Monthly Archives: September 2016

Conclusions and clinical implications Alcohol dependence is a chronic, relapsing, and incurable disease that belongs to the most frequent psychiatric disorders. Personality disorder and chronicity constitute the essential features of addiction severity and result in low abstinence rates of short- … Continue reading →

Depression may be associated with the onset and persistence of fibromyalgia symptoms. Seen from one perspective, fibromyalgia is sometimes seen as the somatic expression of psychological distress – somatization. Although this is as much a restatement of the problem as … Continue reading →

These include small group discussions/seminars, student interviews with simulated patients, student observations of faculty with real patients, student interviews with real patients, role-playing with peers, rounds, video trigger tapes with discussion,39,40 videotapes of student-patient interactions, instructional videotapes, literature study, especially … Continue reading →

Genes thus express themselves through covariation and Interaction with the environment. Because the value of a given heritability statistic is relevant only under existing circumstances, the statistic does not and cannot address the modifiability of a trait. A trait could … Continue reading →

On the other hand, CNTs can persist in the body for weeks, months, or even years, thus limiting their use for repeated treatments [15, 21]. If we talk about dendrimers, they are synthetic, branched macromolecules that form a treelike structure … Continue reading →

T2) analysis of variance (ANOVA) with repeated measures on the second factor. Second, after checking the interrater-reliability for the three different strength ratings, by calculating intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC; Shrout and Fleiss 1979), we compared both groups referred to their … Continue reading →

Further, it contradicts the known high cumulative relapse rates in schizophrenia.64 As such, the applicability of the 6-month criterion versus shorter time criteria should be assessed in future prospective studies with short, possibly 1- to 3-monthly follow-up intervals. Finally, the … Continue reading →

The patient with cancer cachexia in this study had a > 2-fold increase in MuRF1 mRNA expression compared with normal controls. This is consistent with the increased expression of these two E3 ligases in the 3-MA purchase muscle wasting observed … Continue reading →

We also would like to extend our sincere gratitude to Biomedical editorial services for scientific editing of this manuscript.Emergency Department (ED) overcrowding is an international phenomenon[1]. Overcrowding is associated with mortality[2], delay to time critical therapy[3,4], patient dissatisfaction[5] and ambulance … Continue reading →

HRQoL is a broad multi-dimensional concept that usually includes self-reported measures of physical and mental health. Several measures have been used to assess HRQoL and related concepts of functional status. However, there is no substitute for a standard QOL questionnaire … Continue reading →