David J Quan1† & Marion G Peters2 †Author for correspondence 1Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, University of California, San Francisco, 521 Parnassus Avenue, Room C-152, Box 0622, San Francisco, CA 94143-0622, USA Tel.: +1 415 353 1462; Fax: +1 415 353 1240; E-mail: david.quan@ ucsfmedctr.org 2Division of Gastroenterology, University of California, San Francisco, 513 Parnass...

CONTEXT International differences in compliance of patients undergoing hemodialysis are poorly characterized and could contribute to international survival differences. OBJECTIVE To compare international differences in patient compliance with hemodialysis treatments. DESIGN A prospective observational study of patients undergoing hemodialysis in 1995 and a cross-sectional survey of health c...

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Two-year studies of variegated alfalfa ( Medicago varia Mart.) the following varieties and hybrids were carried out: Pastbischnaya 88, Taisia, Agnia VIC, 506 SGP, as well observations their reaction to inoculation. Strains nodule bacteria Sinorhizobium meliloti used inoculants: SHM1-105, 415, A-1, A-5, a control variant without As result research, it was revealed that minimum length stems in 20...

The authors’ goals in this article are to (a) describe a new task for the assessment of shifting attention between different affective stimuli, The Children’s Attentional Shifting Task (CAST); (b) present the theoretical background for the development of the CAST; and (c) report initial information on the developmental appropriateness and validity of the CAST. The task was tested using a sample...

The authors explored whether manipulating the location of distraction in the participants’ visual field influences the degree of competition between visual and other cognitive processes. If a cognitive task is lateralized to a particular hemisphere, visual distraction directed toward that same hemisphere should impair performance on that task more than should visual distraction directed toward ...