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Empowerment in supported employment research and practice: Is it relevant?

BACKGROUND: This cross-sectional study is aimed at describing and investigating empowerment and its relationships with level of engagement in daily activities and community life, experienced stigma, psychopathology, and quality of life among people with mental illness entering supported employment. METHOD: The following scales were administered to 120 persons: Empowerment Scale, Profiles of Occupa

Prolonged cell cycle transit is a defining and developmentally conserved hemopoietic stem cell property.

Hand function tests are important and sensitive tools for assessment of treatment response in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Objectives: To assess the usefulness of hand function measurements in a study of treatment effects of tumour necrosis factor (TNF) blockers and to define the relationship between different hand function tests and also relate hand function to general disability and disease activity. Methods: The study group consisted of 49 patients with established rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who were followed for 1

Collagen VI Encodes Antimicrobial Activity: Novel Innate Host Defense Properties of the Extracellular Matrix.

Collagen type VI is a subepithelial extracellular matrix component in airways and an adhesive substrate for oral pathogens [Bober et al.: J Innate Immun 2010;2:160-166]. Here, we report that collagen VI displays a dose-dependent antimicrobial activity against group A, C, and G streptococci by membrane disruption in physiological conditions. The data disclose previously unrecognized aspects of the

Chained Gallager codes

The ensemble of regular Low-Density Parity-Check (LDPC) codes introduced by Gallager is considered. Using probabilistic arguments a lower bound on the normalized minimum distance is derived. A new code construction, called Chained Gallager codes, is introduced as the combination of two Gallager codes and its error correcting capabilities are studied.

High-throughput disease proteomics using recombinant antibody microarrays

Everyday activity performance among older people in Latvia.

Okadaic Acid and Cultured Frog Sciatic Nerves : Potent Inhibition of Axonal Regeneration in Spite of Unaffected Schwann Cell Proliferation and Ganglionic Protein Synthesis

Abstract: Okadaic acid (OA) is a frequently used phosphatase inhibitor that by inhibiting dephosphorylation increases the net phosphorylation level in various systems. In the present study OA was used to assess the role of balanced phosphorylation‐dephosphorylation reactions for successful regeneration of peripheral nerves. To achieve this, the effects of OA on phosphorylation levels, neurite outg

Internal and External Risks to Japan's Northern Territories Policy

On PAMPs and DAMPs

The congruency between moral foundations and intentions to donate, self-reported donations, and actual donations to charity

We extend past research on the congruency between moral foundations and morally relevant outcomes to ingroup- and outgroup-focused charitable giving. We measured intentions to donate to outgroup members (begging EU-migrants) and self-reported donations to ingroup (medical research) and outgroup (international aid) charity organizations in a heterogeneous sample (N = 1008) and actual donations to i

Memory for perceived and imagined pictures: An event-related potential study

Eyewitnesses’ recall correctness and metacognitive realism for forensically central and forensically peripheral information

Managing inter-organisational relationships in Application Service Provision

Towards a design theory for synchronous communication in online education

Assistive technology as part of the rehabilitation process: Documentation aspects in occupational therapy.

Content analysis of eyewitnesses’ repeated recalls and discussions

Behind the Very Notes - playful creativity in coping with notation

Evaluation of housing accessibility for very old persons and their ability to perform everyday activities: Implications for occupational therapy practise.

Corporate decision-making and regard for ”the other”