OBJECTIVE To obtain detailed information about the degree of surgical trainee supervision and delegation of procedures in a subspecialised department. DESIGN Operative procedures and their logical components were recorded in a database constructed in Microsoft Access. Information about operating surgeon and assistants and their grade was registered prospectively over 12 months. SUBJECTS AND...

Observing another person performing a complex action accelerates the observer's acquisition of the same action and limits the time-consuming process of learning by trial and error. Observational learning makes an interesting and potentially important topic in the developmental domain, especially when disorders are considered. The implications of studies aimed at clarifying whether and how this ...

Patients with HIV not only have to deal with the challenges of living with an incurable disease but also with the dilemma of whether or not to disclose their status to their partners, families and friends. This study explores the extent to which sub-Saharan African (SSA) migrant women in Belgium disclose their HIV positive status, reasons for disclosure/non-disclosure and how they deal with HIV...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the difference of range of motion (ROM) of ankle according to pushing force, gender and knee position. METHODS One hundred and twenty-eight healthy adults (55 men, 73 women) between the ages of 20 and 51, were included in the study. One examiner measured the passive range of motion (PROM) of ankle by Dualer IQ Inclinometers and Commander Muscle Testing. ROM of ankle d...

Background. The specificity of acupuncture points (acupoints) is one of the key concepts in traditional acupuncture theory, but the question of whether there is adequate scientific evidence to prove or disprove specificity has been vigorously debated in recent years. Acupoint laterality is an important aspect of acupoint specificity. Data is particularly scarce regarding the laterality of the s...

Turkey is one of the most important genetic resources of the date plum, Diospyros lotus, especially in the northeastern part of the country. Authenticating the identity of germplasm resources of D. lotus would be of great value for breeding. We examined the genetic variability of 11 D. lotus genotypes sampled from Coruh Valley in Turkey. One hundred and twenty-eight DNA markers were generated b...

BACKGROUND The aim of this research was to investigate the process of familial relationship change for adolescents with anorexia nervosa and their parents, who participated in Family-Based Treatment (FBT). METHOD A Constructionist grounded theory design was employed with purposive sampling. Sixteen young people between 12 and 18 years with a good outcome in FBT and twenty-eight of their paren...

The problems of heredity are intimately related to the two critical stages in the life cycle of the higher organisms, the reduction divisions of sporogenesis in plants and of gametogenesis in animals, and the cytological processes of fertilization. The first of these has received much attention and is generally considered to be closely correlated with the segregation of the factors which determ...