BACKGROUND Parental self-efficacy (PSE) refers to beliefs of parents to effectively engage in behaviors that result in desired outcomes for their children. There are several instruments of PSE for promoting healthy dietary or physical activity (PA) behaviors in children. These measures typically assess PSE in relation to some quantity or frequency of behavior, for example, number of servings or...

AIMS 'Functional foods' supplemented with plant sterol esters (PSE) and plant stanol esters (PSA) are therapeutic options for the management of hypercholesterolaemia. However, their effects on blood monocytes, endothelial function, atherogenesis, and sterol tissue concentrations are poorly understood. METHODS AND RESULTS Male apoE-/- mice (n= 30) were randomized to three different diets for 6...

In this paper we obtain some equivalent conditions for strongly equiprime Γ− near rings N and the strongly equiprime radical Pse (N) coincides with Pse (L) where Pse (L) is the strongly equiprime radical of left operator near-ring L of N.

5.1 ABSTRACT A randomized complete block design with five treatments (100% pale, soft, and exudative (PSE), 100% PSE + 1.5% collagen (TC), 100% PSE + 0.30% kappa/iota carrageenan (CG), 100% PSE + 1.5% soy protein concentrate (SPC), and 100% normal) and six replications was utilized to test the effects of raw material, turkey collagen, soy protein concentrate, and carrageenan on protein function...

AIM To determine the outcomes of partial splenic embolization (PSE) for massive splenomegaly due to idiopathic portal hypertension (IPH). METHODS In this prospective study, we evaluated the characteristics and prognosis of consecutive patients with IPH who underwent PSE for all indications at a single medical center between June 2009 and January 2015. The inclusion criteria were: presence of ...

The present State Examination (PSE) schedule is a widely used instrument to record mental status of adult neurotic and functional psychotic patients. It has 140 items based in a semi-structured interview. Each item is rated on ordinal scale. Ratings are based on clinical judgement for which comprehensive glossary is provided. PSE has been used in several international collaborative studies whic...

A PSE toolkit is a group of technologies within a software architecture through which multiple PSEs can be built for different application domains. The effective use of a PSE toolkit requires the management of the heterogeneity of the involved resources that can include computers, data, network facilities, sensors, and software tools provided by different organizations. A distributed implementa...

3.1 ABSTRACT A randomized complete block design with four treatments (100% pale, soft, and exudative (PSE), 100% PSE + 1.5% chicken collagen, 100% normal, and 100% normal + 1.5% chicken collagen) and six replications was utilized to test the effects of raw material and chicken collagen on protein functionality in the formulation of chunked and formed broiler breast. Addition of 1.5 % chicken co...

This paper focuses on the management of the requirements engineering process and on the contributions a process supporting environment (PSE) can provide to perform this task. We use the key practices defined by the capability maturity model for software (CMM), one of the most prominent software process improvement approaches, as a requirements management scenario. For each activity proposed by ...

We evaluated the presence of various Beta-lactamase genes within the bacteriophages in sewage. Results showed the occurrence of phage particles carrying sequences of bla(OXA-2), bla(PSE-1) or bla(PSE-4) and bla(PSE)-type genes. Phages may contribute to the spread of some Beta-lactamase genes.