OBJECTIVE To determine whether participants with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) differ from cognitively normal (NC) older adults on traditional and novel informant-based measures of activities of daily living (ADL) and to identify cognitive correlates of ADLs among participants with MCI. DESIGN Cross-sectional. SETTING University medical setting. PARTICIPANTS Seventy-seven participants (...

The excitation-contraction-relaxation cycle of skeletal muscle fibres depends on the finely tuned interplay between the voltage-sensing dihydropyridine receptor, the junctional ryanodine receptor Ca2+-release channel and the sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase. Inherited diseases of excitation-contraction coupling and muscle relaxation such as malignant hyperthermia, central core disease, hypoka...

Background; The performance of the HSE units has various dimensions Leading to different performances. Thus, any industry should be capable of evaluating these systems. The aim of this study was to design a standard questionnaire in the field of performance evaluation of HSE management system employing Balanced Score Card model. Methods; In this study we, first determined the criteria to be ev...

Background: Several scoring systems are available to evaluate the cardiac surgery risk. Frailty increases the risk of adverse outcomes after surgery. The Frailty evaluation system is a relatively new method, and in this study, we compared the frailty scoring method with the conventional Euroscore method. Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed on 88 elderly patients (over 65 years of...

The aim of this study is to model the growth samples four varieties (White, Black, Partridge, Franciscan) Spanish Utrerana hen breed, which endangered, by using Brody, Von Bertalanffy, Verhulst, Logistic and Gompertz models. For purpose, a total 16,235 weight data observations from 2004 animals reared in free range system were collected. was best suited for predicting biological curve White var...

Cohen and Hoberman (1983) designed the Interpersonal Support Evaluation List (ISEL) to measure the perceived availability of four relatively independent social support resources and thus to provide tests of stress-buffering hypotheses. The utility of the ISEL for such tests requires evidence that it actually measures distinct functional support dimensions. A confirmatory factor analysis of the ...

Abstract Convection affect primary crystalline structure, particularly, the dendrite crystal velocity and tip radius. The present work aims on influence of convective flow spacing between neighbouring crystals within ensemble. Solidification a binary alloy is considered model stagnant boundary layer, under imposed thermal gradient which microstructure chemical microsegregation. Chemical composi...

background in supporting a therapeutic approach and medication therapy management, pharmacy information system acts as one of the central pillars of information system. this ensures that medication therapy is being supported and evaluated with an optimal level of safety and quality similar to other treatments and services. objectives this research aims to evaluate the performance of pharmacy in...