Analysis of HLA-G 5'URR regulatory polymorphisms in Slovak women with pre-eclampsia.

Objectives: The objective of this study was to identify the impact of the selected HLA-G gene polymorphisms in the 5'URR region on the risk to develop pre-eclampsia.

Background: Pre-eclampsia (PE) is a serious multisystem disorder that affects women during pregnancy. Despite many research studies, the pathology of PE is not fully understood.

Dependence of the damage in optical metal/dielectric coatings on the energy of ions in irradiation experiments for space qualification.

Terrestrial accelerator facilities can generate ion beams which enable the testing of the resistance of materials and thin film coatings to be used in the space environment. In this work, a [Formula: see text]/Al bi-layer coating has been irradiated with a [Formula: see text] beam at three different energies. The same flux and dose have been used in order to investigate the damage dependence on the energy.

Analysis of HLA-G gene polymorphisms in Slovak women with pre-eclampsia.

Objectives: To identify possible association between the selected HLA-G gene polymorphisms and risk of pre-eclampsia.

Background: Pre-eclampsia is a serious multisystem disorder that affects women during pregnancy. Despite many research studies, the pathology of pre-eclampsia is not fully understood.

Longitudinal evaluation of markers of hemostasis in pregnancy.

Objective: The aim of this study was to establish the physiologic changes in hemostasis during pregnancy and to find the association between the factor V Leiden mutation and adverse pregnancy outcome.

Methods: We investigated blood samples of 148 pregnant women during each trimester of pregnancy. We measured their serum concentrations of factors I, II, V, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, D-dimers, prothrombin time, INR, aPTT, activity of protein C and S, antithrombin III and platelet count.

Ultrasound diagnosis of macrosomia.

Over the last two to three decades, there has been a 15-25 % increase in many countries in the number of women giving birth to large infant. Fetal macrosomia is associated with an increased risk of complications both for the mother and the newborn. In current obstetrics, the macrosomic fetus represents a frequent clinical challenge.

Real-time continuous glucose monitoring systems in the classroom/school environment.

Background: Children with type 1 diabetes (T1D) spend 4-7 h/day in school with very little supervision of their diabetes management. Therefore, families have become more dependent on technology, such as use of real-time continuous glucose monitoring (RT-CGM), to provide increased supervision of their diabetes management. We sought to assess the impact of RT-CGM use in the classroom/school environment.

Fear of memories: the nature of panic in posttraumatic stress disorder.

Background: Although there is increasing evidence that panic attacks are common in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), little is known if posttraumatic panic is comparable to panic attacks observed in panic disorder (PD).

Objective: This study examined the cognitive responses to panic attacks in participants with PD and PTSD.

Method: Participants with PD (n=22) and PTSD (n=18) were assessed on the Anxiety Disorder Interview Schedule for DSM-IV and subsequently administered the Agoraphobic Cognitions Questionnaire and a measure of fears related to trauma memories.

White matter structural differences in young children with type 1 diabetes: a diffusion tensor imaging study.

Objective: To detect clinical correlates of cognitive abilities and white matter (WM) microstructural changes using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) in young children with type 1 diabetes.

Research Design And Methods: Children, ages 3 to <10 years, with type 1 diabetes (n = 22) and age- and sex-matched healthy control subjects (n = 14) completed neurocognitive testing and DTI scans.

Results: Compared with healthy controls, children with type 1 diabetes had lower axial diffusivity (AD) values (P = 0.

Factor V Leiden mutation and its impact on pregnancy complications.

Objective: The aim of this prospective study was to find the association between the factor V Leiden mutation and adverse pregnancy outcomes.

Methods: This study is an analysis of a prospective observational study of the frequency of placenta-mediated complications of factor V Leiden mutation carriers. We compared pregnancy outcomes of 11 women with a heterozygous form of the factor V Leiden mutation with 41 women of a control group.

The feasibility of detecting neuropsychologic and neuroanatomic effects of type 1 diabetes in young children.

Objective: To determine if frequent exposures to hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia during early childhood lead to neurocognitive deficits and changes in brain anatomy.

Research Design And Methods: In this feasibility, cross-sectional study, young children, aged 3 to 10 years, with type 1 diabetes and age- and sex-matched healthy control (HC) subjects completed neuropsychologic (NP) testing and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans of the brain.

Results: NP testing and MRI scanning was successfully completed in 98% of the type 1 diabetic and 93% of the HC children.

Metabolic syndrome and the risk of preeclampsia.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine if the evaluation of the metabolic score is a suitable approach to assess the risk of preeclampsia.

Results: The overall number of deliveries in the study period was 2263, preeclampsia occurs in 182 cases. The evaluated metabolic score in these patients was following: 0 in 34 cases, 1 in 121 cases, 2 in 19 cases and 3 in 8 cases.

Sonography in the management of symptomatic pregnancies of unknown location.

Objective: To evaluate the management of pregnancy of unknown location in our conditions and to assess possibilities to improve on the performance of it.

Methods: This was a retrospective study of a population of women classified as having PUL. Out- and inpatients were recruited.

Shyness 1: distance treatment of social phobia over the Internet.

Objective: The purpose of the present study was to examine the effectiveness of an Internet-based clinician-assisted computerized cognitive behavioural therapy programme for social phobia.

Method: A total of 105 individuals with social phobia were randomly assigned to a six-lesson cognitive behavioural treatment programme or to a waitlist control group. Treatment consisted of four components: six online lessons; homework assignments; participation in an online discussion forum; and regular email contact with a therapist.

Visual memory testing in older adults with age-related visual decline: a measure of memory performance or visual functioning?

Although we know that vision is correlated with memory performance in older adults, the implications for this in terms of neuropsychological assessment have not been investigated. Relationships among age, visual acuity, and visual and verbal memory in 89 community dwelling volunteers aged 60 to 87 years were examined. Vision was tested using the Landolt C and visual and verbal memory were assessed via the Visual Reproduction (VR) and Word List (WL) subtests from the Wechsler Memory Scale, Third Edition (WMS-III; Wechsler, 1997), respectively.

A self-report questionnaire for measuring separation anxiety in adulthood.

Little attention has been given to measuring symptoms of separation anxiety (SA) in adulthood. The development of an Adult Separation Anxiety Questionnaire (ASA-27) is described and compared to a previously derived Adult Separation Anxiety Semistructured Interview (ASA-SI). Principal components analysis revealed a coherent construct of SA with high internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha =.

The impact of torture on post-traumatic stress symptoms in war-affected Tamil refugees and immigrants.

The present study examines the effect of torture in generating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms by comparing its impact with that of other traumas suffered by a war-affected sample of Tamils living in Australia. Traumatic predictors of PTSD were examined among a subsample of 107 Tamils (refugees, asylum seekers, and voluntary immigrants) who had endorsed at least one trauma category on the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire. Principal components analysis (PCA) yielded five trauma factors that were applied to predicting PTSD scores.

Problems Tamil asylum seekers encounter in accessing health and welfare services in Australia.

Over the last decade, western countries have reduced their intake of refugees, even though a substantial number of persons continue to be displaced by war and persecution. At the same time, there has been a substantial increase in the number of asylum seekers who apply for refugee status after entering western countries without resettlement documents. Evidence is accruing that asylum seekers are at high risk to trauma-related psychiatric and physical disorders.