The objective of this study was to analyze factors that are involved in the progression of renal allograft damage in the first 6 mo after transplantation. Donor and 6-mo protocol biopsies of 83 patients who received a renal transplant were classified using the Chronic Allograft Damage Index (CADI). Histologic changes were compared and correlated to clinical parameters at transplantation, at 6 m...

BACKGROUND We have developed a new screening test for dementia that runs on an iPad and can be used for mass screening, known as the Cognitive Assessment for Dementia, iPad version (CADi). The CADi consists of items involving immediate recognition memory for three words, semantic memory, categorization of six objects, subtraction, backward repetition of digits, cube rotation, pyramid rotation, ...

Corresponding author: M. El Aakif, Electronic and Instrumentation Laboratory, Faculty of Science Semlalia, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco, E-mail: [email protected] 1 Electronic and Instrumentation Laboratory, Faculty of Science Semlalia, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco 2 Embedded Systems and Digital Control Laboratory, Ecole Nationale des Sciences Appliquees, Cadi Ayyad Un...

a Geo-resources Laboratory, associated Unit to CNRST (URAC42), Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Sciences and Technology Guéliz, Cadi Ayyad University, Abdelkarim Elkhattabi Avenue, Gueliz, P.O. Box 549, Marrakech, Morocco b Department of Geography, University of Ottawa, Ottawa (Ontario), Canada K1N 6N5 c HydrISE, Institut Polytechnique LaSalle Beauvais, 19 rue Pierre Waguet, F-60026 Bea...

OBJECTIVE The Cardiff Acne Disability Index (CADI) assesses the impact of acne on a patients life. The aim of the present study was to translate the CADI into Persian language and to validate the Persian version. METHODS Using standard forward-backward translation, 2 bilinguals translated the CADI into Persian language. We back translated it into English and the final version was provided. We...

BACKGROUND Acne is considered a cosmetic nuisance in Malaysia since no insurance coverage is provided for its treatment. Its psychological impact is unknown. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study is to determine the impact of acne on quality of life and its relationship with severity. METHODS A cross-sectional study using the Cardiff acne disability index (CADI) and Global Acne Grading System for...

Acne is a common disease especially among teenagers. It has a considerable psychological impact on affected individuals. The aim of this paper was to assess if the effect of acne on acne-related quality of life is correlated to acne clinical severity. 112 university female students attending the university medical clinics with acne complaints were examined. Cardiff Acne Disability Index (CADI) ...

Systemic and local inflammation plays a prominent role in the pathogenesis of atherosclerotic coronary artery disease, but the relationship of whole blood gene expression changes with coronary disease remains unclear. We have investigated whether gene expression patterns in peripheral blood correlate with the severity of coronary disease and whether these patterns correlate with the extent of a...