A single-stage, sensor less, coil gun was designed to demonstrate the capability to accelerate a ferromagnetic projectile to high velocity. This paper summarize all important steps during coil gun design, such as physical laws of the coil gun, preliminary calculations, the testing device and final product. The electromagnetic FEA model of the capacitor-driven inductance coil gun was constructed...

INTRODUCTION Common symptoms for children with Anderson-Fabry Disease (FD) such as acroparaesthesia and gastrointestinal manifestations can only be objectively assessed in patients using a valid instrument. To date, no such instrument exists. METHODS A preliminary 40-item measure of symptoms and experience with FD, the Fabry-specific Paediatric Health and Pain Questionnaire (FPHPQ) was develo...

La infancia y adolescencia son etapas de vulnerabilidad principalmente por la dependencia a padres o cuidadores, lo que durante estas el individuo es capaz generar características resilientes les permiten superar obstáculos pueden influir en su modo percibir calidad vida. El objetivo general este estudio fue analizar relación entre los niveles resiliencia metodología implementada enfoque cuanti...

BACKGROUND The current study was conducted to evaluate the effects of overweight, hyperglycemia symptoms, Hispanic ethnicity, and language barriers on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among children and adolescents. METHODS Parents'/guardians of a population based sample of 5530 children between ages 3 and 18 were administered the parents' version of the KINDL survey instrument to asses...

Abstract This study investigates the role of psychological flexibility in relation to glycaemic control (HbA1c) and quality life among adolescents with poorly-controlled diabetes. Adolescents (n = 65, aged 12–16 years) completed Children Mindfulness Measure (CAMM), Diabetes Acceptance Action Scale for (DAAS), Depression (RBDI), Health-Related Quality Life (KINDL-R). HbA1c values were collected ...

PURPOSE The purpose of the study was to diagnose the quality of life (QoL) of children brought up in children's homes, to compare findings with results for peers living in complete families. MATERIAL AND METHODS In the Stage I was to determine the usefulness of tools for QoL evaluation in a group of 120 children from children's homes in the Podlaskie Province and in a group of 120 children be...

CONTEXT Anthroposophic medicine (AM) is used worldwide for chronic diseases. OBJECTIVE To study clinical outcomes and costs in patients treated with AM therapies for chronic conditions. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING 141 medical practices in Germany providing AM treatment. PARTICIPANTS AND INTERVENTIONS 898 outpatients aged 1-75 years referred to AM therapies (art, eurythmy or...

AIM To study associations between health-related quality of life (HRQoL), frequency of illness, and weight in primary school children in southern Germany. METHODS Data from baseline measurements of the outcome evaluation of a teacher based health promotion programme ("Join the Healthy Boat") were analysed. Parents provided information about their children's HRQoL (KINDL(R), EQ5D-Y Visual Anal...