The functional method is a new test theory using a new scoring method that assumes complexity in test structure, and thus takes into account every correlation between factors and items. The main specificity of the functional method is to model test scores by multiple regression instead of estimating them by using simplistic sums of points. In order to proceed, the functional method requires the...

Large-scale two-hybrid screens have generated a wealth of information describing potential protein--protein interactions. When compiled with data from systematic localizations of proteins, mutant screens and other functional tests, a network of interactions among proteins and between proteins and other components of eukaryotic cells can be deduced. These networks can be viewed as maps of the ce...

OBJECTIVE This study aims to present normative data for Fuld Object Memory Evaluation test stratified by sex, gender, age, and education for the Brazilian elderly population. METHOD We evaluated 2.132 healthy elderly both genders, with a mean age of 70.30 years (± 7.28) from two community-based samples in Brazil drawn from different economic areas who were screened with cognitive and function...

[Purpose] To examine the intrasession and intersession reliability and the absolute reliability of three functional dynamic tests-forward-lunge, step-up-over and sit-to-stand tests-using computerized dynamic posturography. [Subjects and Methods] An intra-test and test-retest, repeated measure study was designed. Forty-five healthy subjects twice carried out the forward-lunge test, step-up-over ...

[Purpose] To assess the effect of 12-weeks Nordic walking training on gait parameters and some elements of postural control. [Subjects and Methods] Sixty-seven women aged 65 to 74 years were enrolled in this study. The subjects were divided into a Nordic Walking group (12 weeks of Nordic walking training, 3 times a week for 75 minutes) and a control group. In both study groups, a set of functio...

This paper describes an experimental study to understand issues and requirements for structural-based testing using low cost testers, compared to functional-based testing using expensive testers. Several studies have been directed at the effectiveness of various test methods, but none explicitly addressed issues involved in attempting to replace functional vectors with scan vectors and none car...

We have previously demonstrated (20) that a novel cell type can be identified in the glass-adherent cell populat ion of mouse peripheral lymphoid organs. I t s most abundan t source is spleen, where it comprises about 1% of the total nucleated cells. The distinctiveness of the dendritic cell was established by morphological criteria. On the basis of phase and electron microscopy, cytochemistry,...