This paper describes a meta-analysis of 31 studies that examined the efficacy of problem solving therapy (PST). The meta-analysis, encompassing 2895 participants, showed that PST is significantly more effective than no treatment (d=1.37), treatment as usual (d=0.54), and attention placebo (d=0.54), but not significantly more effective than other bona fide treatments offered as part of a study (...

OBJECTIVE Develop and test the acceptability and feasibility of Problem-Solving Therapy for Suicide Prevention (PST-SP), a group intervention aimed at improving problem solving and preventing suicide, among Veterans with hopelessness and moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). RESEARCH METHOD Following treatment development, 16 U.S. Veterans with moderate-to-severe TBI and a Beck Hop...

BACKGROUND Cervical cancer is one of the most common causes of cancer mortality among women worldwide, but actually is largely preventable. The practice of Pap smear testing (PST) needs to be expanded in order to diagnose cervical cancer at an early stage and thus reduce the burden this women's health problem brings to the society. Effective public education is therefore crucial. Determining th...

The high affinity phosphate transport system (pst) is crucial for phosphate uptake in oligotrophic environments. Cuatro Cienegas Basin (CCB) has extremely low P levels and its endemic Bacillus are closely related to oligotrophic marine Firmicutes. Thus, we expected the pst operon of CCB to share the same evolutionary history and protein similarity to marine Firmicutes. Orthologs of the pst oper...

H-NOM T-GEN son-ACC kidnap-PST ‘Hanako kidnapped Taro’s son.’ (active) b. Taroo-no musuko-ga Hanako-ni saraw-are-ta T-GEN son-NOM H-DAT kidnap-PASS-PST ‘Taroo’s son was kidnapped by Hanako.’ (DIRECT PASSIVE) c. Taroo-no musuko-ga Hanako-niyotte saraw-are-ta T-GEN son-NOM H-DAT kidnap-PASS-PST ‘Taroo’s son was kidnapped by Hanako.’ (NIYOTTE PASSIVE) d. Taroo-ga Hanako-ni musuko-o saraw-are-ta T-...

This paper investigates the steady hydromagnetic three-dimensional boundary layer flow of Maxwell fluid over a bidirectional stretching surface. Both cases of prescribed surface temperature (PST) and prescribed surface heat flux (PHF) are considered. Computations are made for the velocities and temperatures. Results are plotted and analyzed for PST and PHF cases. Convergence analysis is present...

Chronic supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) causes left ventricular (LV) dilatation and dysfunction. Termination of SVT appears to reduce LV size and improve function. However, changes in myocyte structure and morphology that accompany the development and regression of SVT-induced cardiomyopathy have not been studied. Accordingly, we measured LV function using echocardiography and catheterizatio...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Pseudomeningocele is a well-known MR imaging finding in Erb palsy. Our aim was to evaluate the prevalence and imaging features of PST, a lesser known but, in our experience, more common finding in Erb palsy. MATERIALS AND METHODS This retrospective study consisted of 37 subjects with Erb palsy from birth trauma. MR imaging examinations of the brachial plexus were evalua...

To examine the effects of exogenous porcine (p) ST on measures of stress and immune function in weaned pigs with or without transport, pigs (20 +/- 1 d of age) received daily injections of pST (0.5 mg/kg; n = 16) or saline (n = 16) for 5 d. On d 5, a blood sample was collected immediately before injection. At 4 h postinjection, pigs were weighed, sampled for blood, injected with di-nitrophenyl-...