BACKGROUND The SI! Program promotes cardiovascular health through a multilevel school-based intervention on four lifestyle-related components: diet, physical activity, understanding the body and heart, and management of emotions. We report here the development and validation of the KAH (knowledge, attitudes and habits)-questionnaire adapted for elementary school children (6-7 years old) as a to...

Address for correspondence: Rafał Czajkowski MD, PhD, DSc, Department of Dermatology, Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Immunodermatology, Ludwik Rydygier Medical College in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, 9 Skłodowskiej-Curie St, 85-094 Bydgoszcz, Poland, phone: +48 52 585 45 68, e-mail: [email protected] Received: 29.12.2013, accepted: 13.01.2014. Pyoderma gangrenosum wi...

Address for correspondence: Prof. Henryk Witmanowski MD, PhD, Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Medical College, Nicolaus Copernicus University, 9-11 M. Skłodowska-Curie St, 85-094 Bydgoszcz, phone: +48 52 585 4017, email: [email protected] Received: 21.06.2016, accepted: 2.08.2016. Basal cell nevus syndrome (Gorlin-Goltz syndrome): genetic predisposition, clinical picture...

The Sun exhibits a depletion in $^{17,18}$O relative to $^{16}$O by 6 % compared the Earth and Moon$^{1}$. origin of such non-mass-dependent isotope fractionation has been extensively debated since three-isotope-analysis$^{2}$ became available 1970's. Self-shielding$^{3,4}$ CO molecules against UV photons solar system's parent molecular cloud suggested as source effect, which $^{17,18}$O-enrich...

This study aimed to clarify the dilemma of nurses working in general wards who face the ethical dilemma of restraining older people with dementia in Midwestern Japan. The study used the questionnaire method with an independently prepared questionnaire. The questionnaire was designed to ensure privacy and anonymity. The privacy and anonymity of study participants was assured. Of the 340 survey q...

PURPOSE To explore the underlying dimensions of the Barriers and Motivators Questionnaire that is used to assess barriers to and motivators of physical activity experienced by recipients of solid organ transplantation and thereby improve the application in research and clinical settings. METHOD A cross-sectional study was performed in recipients of solid organ transplantation (n = 591; median...