BACKGROUND The Stroke Impact Scale (SIS) is a stroke-specific, quality of life measure recommended for research and clinical practice. Completion rates are suboptimal and could relate to test burden. We derived and validated a short form SIS (SF-SIS). METHODS AND RESULTS We examined data from the Virtual International Stroke Trial Archive, generating derivation and validation populations. We ...

background: sharps injuries (sis) are one of the most serious occupational accidents among nurses due to the possible severe consequences, such as the transmission of infectious diseases and inducing of mental impairment. objective: to discover the prevalence of sis among nurses in a regional hospital in thailand and to identify factors associated with sis. methods: a cross-sectional study was ...

This paper is concerned with screening features in ultrahigh dimensional data analysis, which has become increasingly important in diverse scientific fields. We develop a sure independence screening procedure based on the distance correlation (DC-SIS, for short). The DC-SIS can be implemented as easily as the sure independence screening procedure based on the Pearson correlation (SIS, for short...

In an extensive numerical phenetic survey, a numberof blue, red and gray spored streptomycete strainswere grouped together as Streptomyces cyaneusspecies-group, a taxon which encompasses strainsknown to produce antitumor antibiotics, notably anthracyclines.In the present investigation these and relatedstreptomycetes were the subject of morphological and...

the purpose of this correlational research was to investigate the factors influencing satisfaction whith sprinkler irrigation systems (sis) as perceived by the adopting farmers. the research instrument was a structural questionnaire with close-ended questions, the validity and reliability of which were confirmed. the target population included all the adopting farmers who cultivated and harvest...

The objective of the present in vitro study was to estimate the adhesion strength of nanometer crystalline hydroxyapatite (HA)-small intestine sub-mucosa (SIS) composites on model implant surfaces. Techniques of thermal denaturation (60 degrees C, 20 min) of SIS were used to enhance the adhesion strength of entheses materials to underlying implants. Specifically, results indicated that the adhe...

AIM This study aims to determine the accuracy of saline infusion sonohysterography (SIS) in the diagnosis of intrauterine pathologies in women with recurrent implantation failure (RIF). SETTINGS AND DESIGN This is a prospective cross-over study which was carried out during the period between December 2013 and July 2014. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study involved sixty subfertile women with a ...

      Giardia is a flagellate protozoan with worldwide distribution that causes significant gastrointestinal diseases. The life cycle of the organism alternates between the active, proliferating trophozoite and the dormant cyst. 5-Nitroimida-zoles have been used extensively in the treatment of amoebiasis, giardiasis, and trichomoniasis. We have previously synthesized ...