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Linking Prioritized Occupational Performance in Patients Undergoing Spasticity-Correcting Upper Limb Surgery to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health

Occupational Therapy International, 2022
Background. Spasticity is generally caused by damage to the spinal cord or the areas of the brain that controls movements, which poses significant limitations in occupational tasks. Objectives.
Therese Ramström, Johanna Wangdell, Carina Reinholdt, Lina Bunketorp-Käll   +3 more
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Measurement properties of PROMIS short forms for pain and function in total hip arthroplasty patients

Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes, 2021
Plain English summary Measurement qualities of PROMIS instruments are mainly assessed for computer adaptive testing but not for non-adaptive short questionnaires.
Anika Stephan, Vincent A. Stadelmann, Michael Leunig, Franco M. Impellizzeri   +3 more
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21st birthday drinking: Extremely extreme. [PDF]

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2008
Despite public recognition of the hazards of 21st birthday drinking, there is little empirical information concerning its prevalence, severity, and risk factors. Data from a sample of 2,518 college students suggest that 21st birthday drinking poses an extreme danger: (a) 4 of every 5 participants (83%) reported drinking to celebrate, (b) birthday ...
Patricia C. Rutledge, Aesoon Park, Kenneth J. Sher   +2 more
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Arm activity measure (ArmA): psychometric evaluation of the Swedish version

Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes, 2021
Background Patient Reported Outcomes Measure (PROM) are commonly used in research and essential to understand the patient experience when receiving treatment.
Therese Ramström, Lina Bunketorp-Käll, Johanna Wangdell   +2 more
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Immunohistochemical Expression of MDM2 and p16 in Adipocytic Neoplasms Measuring Ten Centimeters or more in Diameter among Filipino Patients in a Public Tertiary Hospital from 2017 to 2019

Philippine Journal of Pathology, 2021
Introduction: A size of more than 10 cm suggests that a soft tissue tumor might be malignant. Pertinent ancillary diagnostic testing, such as immunohistochemistry (IHC) and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), may be done to confirm the diagnosis.
Marvin Masalunga, Jonathan Rivera, Jose Carnate Jr.   +2 more
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Immediate effect of lower extremity joint manipulation on a lower extremity somatosensory illusion: a randomized, controlled crossover clinical pilot study

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2022
Objective: This study explored the influence of lower extremity manipulation on the postural after-effects of standing on an inclined surface.Methods: Eight healthy individuals (28.0 ± 4.1 years) were recruited for this open-label, crossover study ...
Shannon Schueren, Hugh Hunger, Huong Pham, Dean L. Smith, Charles Layne, Christopher A. Malaya, Christopher A. Malaya   +6 more
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THE EXTREME HOSTS OF EXTREME SUPERNOVAE [PDF]

The Astrophysical Journal, 2010
We use GALEX ultraviolet (UV) and optical integrated photometry of the hosts of seventeen luminous supernovae (LSNe, having peak M_V < -21) and compare them to a sample of 26,000 galaxies from a cross-match between the SDSS DR4 spectral catalog and GALEX interim release 1.1.
Neill, James D., Sullivan, Mark, Gal-Yam, Avishay, Quimby, Robert, Ofek, Eran, Wyder, Ted, Howell, D. Andrew, Nugent, Peter, Seibert, Mark, Martin, D. Christopher, Overzier, Roderik, Barlow, Tom, Foster, Karl, Friedman, Peter, Morrissey, Patrick, Neff, Susan Gale, Schiminovich, David, Bianchi, Luciana, Donas, Jose, Heckman, Timothy, Lee, Young-Wook, Madore, Barry, Milliard, Bruno, Rich, Robert Michael, Szalay, Alex   +24 more
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Measurement properties of PROMIS short forms for pain and function in patients receiving knee arthroplasty

Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes, 2023
Background While there are a few studies on measurement properties of PROMIS short forms for pain and function in patients with knee osteoarthritis, nothing is known about the measurement properties in patients with knee arthroplasty.
Anika Stephan, Vincent A. Stadelmann, Stefan Preiss, Franco M. Impellizzeri   +3 more
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Extremism and the Extreme Personality

, 2023
Abstract Behavioral extremism takes different forms and shapes, including violent extremism, extreme dieting, extreme passion, and extreme infatuations. The authors look at these various behaviors through the lens of the goal systems theory and argue that all cases of extremism stem from motivational imbalance whereby a given need (or a ...
Szumowska, Ewa, Kruglanski, Arie W., Kopetz, Catalina   +2 more
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Which Extreme Values Are Really Extreme? [PDF]

Journal of Financial Econometrics, 2004
We define the extreme values of any random sample of size n from a distribution function F as the observations exceeding a threshold and following a type of generalized Pareto distribution (GPD) involving the tail index of F. The threshold is the order statistic that minimizes a Kolmogorov-Smirnov statistic between the empirical distribution of the ...
Gonzalo, J., Olmo, J.
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