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Systemic sclerosis: The need for structured care
Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology, 2016Autoimmune connective tissue diseases (CTDs) have a propensity to affect multiple organ systems as well as physical function, quality of life, and survival. Their clinical heterogeneity, multisystem involvement, and low worldwide prevalence present challenges for researchers to establish a study design to help better understand the course and outcomes ...
Morrisroe, Kathleen +4 more
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The Need for Structural Allograft Biomechanical Guidelines
Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 2015Because of their osteoconductive properties, structural bone allografts retain a theoretic advantage in biologic performance compared with artificial interbody fusion devices and endoprostheses. Current regulations have addressed the risks of disease transmission and tissue contamination, but comparatively few guidelines exist regarding donor ...
Satoshi, Kawaguchi, Robert A, Hart
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The Personal Structure of Personal Need for Structure
European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 2008Abstract. This study investigated the responses of N = 1,789 participants to a set of 12 Likert-type items for the assessment of personal need for structure (PNS). Mixture-distribution Rasch models were used to analyze the homogeneity of the response format across items and the homogeneity of the item parameters and category parameters across persons.
Thorsten Meiser, Maya Machunsky
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Poverty and disease: Need for structural change
Social Science & Medicine, 1988In underdeveloped countries, more than 70% of the population suffers from infectious and communicable diseases. These diseases are transmitted with the help of poor water, sanitation, housing, etc. Further, education and nutrition also affect the vulnerability of the individual.
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Regulatory Need for Containment Structures
CORROSION 1991, 1991Abstract Containment enclosures for surface preparation and coatings pose a real challenge to the corrosion engineer and painting contractor of tomorrow. It is one thing to hang a barrier wall of tarpaulins or screens separating the blasting and painting operation from other crafts, but it takes a whole different process when the job ...
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Personal Need for Structure and Attitudes Toward Homosexuality
The Journal of Social Psychology, 1998The need of a sample of U.S. students to cognitively structure reality as measured by the Personal Need for Structure (PNS) Scale was examined as a predictor of attitudes toward homosexuality measured by the Attitudes Toward Lesbians and Gay Men (ATLG) Scale. Significant relationships between the two constructs and strong gender differences on the ATLG
M R, Smith, R A, Gordon
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Auditory masking: Need for improved conceptual structure
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2006Even in simpler times, some people (e.g., Tanner) found it useful to ask “What is masking?” Independent of the extent to which this question was adequately answered even in those times, it is clear that the current expanded interest in central auditory processing has raised this question anew.
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The Need for Closure and the Need for Structure: Interrelationships, Correlates, and Outcomes
The Journal of Psychology, 1999Abstract In this study, the authors administered the Need for Closure Scale (A. W. Kruglanski, D. M. Webster, & A. Klem, 1993) and the Personal Need for Structure Scale (as cited in S. L. Neuberg & J. T. Newsom, 1993) to 2 samples of undergraduates, to assess the reliability and validity of these measures.
Christopher Leone +2 more
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