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The study's objectives were to assess diagnostic stability of initial autism spectrum disorder (ASD) diagnoses in community settings and identify factors associated with diagnostic instability using data from a national Web-based autism registry. A Cox proportional hazards model was used to assess the relative risk of…

The tobacco industry has used corporate social responsibility tactics to improve its corporate image with the public, press, and regulators who increasingly have grown to view it as a merchant of death. There is, however, an intractable problem that corporate social responsibility efforts can mask but not resolve: the…

Objective This study's objective was to formally describe the work process for charting and treatment planning in general dental practice to inform the design of a new clinical computing environment.Methods Using a process called contextual inquiry, researchers observed 23 comprehensive examination and treatment planni…

Different forms of protection for inventions in the pharmaceutical industry point to strategies for the perpetuation of patent protection. Based on a literature review showing the specificities of patenting in the industry, the article provides a brief history of drug patents in Brazil, a discussion of patentable and n…

This study's aims were (a) to examine kinematically the handwriting process of persons with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), compared with those with mild Alzheimer's disease and healthy controls; (b) to assess the importance of these measures for the differentiation of the groups; and (c) to assess characteristics of…

This study's purpose was to examine the extent to which participants (N = 143) receiving cognitive-behavioral therapy for bulimia nervosa (BN) reported implementing therapeutic strategies to abstain from BN behaviors, and to assess whether use of specific strategies predicts outcome at treatment end and 1- and 6-month…

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Balint training is used in many family medicine residency programs to encourage self-reflection and exploration of the physician-patient encounter. There is limited objective research, however, on outcomes of Balint training. This study's purpose was to determine whether Balint training is as…

The purpose of this research is to examine the relationship between quality of care in nursing homes and their likelihood of closure. We hypothesize that lower-quality facilities will be more likely to close than higher-quality facilities. Using the rates of physical restraint use, urethral catheterization, contracture…

Squamous-cell carcinoma of the larynx tends to metastasize frequently to cervical lymph nodes. In advanced laryngeal cancer, the status of neck nodes is of major importance for treatment selection and is the single most significant determinant of patient outcome. On the other hand, the presence of extracapsular spread…

The study's goal is to analyze the usefulness of Eco-Doppler in the knowledge of renal graft hemodynamics and the description of its dysfunction. 234 examinations were performed in 110 patients. Acceleration, mean rate (MR), maximum systolic rate (MXSR) and minimal diastolic rate (MNDR), as well as resistance index (RI…

Most cases of diabetes, a complex disorder that requires many lifestyle changes, can be controlled if persons adhere to their prescribed regimen. However, compliance is difficult to attain. Differences in explanatory models between client and practitioner have been suggested as one reason for non-compliance in several…

A 2 x 2 x 3 MANOVA was applied to MCMI BR scores obtained from 310 newly admitted psychiatric inpatients. The study's purpose was to test the effect of patients' age (age less than 36 vs. age greater than = 36), race (White/Black), and diagnosis (paranoid schizophrenic/nonparanoid schizophrenic/non-psychotic, nonaffect…

The assumption that hospital decision-making is hierarchical in character underpins the policy formulation process in public as well as pluralist national health care systems. This article's analysis of decision-making in a Danish public hospital reinforces the contrary assertion: that effective authority in acute-care…

Relationships between physicians and pharmaceutical sales representatives (PSRs) often create conflicts of interest, not least because of the various benefits received by physicians. Many countries attempt to control pharmaceutical industry marketing strategies through legal regulation, and this is true in Poland where…

BACKGROUND: Highly cross-linked polyethylene with vitamin E (VE-HXLPE) has shown superior tribological properties and has been rapidly adopted in total hip arthroplasty. However, the majority of studies compare VE-HXLPE to conventional or moderately cross-linked polyethylene using standard femoral head sizes. This stud…

Dysphagia is a frequent symptom in Parkinson's disease (PD). Thickening liquids facilitates safe swallowing, however, low treatment compliance is a major issue, due to patients' dislike of thickened liquids. Some studies suggest a negative impact of gum-based thickeners, currently most used in clinical practice, on sen…

OBJECTIVE: The study's aims were (1) to investigate the prevalence and (2) to assess the risk of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection in kidney transplant recipients. METHODS: A comprehensive literature search was performed from inception until September 2016. Studies that reported prevalence, relative risks, odd…

BACKGROUND: Gastric cancer (GC) is the world's health is seriously threatened by a prevalent form of aggressive tumor with a dismal prognosis. The occurrence of gastric cancer poses a concern for public health since it is a malignant tumor with an enhanced incidence and fatality level. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this s…

BACKGROUND: Health worker vaccination programmes can help to safeguard both health workers (HWs) and their patients and enhance vaccine uptake more broadly in local communities and society. This study's objective was to increase global understanding of how existing HW vaccination programmes were leveraged for emergency…

OBJECTIVE: The aim: To analyze the features of the realization mechanism of the persons' rights who have become ill with a mental illness and are in the detention of adequate (equivalent) medical care. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Materials and methods: A set of general and special methods of scientific knowledge were used.…