Sentences with phrase «diagnostic measures at»

Ten RCTs demonstrated significant reductions in child symptom and / or diagnostic measures at follow - up.

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But for a new version of Trumpcare or any other initiative to succeed, the measure must at least arrest the relentlessly rising costs for hospital stays, MRIs, diagnostic tests and surgical procedures that threaten to swamp the federal budget, shrink take - home pay for families, or pummel both.

While many questions persist about more sophisticated diagnostic measures, rehabilitation and long - term effects of injury, we continue to make great progress, remain current on research and new techniques and provide the best possible care for our patients at any level of sport or activity.»

Studies were included if: (a) they were RCTs, (b) the population comprised parents / carers of children up to the age of 18 where at least 50 % had a conduct problem (defined using objective clinical criteria, the clinical cut - off point on a well validated behaviour scale or informal diagnostic criteria), (c) the intervention was a structured, repeatable (manualised) parenting programme (any theoretical basis, setting or mode of delivery) and (d) there was at least one standardised outcome measuring child behaviour.

«This diagnostic advancement provides us with a more precise ruler for measuring the effectiveness of diagnosis, treatment and progression of TBI,» says Mony J. de Leon, EdD, director of the Center for Brain Health at NYU Langone, professor of psychiatry and an investigator with NYU's Steven and Alexandra Cohen Veterans Center.

Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas are getting more out of the sweat they've put into their work on a wearable diagnostic tool that measures three diabetes - related compounds in microscopic amounts of perspiration.

Investigators at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital set out to develop a home - based diagnostic test that could be used to measure semen quality using a smartphone - based device.

«In this experiment, the technical difficulty is getting all the different capacitor discharges to work at the right times with the right currents,» Degnan says, «and getting all the diagnostic equipment to work, because if you can't measure it, you don't know what happened.»

In the large negative hydrogen ion source at NIFS, various types of diagnostics are available for measuring negative hydrogen ion density, electron density, and other quantities.

Qualified investigators can obtain: (1) cleaned, quality control checked sequence data, (2) information on the composition of the study cohorts (e.g. case - control, family based, and epidemiology cohorts), (3) descriptions of the study cohorts included in the analysis, and (4) accompanying phenotypic information such as age at disease onset, gender, diagnostic status, and cognitive measures.

The team has transferred these diagnostic capabilities to a new Vertical Shock Tube facility, where they plan to simultaneously measure density - velocity at multiple times to probe the temporal evolution of the quantities and physics of turbulent mixing.

Orlando, Florida, November 4 - 7, 2007 — At this year's Scientific Sessions of the American Heart Association, deCODE genetics (Nasdaq: DCGN) is presenting its newly launched DNA - based risk diagnostic tests deCODE MI ™ and deCODEAF ™ - which measure common genetic variants associated with clinically relevant increases in risk of heart attack and atrial fibrillation / stroke, respectively.

Pablant said he would look at results from the first plasma measured by a diagnostic device called an X-ray crystal spectrometer that he and PPPL engineer Michael Mardenfeld designed and built.

Research from a collaborative team at Washington University in St. Louis tested a 3 - D method that could lead to new diagnostic tools that will precisely measure the third - trimester growth and folding patterns of a baby's brain.

Two other enhancements were made at LLE: the quality of the target shell was improved to make it more easily compressed, and the diagnostics for measuring what's taking place within the shell have gotten better.

In addition to the Autism Diagnostic Interview - Revised that is mainly based on participants» behaviour during their childhood, we also obtained the maternal - reported Social Responsiveness Scale to measure participants» behaviour at the time of experiments (Constantino, 2002).

In addition to the personalized diagnostic screener and interventions for use at home and in schools, Reach Every Reader will work with educators and families to improve their capacity to adopt and integrate these personalized tools and measures.

At the elementary level, the school uses different measures like DIEBELS progress monitoring, Fox in a Box diagnostic measures, and a Gates - MacGinitie reading test.

If this is not diagnostic, a thyroid scan can be performed at a veterinary referral center or the T4 can be measured again in a few weeks.

SOUTH BAY HOSPITAL, Torrance, CA Optometrist, December 2013 — Present • Conduct diagnostic evaluations on patients to determine nature of visual problem • Facilitate vision enhancement among post-operative individuals and patients undergoing a series of surgeries • Analyze diagnostic test results and develop and implement a treatment plan accordingly • Provide visual rehabilitation and low vison therapy • Counsel patients and at risk individuals regarding eye care strategies and preventive measures for specific eye diseases • Remove foreign bodies from the eye non surgically

• Enhanced the accuracy of visual diagnostic assessment process up till 97 % by implementing modern, computerized and research based evaluative protocols • Reduced annual procurement cost by $ 30K by recommending less costly, reliable replacements of conventional and expensive visual assessment equipment • Brought the hospital's optometric department in 100 % compliance with HIPPA guidelines • Conducted numerous educational workshops to spread awareness regarding safe and healthy measures and life style adaptations to prevent loss of vision among patients at risk

This was assessed via 3 measures: (1) parental cigarette smoking (for the month before assessment) at the 5 -, 6 -, and 9 - year follow - up; (2) parental alcohol problems, based on questions from the Composite International Diagnostic Inventory35 relating to Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition36 alcohol abuse / dependence symptom criteria, in the 12 months before the 5 -, 6 -, and 9 - year follow - up; and (3) parental use of cannabis or other illicit drugs, since the previous assessment, at the 5 -, 6 -, and 9 - year follow - up.

This was assessed at the 5 -, 6 -, and 9 - year follow - up by using questions from the Composite International Diagnostic Inventory35 measuring Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition36 symptoms of major depression.

Main outcome measures included the Adolescent Diagnostic Interview (ADI - Light), the Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children Version IV (NIMH DISC - IV), as well as measures of cannabis use, delinquent behavior, treatment response and recovery at one - year follow - up, and treatment intensity and retention.

Measures included the Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children (DISC), Trauma Symptom Checklist for Children (TSCC), the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL), and the Lifetime Incidence of Traumatic Events (LITE) and were administered to participants and one of their parents / caregivers at three points in time: pretreatment, posttreatment, and follow - up.

The Children's Global Assessment Scale (CGAS [45]-RRB- is a global measure of functional impairment filled out by the interviewer after the information has been obtained by parents in the diagnostic interview at ages 3 and 5.

At the baseline assessment, diagnostic interviews were used to assess mothers» and children's histories of MDD and children completed a self - report measure of peer victimization.