THE RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY OF THE SHORT VERSION OF THE WHO QUALITY OF LIFE INSTRUMENT IN AN ARAB GENERAL POPULATION.

The reliability and validity of the short version of the WHO quality of life instrument in an Arab general population.

Background and Objectives: There is rising interest in quality of life (QOL) research in Arabian countries.The aim of this study was to assess in a nationwide sample of Kuwaiti subjects the reliability and validity of the World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-BREF), a shorter version of the widely used QOL assessment instrument that com

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First trimester human umbilical cord perivascular cells (HUCPVC) modulate the kynurenine pathway and glutamate neurotransmission in an LPS-induced mouse model of neuroinflammation

Abstract Background The Kynurenine Pathway (KP) of Sleeping Aid tryptophan degradation and glutamate toxicity is implicated in several neurological disorders, including depression.The therapeutic potential of mesenchymal stromal cells (MSC), owing to their well documented phagocytosis-driven mechanism of immunomodulation and neuroprotection, has be

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Estimating Crashes Attributable to Low and High Level Speeding: Melbourne Compared With Perth and Urban Queensland

Relationships linking travel speeds with the risk of casualty crashes have been combined with on-road speed surveys to estimate the proportion of crashes associated with each speed range and potentially attributable to speeding at different levels.This paper used speeds recorded by mobile speed cameras operated covertly in Melbourne 60 km/h speed l

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Cerebellar Involvement in Dengue Fever

Dengue fever is a common and important arboviral infection prevalent in tropical countries, contributing to significant morbidity and mortality.The clinical Bath Towel spectrum of dengue fever ranges from simple febrile illness to life-threatening complications such as dengue hemorrhagic fever and dengue shock syndrome.Among the many unusual manife

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Fitness of Eventing Horses Submitted to Interval Training

The fitness of eventing horses was assessed in field tests through the use of heart and respiratory rates and blood biochemical parameters.The first stage (S1) lasted three days and consisted of the following three tests: the incremental speed test (IST), the incremental jumping test (IJT), and the jumping course (JC).Following the first stage, hor

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