BACKGROUND The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) is a tool to measure the risk for mental disorders in children. The aim of this study is to describe the diagnostic efficiency and internal structure of the SDQ in the sample of children studied in the Spanish National Health Survey 2006. METHODS A representative sample of 6,773 children aged 4 to 15 years was studied. The data wer...

Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play a significant role in the national economies of EU member states. This economic activity has an inevitable environmental impact; however, performance indicators are mostly measured at larger companies. Since ecological footprint (EF) is suitable measure unsustainability, this paper considers it as impact SMEs. An EF calculator for SMEs was develop...

introduction: hospital information system (his) plays an important role in enhancing the quality of remedy in hospitals. his is considered as an information system that may have great influence on the effectiveness and efficiency of hospital management. evaluation system is one of the most important issues that is greatly emphasized in the management system. this paper evaluate his based on ahi...

BACKGROUND Electrochemical methods, as one of the advanced oxidation processes (AOPs), have recently been applied to remove different contaminants from water and wastewater. This study compares the performance of anodic oxidation (AO) and electro-Fenton (EF) methods on waste sludge treatment. METHODS This experimental study was performed on real sludge and the effect of operating parameters s...

Abstract Background Echocardiography (echo) remains the most widely used imaging modality for assessment, monitoring, and prognostication of heart. Despite its prevalence, standardisation efforts echo chamber quantification are ongoing, with challenges owing to subjectivity during acquisition analysis. Furthermore, confidence in derived functional indices is often dependent on quality acquired ...

In this study, decision trees were used to develop a pre-assessment model help ascertain the impact of music education on children with special needs. The focus study was application an educational curriculum for 16 weeks, five sessions 40 min duration per week, using Holistic Music Educational Approach Young Children (HMEAYC). pilot program implemented needs measure its learning effectiveness....

exsheathing fluid (ef) and excretory-secretory products (es) of infective third-stage cultured larvae ofostertagia circumcincta were analysed by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (sdspage). five and seven predominant proteins were found in the ef and es products, respectively. immunoblotting by sheep pre-infection serum did not react with any of the ef and es proteins, b...

A study has been conducted to evaluate the degree of Heavy Metals (HM)contamination on farm soils Wakwa’s, using enrichment factor (EF), geo-accumulation index (Igeo), pollution load (PLI), Ecological risk factors (Eir), indices(PER) and statistical analysis.In currentstudy, composite surface agricultural soil samples were collected in 4 sites analyzed for concentration HMs including As, Ba, Co...