BACKGROUND Since its first publication, the Clinical Global Impression Scale (CGI) has become one of the most widely used assessment instruments in psychiatry. Although some conflicting data has been presented, studies investigating the CGI's validity have only rarely been conducted so far. It is unclear whether the improvement index CGI-I or a difference score of the severity index CGI-S (dif)...

Economic research on gender largely focuses biological sex, the binary classification as either a “man” or “woman.” We investigate value of incorporating measure continuous identity (CGI) into economics by exploring whether it explains variation in economic preferences and behavior beyond explanatory power sex. First, we validate novel single-item CGI survey study, showing that correlates with ...

Comparative Gene Identification-58 (CGI-58) is a widespread protein found in animals and plants. This protein has been shown to participate in lipolysis in mice and humans by activating Adipose triglyceride lipase (ATGL), the initial enzyme responsible for the triacylglycerol (TAG) catabolism cascade. Human mutation of CGI-58 is the cause of Chanarin-Dorfman syndrome, an orphan disease characte...

OBJECTIVES We determined the prevalence of classical risk factors for atherosclerosis and mortality risk in patients with CGI. METHODS A case-control study was conducted. Patients referred with suspected CGI underwent a standard work-up including risk factors for atherosclerosis, radiological imaging of abdominal vessels and tonometry. Cases were patients with confirmed atherosclerotic CGI. C...

Purpose: Determining whether adjunctive electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) with clozapine leads to better treatment response and fewer days in hospital for patients schizophrenia. Methods: Medical records of schizophrenia who were treated ECT-clozapine combination our women’s mental health clinic a period 5 years (between 01.02.2014 01.02.2019) investigated retrospectively. Clinical Global Impress...

Due to its desirable mechanical properties, compacted graphite iron (CGI) has been used replace conventional gray cast (CI) in various applications, such as automotive engine blocks and cylinder heads. However, the poor machinability of CGI can lead excessive tool wear consequently high manufacturing costs. Various strategies have developed improve CGI, including optimizing machining parameters...

Although there is great interest in the improving the ability to track patients' change over time in routine clinical care settings, no standardized transdiagnostic measure is currently available for busy clinicians to apply. The Clinical Global Impression (CGI) scales are simple measures widely used as outcomes in psychiatric clinical trials. However, the CGI suffers from poorly defined scorin...