Aim: To evaluate the structural validity, internal reliability, and measurement invariance of the Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory - Patient Reported Outcome (PEDI-PRO), a measure of functional performance of discrete tasks required to participate in everyday life situations important for adulthood.
Method: This was a cross-sectional study with 306 young people aged 14 to 22 years (mean 18 years 10 months, SD 2 years 5 months) with developmental disabilities (43.1% autism spectrum disorder only, 23.
Approximately 1.8 million metric tonnes of honey are produced globally every year. The key source behind this output, the honey bee (Apis mellifera), works tirelessly to create the delicious condiment that is consumed worldwide.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe investigated the biological activities of 14 medicinal plants from Saudi Arabia as anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and anti-proliferative properties using hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cell lines. Hexane extracts exhibited the maximum inhibitory activities against albumin denaturation compared with those of other solvents. hexane extract showed the highest anti-inflammatory while methanol extract showed significantly high hydroxyl radical scavenging activity ( < 0.
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