background : noise pollution is one of the important issues of pollutant in workplaces and is almost one of the harmful agents for workers. at present, instrumental based inspections for determining the index levels of noise in workshops is performed. this method is requiring a time consuming and ex-pensive in large scale inspection for workplaces. classification of workplaces based on noise po...

A screening questionnaire is an important tool for early diagnosis of neurological disorders, and for epidemiological research. This screening instrument must be both feasible and valid. It must be accepted by the community and must be sensitive enough. So, the aim of this study was to prepare different Arabic screening questionnaires for screening different neurological disorders. This study w...

We present an instrument for simultaneously measuring TEER in up to 80 perfused epithelial tubules on OrganoPlate. The sensitivity, speed and ease of use enables screening during formation, drug exposure inflammatory processes.

The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) is a brief instrument developed for the screening of milder forms of cognitive impairment, having surpassed the well-known limitations of the MMSE. The aim of the present study was to validate the MoCA as well as its short version, which was proposed by the NINDS-CSN VCI Harmonization Standards for screening Vascular Dementia (VaD) patients. The results,...

Background: We evaluated a new screening instrument for personality disorders. The Personality Disorder Screening (PDS) is a self-administered screening questionnaire that includes 12 items from the Personality Self Portrait (Oldham & Morris, 1990). Sampling and methods: The data of n = 966 participants recruited from the non-clinical population and from different clinical settings were analyze...

The purpose of the current study was to examine differences in responses of older adults (age 55 and above) and younger adults (ages 18 to 54) to the Drug Abuse Problem Assessment for Primary Care (DAPA-PC), a computerized drug and alcohol abuse screening instrument developed for primary care settings. Data were collected from a diverse population of 327 adults presenting for care at The George...

OBJECTIVE To determine the internal consistency and 1-week test-retest reliability of the Simple Screening Instrument for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse (SSI-AOD), the CAGE-AA (CAGE questions adapted for adolescents), and 4 modified items from the Drug and Alcohol Problem QuickScreen (DAP-4) among adolescents. METHODS Fifteen- to 18-year-old medical patients (n = 173) completed screening tests ...

BACKGROUND The Mood Disorder Questionnaire (MDQ) has been translated to many languages and has been used in many countries as a screening instrument for bipolar disorder. The main objective of this study was to evaluate validity of the Thai version of the MDQ as a screening instrument for bipolar disorder in a psychiatric outpatient sample, and to determine its optimum question #1 item threshol...

The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) and Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) are brief screening instruments for cognitive disorders. Although these instruments have frequently been used in the detection of dementia, there is currently little knowledge on the validity to detect Korsakoff's syndrome (KS) with both screening instruments. KS is a chronic neuropsychiatric disorder associated w...