Abstract Procedural anxiety is a concern for a number of patients undergoing radiation therapy.While procedural anxiety is often treated pharmacologically, there is a clinical need for effective alternative strategies for patients who are contraindicated from medication use, and those who prefer not to take unnecessary medications.Objectives The pr

BackgroundNatural-focal diseases are serious diseases that endanger human health.They threaten about 100 million people in Shandong Province, and cause illness in thousands of people each year.However, information on the epidemiological characteristics of natural-focal diseases in Shandong Province has been limited.The purpose of the study was to d

<ul><li><strong>BACKGROUND</strong>: Strengths and difficulties questionnaire (SDQ) is a widely used instrument for screening mental problems in children and adolescents.The main aim of this study was to evaluate the validity and psychometric properties of this questionnaire in comparison with the children behavior checklist

Summary: Thermogenic brown and beige adipocytes counteract obesity by enhancing energy dissipation via uncoupling protein-1 (Ucp1).However, canon imageclass mf227dw the effect of genetic variation on these cells, a major source of disease susceptibility, has been less well studied.Here we examined beige adipocytes from obesity-prone C57BL/6J (B6) a

Asthma, the most common chronic respiratory disease in children, affects numerous people worldwide.Accumulating evidence suggests that exposure to high levels of particulate matter (PM), either acutely or chronically, is read more associated with the exacerbation and incidence of pediatric asthma.However, the detailed pathogenic mechanisms by which