OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to examine repeated measures of fine motor function in relation to self-assessed motor conditions in Parkinson's disease (PD). METHODS One-hundred PD patients, 65 with advanced PD and 35 patients with different disease stages have utilized a test battery in a telemedicine setting. On each test occasion, they initially self-assessed their motor condition...

One important goal of education is to develop students' self-esteem which, in turn, hinges on their self-concept in the academic, physical, and social domains. Prior studies have shown that physical self-concept accounts for most of the variation in self-esteem, with academic and social self-concepts playing a much lesser role. As pressure toward perfection seems to be increasing in education, ...

“IS IT TOO MUCH TO HOPE that a system of education may some day be devised, which shall give results, in terms of human development, commensurate with the time, money, energy and devotion expended? In such a system of education it may be that mescaline or some other chemical substance may play a part by making it possible for young people to “taste and see” what they have learned about at secon...

Despite their central role in the electoral process, constituency agents have been largely overlooked by political scientists and this article seeks to rectify the omission. It sketches the origins and development of the role of agent from the late nineteenth century and suggests that a serious re-think of the role took place in the 1990s. Survey-based evidence about the social characteristics ...

A novel synthetic approach to functionalized indolo[2,3-a]quinolizidines is developed via an N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-catalyzed annulation of cyclic β-enamino esters with enals . This methodology offers a pathway for quick and efficient construction of an indolo[2,3-a]quinolizidine skeleton which is a core structure of many natural products with diverse bioactivities.

result of multicenter study showing efficacy of sildenafil in men with MS. [16] Palmer J, Kaplan W, Firlit C. Erectile dysfunction in spina bifida is treatable. Lancet 1999;354:125-6. Small group of men with spina bifida successfully treated with sildenafil.References continued ►

CORRIGENDUM Remineralization Strategies in Oral Hygiene: A Position Paper of Italian Society of Oral Hygiene Sciences Consuelo Sanavia , Marco Tatullo, Jessica Bassignani, Silvia Cotellessa, Giulia Fantozzi, Giovanna Acito, Alessia Iommiello, Lorella Chiavistelli, Silvia Sabatini and Gianna Maria Nardi Italian Society of Oral Hygiene Sciences-S.I.S.I.O. working group, Pisa, Italy 2 Calabrodenta...

background: to study the influence values of self-management program intervention on efficacy of emotion regulation for patients suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd). methods: eighty-six diagnosed chronic copd patients in stable phase in linzi district people's hospital, zibo shandong province, pr china from june 2014 to june 2015 were selected in succession. they were di...