OBJECTIVES We examined the association between diet quality and estimated diet costs. METHODS Freely chosen diets of 837 French adults were assessed by a dietary history method. Mean national food prices for 57 foods were used to estimate diet costs. RESULTS Diets high in fat, sugar, and grains were associated with lower diet costs after adjustment for energy intakes, gender, and age. For m...

Learning disabilities, including reading disabilities, are commonly diagnosed in children. Their etiologies are multifactorial, reflecting genetic influences and dysfunction of brain systems. Learning disabilities are complex problems that require complex solutions. Early recognition and referral to qualified educational professionals for evidencebased evaluations and treatments seem necessary ...

A survey of a convenience (nonrandom) sample of parents and guardians of children with disabilities was undertaken to document the use of restraints, seclusion, and aversive procedures. A 23-item questionnaire was presented to participants using SurveyMonkey, a Web-based program. Participants were informed of the survey by different advocacy organizations. Within a 2-week period, 1,300 individu...

Learning disabilities, including reading disabilities, are commonly diagnosed in children. Their etiologies are multifactorial, reflecting genetic influences and dysfunction of brain systems. Learning disabilities are complex problems that require complex solutions. Early recognition and referral to qualified educational professionals for evidencebased evaluations and treatments seem necessary ...

OBJECTIVE to assess the information completeness and agreement on infant deaths. METHODS this was an evaluation study with descriptive design using data of the Information System on Live Births (Sinasc) and Mortality Information System (SIM) of residents in Recife-PE, Brazil, in 2010-2012; the deterministic records linkage was used to combine the data on infant deaths and live births. RESUL...

The coalescence of a binary neutron star pair is expected to produce gravitational waves (GW) and electromagnetic radiation, both of which may be detectable with currently available instruments. We describe a search for a predicted r-process optical transient from these mergers, dubbed the “kilonova” (KN), using griz broadband data from the Dark Energy Survey Supernova Program (DES-SN). Some mo...

Methods The classic proteinuria markers protein, albumin, IgG and alpha-1-microglobulin were assessed from urine samples of 58 patients with acutely decompensated heart failure at admission, at day 2, at middle of therapy and at discharge. The serum levels of NT-proBNP, creatinine and cystatin C were acquired in the same way. The development of acute kidney injury (AKI) was analysed. Outcome pa...

Classical swine fever virus (CSFV) E2 glycoprotein contains a discrete epitope (TAVSPTTLR, residues 829-837 of CSFV polyprotein) recognized by monoclonal antibody (mAb) WH303, used to differentiate CSFV from related ruminant pestiviruses, Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus (BVDV) and Border Disease Virus (BDV), that infect swine without causing disease. Progressive mutations were introduced into mAb W...

Improving business processes provides companies with advantages in terms of efficiency and profitability, as well competitiveness against other the market. Companies that integrate enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems into digital platforms also have opportunity to strengthen their weaknesses by recognizing disruptions bottlenecks inefficient thanks this transformation. Descriptive biblio...