OBJECTIVE Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMs) is a chronic widespread pain condition that can negatively impact on all aspects of patient's life. The purpose of this study was: first, to evaluate illness perception (IP), quality of life (QoL) and affective-emotive variables (EAV) of patients with FM; and second, to compare these variables to different pain conditions. METHODS Consecutive 34 women (me...

AIMS To evaluate the impact of second harmonic (SH) compared to fundamental mode (FM) imaging on the echocardiographic determination of ejection fraction (EF) and wall motion score index (WMSI), using MIBI gated SPECT as an independent reference. METHODS Sixty-two consecutive patients underwent an echocardiography study and a MIBI gated SPECT over 24 hours. EF was estimated visually (estimate...

BACKGROUND Fragrance mix II (FM II) is a relatively new screening marker for fragrance contact allergy. It was introduced in the patch test baseline series in Denmark in 2005 and contains six different fragrance chemicals commonly present in cosmetic products and which are known allergens. AIM To investigate the diagnostic contribution of including FM II in the baseline series by comparing it...

The aim of this study was to compare the effects of combined (CT; strength plus aerobic) and functional training (FT) on the body composition and metabolic profile with a similar training load in postmenopausal women. The participants were divided into three groups: CT (n=20), FT (n=17), and control group (CG, n=15). The trunk FM, fat mass (FM), percentage of FM (FM%), and fat-free mass were es...

Aim: To examine the degree to which air displacement plethysmography (ADP) can track body composition changes in response to weight loss in obese Japanese men. Method: Fifty men, aged 30–65 yr, with a mean body mass index of 30 kg/m, received a 3-month weight-loss program. Percentage of fat mass (%FM) was determined by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and ADP at baseline and month 3. Resu...

INTRODUCTION The aim of this prospective clinical study was to evaluate the skeletal, dentoalveolar, and soft-tissue effects of maxillary protraction with miniplates compared with conventional facemask therapy and an untreated Class III control group. METHODS Forty-five subjects who were in prepubertal or pubertal skeletal growth periods were included in the study and divided into 3 groups of...

This volume includes papers originally discussed at the symposium, “A Changing Cuba in a Changing World” (The Graduate Center, City University of New York, March, 2008). The conference featured a wide range of scholars and panelists working on contemporary Cuba (Appendix). The essays in this collection explore various aspects of change in today’s Cuba, including politics and economics, history,...

Lawrence Der, Ph.D. Silicon Laboratories Inc. Introduction Edwin H. Armstrong, known as one of the founding fathers of radio technology, invented the superheterodyne radio receiver in 1918 and frequency modulation (FM) in 1933 [1]. These two concepts, along with his regenerative circuit technique developed in 1912, formed the basis of radio frequency electronics as we know it today. In the Unit...

DNA marker technologies have revolutionized the way aquaculture genetics research is being conducted (Liu and Cordes 2004). Early on, most applications of molecular genetics in aquaculture relied on the estimation of demographic parameters of diversity and differentiation that were derived from averaging the genetic composition over populations or stocks. It has been recognized for nearly 25 ye...