Alternate forms of health attitude scale.

Objectives: To develop valid and reliable alternate forms to measure college students' attitudes toward health.

Methods: Final scale, composed of 2 different but equivalent 15-item forms, was administered to 2 sets of college students. The mixed format of 30 items was administered to one sample of college students whereas a pre-post format was administered to another set of students.

Clinical significance of cell differentiation in hepatocellular carcinoma.

Background/aims: Hepatocellular carcinoma is commonly found in Asian countries and prognosis still remains unsatisfactory due to recurrence after surgical tumor resection.

Methodology: We try to demonstrate the recurrence and survival time in 99 surgical patients grading by tumor cellular differentiation from surgical specimen.

Results: The rates of well, moderate, and poor differentiation were encountered in 21 cases (21.

Health attitude scale construction: importance of psychometric evidence.

Objective: To identify 18 steps to 3-component attitude scale construction.

Methods: Examples are provided to illustrate each step.

Results: The presentation primarily focused on specific steps in constructing meaningful health attitude scales.

Evaluation of HIV/AIDS education in Russia using a video approach.

HIV/AIDS has intruded upon the geographic, political, ethnic, gender, and sexual orientation of communities all over the world. As of April 1999, Russia has recorded approximately 13,532 cases of HIV infection. Since the costs of treatment are expensive for many countries, and especially for Russia, educational intervention appears to offer the most effective and affordable solution.

Characterization of two cytosolic diacylglycerol kinase forms.

Two forms of rat brain cytosolic diacylglycerol kinase (EC2.7.1.