By: Neal Kaufman, MD, MPH, Co-director, UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities, Professor of Pediatrics and Public Health, UCLA Schools of Medicine and Public Health E. Richard Brown, PhD, Professor, UCLA School of Public Health, and Director, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research Susan H. Babey, PhD, Research Scientist, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research James F. Sal...

OBJECTIVES This study assessed the effect of cast rectifiers on the marginal misfit of cast UCLA abutments compared to premachined UCLA abutments. The influence of casting and porcelain baking on the marginal misfit of these components was also investigated. METHODS Two groups were analyzed: test group - 10 cast UCLA abutments, finished with cast rectifier and submitted to ceramic application...

Yalin Wang Mathematics Department, UCLA email: [email protected] Xianfeng Gu Computer Science Department SUNY at Stony Brook emai: [email protected] Kiralee M. Hayashi Laboratory of Neuro Imaging UCLA School of Medicine email: [email protected] Tony F. Chan Mathematics Department, UCLA email: [email protected] Paul M. Thompson Laboratory of Neuro Imaging UCLA School of Medicine email: t...

This study examines the generalisability of University California Los Angeles Loneliness Scale Version 3 (UCLA-LS3) in a South African sample young adults. In particular, it examined normative data, reliability, and factor structure this scale. The participants were adults (N = 337) who randomly sampled from university population they responded to UCLA Scale. It was found that had higher loneli...

Objectives: To evaluate the correlation between 3- and 6-week postoperative 24-hour pad weight, daily number, International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaires for Male Lower Urinary Tract (ICIQ-MLUTS), ICIQ-Short Form (ICIQ-SF) UCLA Prostate Cancer Index (UCLA-PCI) in patients undergoing robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP). Methods: This prospective study included RARP Februa...

We address the role of racial antagonism in whites’ opposition to racially-targeted policies. The data come from four surveys selected for their unusually rich measurement of both policy preferences and other racial attitudes: the 1986 and 1992 National Election Studies, the 1994 General Social Survey, and the 1995 Los Angeles County Social Survey. They indicate that such opposition is more str...