratory analyses of the influence of the intervention on diabetic self-care, quality of life, treatment adherence, and mental health functioning. Twenty-thr...

The adoption of everyday decisions in public affairs, fashion, movie-going, and consumer behavior is now thoroughly believed to migrate in a population through an influential network. The same diffusion process when being imitated by intention is called viral marketing. This process can be modeled by a (directed) graph G = (V,E) with a threshold t(v) for every vertex v ∈ V , where v becomes act...