Studied the influence of actual and false peak flow (PEF) information on dyspnea (breathlessness) in two experiments, each with 30 children with and 30 without asthma (7-17 years). Dyspnea, PEF, and lung function were measured before and after standardized physical exercise. Dyspnea was measured with a visual analog scale. PEF was measured with a peak flow meter and used for manipulation of dys...

BACKGROUND Parenting and children's adjustment were examined in 30 surrogacy families, 31 egg donation families, 35 donor insemination families, and 53 natural conception families. METHODS Parenting was assessed at age 3 by a standardized interview designed to assess quality of parenting and by questionnaire measures of anxiety, depression, and marital quality. Children's adjustment was asses...

We conducted a cross-sectional study of beta-herpesviruses in febrile pediatric oncology patients (n = 30), with a reference group of febrile pediatric solid-organ transplant recipients (n = 9). One (3.3%) of 30 cancer patients and 3 (33%) of 9 organ recipients were PCR positive for cytomegalovirus. Four (13%) of 30 cancer patients and 3 (33%) of 9 transplant recipients had human herpesvirus 6B...

AIMS We tested two aims: (1) the teachable moment (TM): whether second-hand smoke exposure (SHSe) feedback motivates cessation in parents of children with asthma versus parents of healthy children (HC); and (2) whether greater intervention intensity [enhanced-precaution adoption model (PAM)] produces greater cessation than a previously tested intervention (PAM). DESIGN AND INTERVENTIONS Aim 1...

In this chapter we will discuss some sampling and estimation techniques that have been developed for special purposes. More specifically, we will first discuss some sampling methods that have been developed for use in health surveys conducted in developing countries, and then examine techniques that have been used in developed countries in order to meet special needs. The World Health Organizat...

BACKGROUND Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common psychiatric disorder in which impairment of executive functions plays an important role. OBJECTIVES The main objective of this study was to assess the validity of the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF) in children with ADHD. PATIENTS AND METHODS Thirty children, aged 7-12 years, attending the child a...

The Institute of Structural Molecular Biology was set up in 2003 to foster collaborations between researchers in these disciplines in Birkbeck and University College London. Each summer, the staff, postdocs and students based in its constituent departments gather for a research meeting. In even years this takes the form of a symposium with talks from ISMB core members and world-leading scientis...

consisting of ten species in the world. Six species, M. speciosa (KORTH.) HAVIL., M. tubulosa (ARN.) HAVIL., M. parvifolia (ROXB.) KORTH., M. hirsuta HAVIL., M. diversifolia (WALL. ex G. DON) HAVIL., M. rotundifolia (ROXB.) O. KUNTZE, widely grow in Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, and New Guinea islands. In Thailand, M. hirsuta, M. diversifolia and M. rotundifo...

OBJECTIVES To determine whether children who received recommended vaccines on time during the first year of life had different neuropsychological outcomes at 7 to 10 years of age as compared with children with delayed receipt or nonreceipt of these vaccines. METHODS Publicly available data, including age at vaccination, from a previous VaccineSafety Datalink study of thimerosal exposure and 4...