Species abundance distributions (SADs) are increasingly used to investigate how species community structure changes in response environmental variations. SAD models depict the relative of recorded a and express fundamental aspects structure, namely patterns commonness rarity. However, influence differences conditions on characteristics is still poorly understood. In this study we carabid beetle...

BACKGROUND There is growing evidence that it is important to have well-standardized procedures for identifying the mental health needs of youths in welfare and juvenile justice institutions. One of the most widely used tools for mental health screening in the juvenile justice system is the Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument-second version (MAYSI-2). To contribute to the body of research e...

objectives: tourette syndrome is a disease with vocal and motor tics. this disorder is co-morbid with many psychiatric disorders, among which obsessive-compulsive disorder is the most common. methods: during a one-year period, 30 patients with tourette disorder were studied at an adolescent psychiatry referral clinic. it was an analytical-descriptive study. subjects were selected by convenience...

conclusions the results of the study show no significant association between norepinephrine transporter polymorphism scl6a2 and adhd. results the percentages of adhd subtypes for combined, inattentive, and hyperactive/impulsive were 72.2%, 17.2%, and 11.9%, respectively. there was no significant association between norepinephrine transporter polymorphism and adhd (p = 0.81). moreover, no signif...

To the Editor, We read with interest and some concern the recent correspondence by Takenaka and Aoyama regarding the optimizing endotracheal tube (ETT) size and length for tracheal intubation through single-use supraglottic airway devices (SADs). We believe the recommendations in this letter to the editor should be interpreted cautiously for the following reasons. First, in Table 1, the authors...

We investigate the motion of a test particle in a d-dimensional, spherically symmetric and static space-time supported by a mass M plus a Λ-term. The motion is strongly dependent on the sign of Λ. In Schwarzschild-de Sitter (SdS) space-time (Λ > 0), besides the physical singularity at r = 0 there are cases with two horizons and two turning points, one horizon and one turning point and the compl...

The aim of the work was to describe clinical manifestation and severity cognitive impair- ment its predictors in adolescents with depression. Forty depression forty healthy controls were recruited conduct study. All screened using Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders Schizophrenia (Current Lifetime) (K-SADS-PL), Traumatic Events Checklist (TESI-C), a battery neu- rocognitive tests assess fun...