To study the psychometric properties of the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire-Short Form (CTQ-SF), we determined its dimensional structure, measurement invariance across presence of emotional disorders, the association of the CTQ-SF with an analogous interview-based measure (CTI) across presence of emotional disorders, and the incremental value of combining both instruments in determining associat...

OBJECTIVES The nvCT has a 377 bp plasmid deletion that has caused commonly used nucleic acid amplification tests to generate false negative results. In Swedish counties nvCT has been reported to account for up to 65% of all chlamydia cases in 2007. The aim was to evaluate the CTQ DNA amplification assay for detection of the new Chlamydia trachomatis variant (nvCT) in urine specimens from a labo...

Multiscale error diffusion is superior to conventional error diffusion methods in digital halftoning as it can eliminate directional hysteresis completely. However, there is a bias to favor a particular type of dots in the course of the halftoning process. A new multiscale error diffusion method is proposed to improve the diffusion performance by reducing the aforementioned bias. The proposed m...

Inter-clinician relationships and communities of practice have the ability to support continuous quality improvement efforts within healthcare organizations, by offering a means of sharing necessary knowledge that is generally not possessed by clinicians. Sustained adherence to the processes critical to quality improvement is necessary for durable improvements in quality, and knowledge sharing ...

BACKGROUND The Korean version of the Disability of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand Questionnaire (K-DASH) was recently validated, but its responsiveness, which is the degree to which an instrument is sensitive to change, has not been thoroughly evaluated in a specific condition in Koreans. We evaluated the responsiveness of the K-DASH in a homogenous cohort of patients with carpal tunnel syndrome (C...