PURPOSE To develop a reliable and valid quality of life questionnaire for Indian patients with diabetes. METHODS A draft of 75 questions was prepared on the basis of expert opinion, focus group discussions, review of existing literature and detailed semi-structured interviews of patients with diabetes with the intention of including all aspects of diabetes-specific and quality of life conside...

Medium-sized double magic metal clusters, Al@Ag(54) (-) and Al@Cu(54) (-), are predicted based on unbiased global search and density functional calculation. Both bimetallic core-shell clusters have icosahedral symmetry, and they are much lower in energies than all other low-lying isomers. In contrast, the icosahedral cluster Al@Au(54) (-) is a high-energy isomer. Both Al@Ag(54) (-) and Al@Cu(54...

METHODS: Ten patients with a mean age of 60.3 ± 4.8 years (54 – 68) who had undergone RP at least two years previously were submitted to penile reinnervation. Four patients had undergone radiotherapy following RP. All patients reported satisfactory sexual activity prior to RP. The surgery involved bridging of the femoral nerve to the dorsal nerve of the penis and the inner part of the corpus ca...

Community reintegration of ex-prisoners is an important issue in efforts to reduce recidivism. The present study examined the multiple, complex, and dynamic nature of variables influencing successful reintegration by assessing the type and degree of change in reintegration variables over time. Participants were 79 adult prisoners (54 male, 25 female) who completed a prerelease questionnaire 1 m...