An altered or increased excretion of xanthurenic acid (XA) in urine for 24h after intake of 5 grams L-tryptophan (Trp) at 10:00 p.m. is considered a measure of strain in the organism. XA was studied in 104 hospitalized depressive patients (DSM-HI : 296.23; 296.33) and 15 controls. Zung anxiety and depression scales were rated. The XA-excretion after Trp load has a wider range than the blank XA-...

Introduction. The aim of this study is to assess how negative life events and adverse experiences with pregnancy, delivery, the infant(s), and breastfeeding cessation impact on postpartum depression (PPD), specifically in first lifetime and recurrent depression. Method. The study group comprised 104 mothers with a current episode of PPD and a control group of 104 mothers who did not have curren...

AIMS To examine the role of abstinence from gambling versus controlled gambling in recovery from pathological gambling (PG) in a community-based survey. DESIGN Individuals with a life-time history of PG identified in a community-based survey were divided into three groups based on their current levels of PG symptoms. These three groups were compared to each other on their past-year gambling i...

Emerging trends in commodity network technology coupled with key insights from academic research in active memory systems are leading toward the realization of hardware DSM on commodity clusters. We call the result of this convergence active memory clusters. After discussing the current state of the art in hardware DSM, clusters, and software DSM architectures, we highlight the key di erences b...