OBJECTIVE To validate the Synkinesis Assessment Questionnaire (SAQ), a newly developed patient-graded instrument to evaluate facial synkinesis. STUDY DESIGN This was a prospective clinical questionnaire validation study. METHODS A total of 65 patients with facial nerve disorders were recruited from the Facial Nerve Center. In 28 patients (group I), the SAQ, a preliminary 10-item instrument,...

Purpose: Poor bimanual performance is usually a major functional impairment for children with unilateral cerebral palsy (CP). This study was performed to examine the reliability and validity of Turkish version Caregiver Functional Use Survey (CFUS), which assesses manual function CP.Methods: Fifty CP their parents were included in study. The test-retest assessed using Intraclass Correlation Coe...

Welche Erwartungen haben Landwirte an Websites und wie nutzen sie das Internet? Antworten auf diese Fragen werden im Folgenden auf der Grundlage einer Befragung von 110 Landwirten im nordwestdeutschen Raum gegeben.

We show how properties of an interesting class of imperative programs can be verifed by means of relational modelling and symbolic computation.

BACKGROUND Accurate assessment of self-reports of sexual behaviours is vital to the evaluation of HIV prevention and family planning interventions. This investigation was to determine the cross-cultural suitability of the Condom Use Self Efficacy Scale (CUSES) originally developed for American adolescents and young adults by examining the structure and psychometric properties. METHOD A self-a...

Der urbane Raum wird zunehmend intelligenter. So können Passanten mit Druckknöpfen an Ampelanlagen spielen, um die Rotphase zu überbrücken, Informationstafeln an Bushaltestellen zeigen Verspätungen des Busses an und WLAN-Technologie erlaubt das Erfassen der Bewegung unterschiedlicher Akteure im Raum. Die Vorteile aus dieser Vernetzung, stehen jedoch älteren Personen mit kognitiven oder motorisc...