BACKGROUND Available definition criteria for metabolic syndrome (MS) have similarities and inconsistencies. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of MS in a group of Cameroonians with type 2 diabetes, according to the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and the National Cholesterol Education Programme Adult Treatment Panel III (NCEP-ATP III) criteria, and to assess the conco...

We begin with a number of basic facts about creativity and a brief history of the idea. These provide criteria that any definition of the term should meet and help guide us to a new definition of creativity. This definition is independent of cultural appropriateness or the perceived value of creative objects, ideas which have encumbered previous investigations. We briefly defend our definition ...

Key-words Disease name Definition Diagnostic criteria Clinical description Complications Associated diseases Differential diagnostic Etiology Epidemiology Treatment Unresolved questions References

Background/Aims Truelove and Witts criteria have been used to define acute severe colitis since the 1950s. However, hemoglobin (an additional criterion of the definition) levels in the general population in developing countries are lower than in the population of developed countries. We aimed to determine the relevance of Truelove and Witts criteria in the Indian population. Methods Consecuti...

An unsuccessful search continues for a definition of learning disabilities. The effort is within a unidimensional framework without recognition of the lack of unidimensional characteristics in children. No other definition of any handicapping condition meets the rigid criteria that seems to permeate the illusory search. As with all other handicapping conditions, the working definition varies wi...

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), also known as Stein-Leventhal syndrome, had first been described in 1935 as amenorrhea associated with bilateral polycystic ovaries (PCO). Since that moment, its definition has been changed several times. In 1990, according to the National Institutes of Health criteria, PCOS was diagnosed when both ovulatory dysfunction and clinical hyperandrogen-ism and/or hyp...

The childhood condition of visual difficulties caused by brain damage, commonly termed cortical or cerebral visual impairment (CVI), is well established but has no internationally accepted definition. Clarification of its core features is required to advance research and clinical practice. This systematic review aimed to identify the definitions of childhood CVI in the original scientific liter...

Key-words Disease name Definition/Diagnosis criteria Differential diagnosis Pathophysiology Clinical description Paraclinic testing and diagnosis Frequency Treatment Reference

Following Parreau’s work in 1951-52, we give a unified definition of parabolic Riemann surfaces, with or without boundary. A surface is parabolic under the unified definition implies that it is either relative parabolic or parabolic under the classical definitions. Then we study the conformal structures of noncompact, proper, branched minimal surfaces in R and prove several criteria of such sur...