BACKGROUND Primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) is associated with immunological dysfunctions--a well-known risk factor of shingles. This study aimed to examine the incidence and risk of shingles in adults with pSS and pharmacological treatments. METHODS This retrospective population-based cohort study was conducted using National Health Insurance claims data. Using propensity scores, 4,287 pSS a...

Novel power system neural network (ANN) based stabilizers (PSS) are presented. The two ANN-PSS designs are driven by the speed error and its rate of change. Other supplementary Stabilizing signals such as voltage deviation, ezcursion error, and PSS output rate of change are utilized to ensure the best matching between the ANN-PSS design and the optimized conventional analog PSS bench-mark model...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to review articles related to the psychometric properties of the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS). METHODS Systematic literature searches of computerized databases were performed to identify articles on psychometric evaluation of the PSS. RESULTS The search finally identified 19 articles. Internal consistency reliability, factorial validity, and hypothesis ...

The etiology of Posner-Schlossman syndrome (PSS) remains unknown. The association of human leukocyte antigens (HLA) allelic diversity with PSS has been poorly investigated. To evaluate the association of allelic polymorphisms of class I HLA-A, -B and -C and class II HLA-DRB1 and -DQB1 with PSS, 100 unrelated patients with PSS and 128 age- and ethnically matched control subjects were recruited f...

هدف: این تحقیق با هدف ارائه مدلی برای ارتقای صلاحیت‌های حرفه‌ای مشاوران آموزشی در خدمات به دانش‌آموزان مقطع متوسطه اول انجام شد.مواد و روش‌ها: روش پژوهش حاضر، توصیفی از نوع اکتشافی حیث رویکرد، ترکیبی (کیفی-کمی) بود. بدو کار بخش کیفی مبتنی بر اجرای مصاحبه‌های صورت نیمه‌ساختاریافته خبرگان، ابعاد مؤلفه‌ها شناسایی کمی بهره‌گیری پرسشنامه، نسبت جمع‌آوری داده‌ها اقدام شد. مشارکت‌کنندگان 14 خبره حوزه م...

BACKGROUND Seizure is a common complication after stroke (termed "post-stroke seizure," PSS). Although many studies have assessed outcomes and risk factors of PSS, no reliable predictors are currently available to determine PSS recurrence. We compared baseline clinical characteristics and post-stroke treatment regimens between recurrent and non-recurrent PSS patients to identify factors predict...