Assessment of insight in psychosis: a re-standardization of a new scale.

Over the last decade, a number of tools have been developed to evaluate, in a systematic way, patients' insight into their psychotic illness. Such tools, however, capture different clinical phenomena of insight. So far, there is no indication as to which phenomenon of insight might be the most useful or predictive (e.

Modification of Niven's medium for the enumeration of histamine-forming bacteria and discussion of the parameters associated with its use.

The objective of this study was to improve Niven's medium (NM) for the optimized enumeration of histamine-forming bacteria (HFB). The parameters modified related to solidification of the agar at low pH values (pH 5.3 to 5.

Housing: the foundation of community care?

Until the late 1980s community care was traditionally the preserve of the health and social care agencies that dominated the planning and provision of care. Since then it has increasingly been recognized that housing should also play a major role in community care. This has been apparent in official guidance and statements, in some of the more innovative forms of community care provision, and in some of the academic literature.

Comparison of volatiles, phenolics, sugars, antioxidant vitamins, and sensory quality of different colored carrot varieties.

Four different colored carrots, orange, purple with orange core, yellow, and white, were examined for their content of phenolics, antioxidant vitamins, and sugars as well as their volatiles and sensory responses. A total of 35 volatiles were identified in all carrots, 27 positively. White carrot contained the highest content of volatiles, followed by orange, purple, and yellow.

Application of foodborne disease outbreak data in the development and maintenance of HACCP systems.

Five-hundred and thirty general foodborne outbreaks of food poisoning reported in England and Wales between 1992 and 1996 were reviewed to study their application to the development and maintenance of HACCP systems. Retrospective investigations of foodborne disease outbreaks provided information on aetiological agents, food vehicles and factors that contributed to the outbreaks. Salmonella spp.

Dietary zinc intake of a group of long-stay mentally handicapped women: some bioavailability considerations.

Dietary factors affecting zinc bioavailability were evaluated according to their relative distribution in the individual daily meals making up the basic diet of 17 institutionalized, mentally handicapped adult women. Mean intake values of zinc, phytate, nonstarch polysaccharides (NSP), calcium, protein, and energy were calculated from a dietary survey of 7 consecutive days, which also served to obtain values for the two zinc bioavailability predictor formulas, phytate/Zn millimolar ratio and [Ca][phytate]/[Zn][energy] ratio. Mean daily zinc intake was 8.

Slowed cognitive processing and high workload in Parkinson's disease.

It is suggested that cognitive slowing in Parkinson's disease (PD) may be evident on a task with high cognitive load. This hypothesis was tested using a workload design with a progressive increase in task difficulty, on a group of Parkinson patients and normal controls. Using measures of Reaction Time (RT) and Event Related Potentials (ERP), results showed that RT and ERP waveforms increased in line with task difficulty.

Note: evaluation of selective media for the enumeration of Bifidobacterium sp. in milk.

Pure cultures of three species of bifidobacteria (Bifidobacterium longum, Bif. adolescentis and Bif. bifidum), Lactobacillus acidophilus and a mixed culture of Lact.

Young people in transition: the relationship between homesickness and self-disclosure.

Whilst the majority of new students cope well with the transition to university, a number experience levels of homesickness which can adversely affect the process of adaptation. In this study the relationship between homesickness and self-disclosure, seen as a possible mediating factor, was assessed in a sample of 83 students (mean age 18.0541 years, s.

The production and quality of tomato concentrates.

The standards and specifications for the quality and composition of tomato concentrates are reviewed. The main quality parameters of tomato puree and paste are color, consistency and flavor. Overall, there is an absence of standardization of methods and instruments to define quality.

Nursing in war-time Guernsey: a preliminary review.

The research for this article was carried out in the Channel Island of Guernsey during 1996-97 and focuses on the remarkable resilience of a small group of nurses as they strove to provide an emergency hospital service to the civilian population of Guernsey between 1940 and 1945, during which time German forces were in occupation. Insights are provided into a unique period of nursing history, giving a flavour of the harsh environment in which care was provided. Hospital records at the time described a nurse as 'someone who earns her living nursing', therefore the title 'nurse' is used collectively to describe both the qualified State Registered Nurse and the unqualified junior staff.