Archive for April, 2008
Saturday, April 12th, 2008
Controlling the Growth of Charged-Nanoparticle Chains through Interparticle Electrostatic Repulsion.
Zhang H, Wang D.
Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, 14424 Potsdam, Germany, Fax: (+49) 331-567-9202.
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Saturday, April 12th, 2008
Catalytic Synthesis of beta(3)-Amino Acid Derivatives from alpha-Amino Acids.
Byrne CM, Church TL, Kramer JW, Coates GW.
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Baker Laboratory, Ithaca, NY 14853-1301, USA, Fax: (+1) 607-255-4137.
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Climatic factors and bipolar affective disorder.
In bipolar disorder, the factors provoking a new episode are unknown. As a seasonal variation has been noticed, it has been suggested that weather conditions may play a role. The aim of the study was to elucidate whether meteorological parameters ...
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Do changes on MCMI-II personality disorder scales in short-term psychotherapy reflect trait or state changes?
The Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI) has become an important and commonly used instrument to assess personality functioning. Several studies report significant changes on MCMI personality disorder scales after psychological treatment. ...
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder: Personal follow-up of a 10-year material from an outpatient county clinic.
Individuals who suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) experience obsessive thoughts and/or urges to engage in compulsive behaviours. The condition causes severe discomfort and, in many cases, leads to serious impairment in ...
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Comparing psychogeriatric units to ordinary long-term care units - Are there differences in case-mix or clinical symptoms?
This study is a comparative analysis of long-term psychogeriatric and mixed-care unit patient characteristics in nursing homes and hospitals in Helsinki. The role of the so-called psychogeriatric nursing homes ...
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Disentangling dysthymia from major depressive disorder in suicide attempters\' suicidality, comorbidity and symptomatology.
Dysthymia and major depressive disorder (MDD) are both risk diagnoses for suicidal behaviour. The aim of the present study was to identify clinical differences between these disorders, with a special reference to dysthymia. ...
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Long-term outcome of patients with dysthymia and panic disorder: A naturalistic 9-year follow-up study.
The highly prevalent psychiatric disorders dysthymia and panic disorder have often a chronic or recurrent course with superimposed major depression. The prominent comorbidity between these diagnoses constitutes a confounding factor in the ...
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) in stress and disease: A review of literature and treatment perspectives with special emphasis on psychiatric disorders.
The CRF family of neuropeptides and receptors is involved in a variety of stress responses, in the regulation of appetite, metabolic and inflammatory processes as well ...
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Editorial.
Stubhaug B, Karlsson H.
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Topical review: Temporomandibular disorders in an integral otic symptom model.
The literature has closely observed otic symptoms (and other craniofacial complaints) in temporomandibular disorders; however, there is little evidence for an association between the two. This review tries to provide an integrated biological basis for otic ...
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Tympanometry in rhesus monkeys: Effects of aging and caloric restriction.
Caloric restriction is the only known method of increasing lifespan in laboratory animals. The present study was conducted as part of a larger investigation into the effect of caloric restriction on longevity of rhesus monkeys as ...
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Cochlear implantation in deaf children with associated disabilities: Challenges and outcomes.
The issue of cochlear implantation in deaf children with associated disabilities is an emerging subject. Currently, there is no consensus on whether to implant children with multiple impairments; moreover, it may be difficult to evaluate ...
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Discrimination of release time constants in hearing-aid compressors.
We examined the ability of twenty-five hearing-impaired and eight normal-hearing listeners to discriminate between release time constants used for compression in hearing aids. The compressor was a standard three-channel system. The stimuli were normal and \'vocoded\' sentences from ...
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Learning effect observed for the speech reception threshold in interrupted noise with normal hearing listeners.
Traditionally, the speech reception threshold (SRT) for sentences in noise is measured in stationary speech-shaped noise; however, non-stationary masking noises are gradually becoming more common. A previous study by Rhebergen et ...
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Hearing preservation using combined monitoring of extra-tympanic electrocochleography and auditory brainstem responses during acoustic neuroma surgery.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of an intraoperative monitoring hearing preservation strategy that includes simultaneous recordings of an auditory brainstem response (ABR) and non-invasive electrocochleography ...
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Measuring outcome from Vestibular Rehabilitation, Part I: Qualitative development of a new self-report measure.
Research suggests that Vestibular Rehabilitation (VR) is an effective treatment for dizziness, but there is currently no measure specifically designed to assess treatment outcome. A review of existing self-report measures of dizziness ...
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Questionnaire investigation of musicians\' use of hearing protectors, self reported hearing disorders, and their experience of their working environment.
Musicians in symphony orchestras are exposed to harmful sound levels. Although research shows that industrial workers have a higher propensity to noise-induced hearing loss, musicians can also ...
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
The relationship between pre-fitting expectations and willingness to use hearing aids.
Hearing-aid use in the elderly population is problematic since not all people who would benefit from hearing aids actually obtain one. In this study, the relationship between pre-fitting expectations and willingness to use hearing aids ...
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Activities enjoyed by patients with dementia together with their spouses and psychological morbidity in carers.
Caring for a spouse with dementia is stressful and respite care is sometimes used to reduce this burden. Spouses may find some aspects of caring rewarding but the literature on positive ...
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
The impact of spirituality on health-related quality of life among Chinese older adults with vision impairment.
The goals of this study were to examine the impact of spirituality on both generic and vision-specific health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and the role of spirituality in the linkage ...
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Knowledge of memory aging and Alzheimer\'s disease in college students and mental health professionals.
In this study, college students and mental health professionals completed the Knowledge of Memory Aging Questionnaire, Alzheimer\'s Disease Knowledge Test and the Fraboni Scale of Ageism before and after a lecture on ...
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Response variability of salivary cortisol among older adults under psychological stress.
In this study, a quasi-experimental design with repeated measures was used to compare anxious (n = 129) and nonanxious (n = 186) older adults on the cortisol secretion rate attributable to an experimental stressor. Our ...
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Screening for depression and assessing change in severity of depression. Is the Geriatric Depression Scale (30-, 15- and 8-item versions) useful for both purposes in nursing home patients?
The objectives of this study were to determine the ability of the 30-, 15- and 8-item versions of ...
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Strain in nursing care of people with dementia: Nurses\' experience in Australia, Sweden and United Kingdom.
Objectives: The aim of this study was to explore nurses\' experience of strain in dementia care. Method: Focus groups were held with 35 nurses in Sweden, Australia and UK, who ...
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