Self-efficacy, self-care and glycemic control in Saudi Arabian patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A cross-sectional survey.

Aims: To determine the prevalence of diabetes self-care activities among type 2 diabetes patients and examine the association between socio-demographic and clinical parameters, diabetes self-care activities, and glycemic control among type 2 diabetes patients.

Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted among patients with diabetes (n = 123) at the Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Humanitarian City (SBAHC). A regression model was used to examine the variables that predicted glycemic control.

Transparent Er-Doped YO Ceramics with Long Optical Coherence Lifetime.

Er-doped YO nanoparticles (NPs) are used to synthesize transparent ceramics by hot isostatic pressing. Two sizes of NPs are studied, and 40 nm NPs show better performance than 200 nm NPs in transparent ceramics syntheses. The axial optical transmission through millimeter thickness of the prepared ceramics is about 80% in the wavelength range of 1000-2000 nm.

Psychiatric Comorbidities in a New Zealand Sample of Adults With ADHD.

Objective: To examine the rates of psychiatric comorbidities within a New Zealand sample of adults with ADHD compared with a community control group.

Method: We merged six data sets to obtain a sample of 222 adults (158 ADHD, 64 controls). Comorbidities were assessed using the Structured Clinical Interview for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed.

Amidates as leaving groups: structure/reactivity correlation of the hydroxide-dependent E1cB-like breakdown of carbinolamides in aqueous solution.

The kinetic study of the aqueous reaction, between pH 10 and 14, of eight N-(hydroxymethyl)benzamide derivatives in water at 25 degrees C, I = 1.0 M (KCl), has been performed. In all cases, the reaction proceeds via a specific-base-catalyzed deprotonation of the hydroxyl group followed by rate-limiting breakdown of the alkoxide to form aldehyde and amidate (E1cB-like).