Evaluation of the psychometric properties of the Functional Ability Scale in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis.

Background And Objective: Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) has a generalized impact on physical function, thus functional capacity (FC) is one of the main outcome measures in this population. FC can be evaluated using self-referential questionnaires and with observational tests such as the Functional Ability Scale (CAPFUN). The psychometric properties of this scale have not been tested yet.

Prevent with Pleasure: A systematic review of HIV public communication campaigns incorporating a pleasure-based approach.

Previous research suggests integrating pleasure into HIV prevention programming improves health outcomes. There are no existing reviews on how exactly pleasure is used within HIV public communications campaigns (PCCs). This manuscript investigates: (1) how HIV PCCs operationalise pleasure; and (2) the efficacy of pleasure-based HIV PCCs.

Revised Age Estimates for Northern Resident Killer Whales () Based on Observed Life-History Events and Demographic Discounting.

Long-term field studies have been invaluable in the study of ecology and evolution; however, for particularly long-lived species, even long-term studies often rely on estimated ages, for example when investigating demographic processes. One approach is to estimate unknown birth dates from the known timing of other life-history events. Building on previous methods, we update estimation techniques for Northern Resident killer whales (NRKW; ) as part of an ongoing long-term study that began in 1973.