In this pilot study (Study A), the authors administered the Hungarian standard version of Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and the translated version of the Ottawa Self Injury Inventory (OSI) to students of 3 educational facilities in a county town. Fourteen to eighteen year old pupils were tested in order to measure the key symptoms of depression and the frequency and characteristics of self-in...

Few studies have described the impact of zoonotic diseases in children with leukemia. This study aimed to describe the frequency of and associated demographic factors for zoonotic diseases in pediatric acute leukemia patients. Descriptive and comparative statistics relative to age, sex, and patient region were performed on an assembled 11-year retrospective cohort of acute leukemia patients. Of...

Re-sampling methods for estimating the distribution of descriptive statistics of functional data are considered. Through Monte-Carlo simulations, we compare the performance of several re-sampling methods commonly used for estimating the distribution of descriptive statistics. We introduce two re-sampling methods that rely on functional principal component analysis, where the scores were randoml...

the paper has been performed to review library administrators' strategic planning role to improve the library staff of medical sciences university of iran. the study is survey-descriptive. the statistical population consists of 50 library administrators working in iran medical sciences university, but 44 subjects responded to the questionnaire used to gather data. the reliability (91.7%) w...

background substance use and affective disorders frequently co-occur, but the role of affective dysregulation in addiction is often overlooked. there is evidence shows that substance – dependent individuals have more problems in regulating their emotions. objectives this study compared two commonly used emotional regulation strategies, cognitive reappraisal and suppression, in opioids and metha...

Asthma is considered as one of the most common chronic diseases in the world. As a result of serious physical, social, and psychological complications, asthma can reduce health-related quality of life (HRQoL). The present study was designed to assess the HRQoL including physical health, general health perception, emotional health, psychological health, and social functioning of asthmatic patien...

Airborne particulate matter with a diameter of 2.5 microns or less (PM2.5), as well as slightly bigger particles (PM10), arrive from the westerly direction and collect in the city centre of Tehran, the capital of Iran. The statistical characteristics and daily trend of the air quality index (AQI) in Theran were studied over an 11-year period (2002- 2012). Various statistical analyses were appli...

This study describes the profile of Hospitalisations for Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions (ACSCs) in Curitiba from 2005 to 2007. An ecological study was conducted using the data obtained from the Brazilian Hospital Information System (Sistema de Informações Hospitalares). Descriptive statistics was used for analysis. It was observed that there was a trend toward stabilisation in ACSCs in Cu...