Comparison of a Quick Drinking Screen with the Timeline Followback for Individuals with Alcohol Problems

Objective: Two major strategies have typically been used to assess recent drinking: (1) Daily Estimation (DE) measures such as the Timeline Followback (TLFB) and (2) Quantity-Frequency (QF) summary measures. Although QF measures provide a quick and easy measure of consumption, they have been criticized as not being able to capture sporadic and unpatterned drinking (e.g., days that reflect important social and/or health risks). The TLFB, a psychometrically sound drinking assessment method, is able to capture all drinking, including sporadic heavy days and unpatterned drinking. In some situations, however, recall of daily drinking may not be possible or practical (e.g., limited time; no resources). This article compares results obtained by using a QF measure and a DE measure to assess problem drinkers’ pretreatment drinking. Method: The current study, part of a large community mail intervention with 825 alcohol abusers, compared results from two drinking measures covering the same time interval that were administered on two different occasions approximately 2.5 weeks apart. Both measures, the Quick Drinking Screen (QDS; a QF summary measure that collected data by telephone) and the TLFB (a self-administered daily estimation measure), collected drinking data for the year prior to the interview. Results: Although the QDS and the TLFB are very different drinking measures, remarkably similar aggregate drinking data were obtained for five drinking variables. Conclusions: When it is not necessary or possible to gather detailed drinking data, the QDS produces reliable brief summary measures of drinking, at least for not severely alcohol dependent individuals. Also, respondents do not appear to use a repetitive response pattern when completing the TLFB

Клинико-иммунологическая характеристика острых респираторных заболеваний у детей в возрасте до 5 лет ассоциированные с герпес инфекцией

Department of Pediatrics, Municipal Clinical Hospital of Children No 1, Nicolae Testemitanu State Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Congresul III al Medicilor de Familie din Republica Moldova, 17–18 mai, 2012, Chişinău, Republica Moldova, Conferinţa Naţională „Maladii bronhoobstructive la copii”, consacrată profesorului universitar, doctor habilitat Victor Gheţeul, 27 aprilie, Chişinău, Republica MoldovaThe research group was 47 children under 5 years old with severe respiratory diseases, associated with Herpes-infection. Diagnosis of Herpes-infection was confirmed by PCR and IFM. Immunological disorders were observed in 2/3 cases (decreasing level of CD4, CD8, CD20 and serological fraction IgA and IgG). The presence of HSV and/or CMV in parents was confirmed (PCR – 79%, ELISA – 11%). Viral association (ARD, HSV, CMV) determines immunological disorder and severity of clinical manifestations.Группа исследования составила 47 детей в возрасте до 5 лет с тяжелыми респираторными заболеваниями, сочетанные с герпес инфекцией. Диагноз герпетической инфекции подтвержден методами ПЦР и ИФМ. Иммунологический дисбаланс отмечен у 2\3 случаев (снижение уровня СД8, СД4, СД20 и сывороточных фракций IgA и IgG). Подтверждено наличие HSV и\или CMV у родителей (методом ПЦР – 79% и ИФА – 11%). Вирусная ассоциация (ОРЗ, HSV, CMV) определяет иммунный дисбаланс и тяжесть клинического течения

Can Sleep Diaries Be Accurately Completed Retrospectively?

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Assessing Sexual and Physical Abuse in Adolescents Using the MMPI-A

104th Annual ConventionAugust 9-13Toronto, Ontario, CanadaDorothy W. Cantor, Psy.D, President Published proceedings:American Psychologist, 1997, Vol. 52, # 8, pp. 813-868Includes minutes of the annual meeting of the Council of RepresentativesOther publications: separate program (APA Library call number: APA 003 1996

Níveis de cálcio e granulometrias do calcário para frangas de reposição no período de 3 a 12 semanas de idade Calcium levels and particle size of limestone for replacement pullets in the period from 3 to 12 weeks old

Realizou-se um experimento com o objetivo de avaliar os efeitos dos níveis de cálcio e das granulometrias do calcário na ração sobre os desenvolvimentos corporal e morfométrico do trato digestório de frangas de reposição. Foram utilizadas 1.400 frangas de reposição da linhagem Lohmann LSL, em delineamento inteiramente casualizado, em esquema fatorial 5 x 2 (níveis de cálcio x granulometrias do calcário), com cinco repetições de 28 e 18 aves por parcela, respectivamente, nos períodos de 3 a 7 e de 8 a 12 semanas de idade. As dietas experimentais, à base de milho, farelo de soja e farelo de trigo (trigo somente na recria), foram formuladas para ser isoprotéicas, isocalóricas e isofosfóricas (fosfato monoamônio). Além da suplementação com minerais, vitaminas e fitase (500 FTU/kg), as dietas foram acrescidas de calcário em granulometrias fina (DGM=0,135 mm) e grossa (DGM=0,899 mm) para apresentar os níveis de 0,60; 0,75; 0,90; 1,05 e 1,20% de cálcio total na dieta. Avaliaram-se o desempenho no período de 3 a 12 semanas, a morfometria do trato digestório e os teores de cinzas e minerais na tíbia de aves de cada parcela. O consumo de ração aumentou de forma linear com a elevação dos níveis de cálcio. Não houve diferenças significativas no ganho de peso, na conversão alimentar, na porcentagem do trato digestório e no comprimento do metatarso. Maiores teores de cinzas foram obtidos em frangas que receberam o nível de 0,60% de Ca e maior comprimento do intestino delgado em aves recebendo a granulometria grossa. O nível de 0,60% de cálcio e o calcário na granulometria grossa (DGM=0,899 mm) foram ideais para o melhor desenvolvimento esquelético, o menor consumo de ração e o maior comprimento do intestino delgado.<br>The effects of feeding different calcium levels and limestone particle sizes on body and morphometric development of the digestive tract in replacement pullets were evaluated in this trial. One thousand and four hundred Lohmann LSL replacement pullets were assigned to a complete randomized design with a 5 x 2 factorial (calcium levels and limestone particle size) and five replicates of 28 and 18 birds/plot, respectively, for the periods from 3 to 7 and from 8 to 12 weeks old. The experimental diets contained: corn, soybean meal and wheat meal (wheat only at growing phase) and were formulated to be isonitrogenous, isoenergetic and isophosphorus (monoammonium phosphorus). Diets were supplemented with minerals, vitamins and phytase (500 FTU/Kg) and added with limestone in fine (DGM = 0.135 mm) and gross (DGM=0.899 mm) particle sizes to meet the levels of 0.60, 0.75, 0.90, 1.05 and 1.20% of dietary total calcium. The performance in the period from 3 to 12 weeks, morphometry of the digestive tract and contents of tibia ashes and minerals in animals slaughtered at 12th week old were evaluated. The feed intake increased linearly as the dietary calcium levels increased. No significant differences on weight gain, feed conversion, percentage of digestory tract and metatarsus length were noticed. Better tibia ash content were observed with 0.60% of calcium and a longer length of the small intestine in pullets fed diet with gross particle size of limestone. The diet with calcium level of 0.60% and gross particle size of limestone resulted in better esqueletic development, worse feed intake and larger length of small intestine