Assertiveness Deficits and Hostility in Domestically Violent Men

1986 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 279-289 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roland D. Maiuro ◽  
Timothy S. Cahn ◽  
Peter P. Vitaliano
Keyword(s):  
Negative Correlation ◽  
Social Skill ◽  
Comparison Group ◽  
Clinical Sample ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Skill Deficits ◽  
Domestically Violent ◽  
Violent Men ◽  
Specific Profile

Two types of assertiveness, the ability to refuse a demand or request and the ability to initiate a request or affirmatively express a need, were examined in a clinical sample of domestically violent men (N = 78) in contrast to a nonviolent comparison group (N = 29). No significant difference was found between the groups on refusal behavior. However, a significant difference was found on initiating/request behavior, the violent men evidencing lower scores than their nonviolent counterparts. Significant differences in anger and hostility were also apparent between groups. There was a significant and positive correlation between refusal behavior and overt anger/hostility. A significant and negative correlation was observed between initiating/request behavior and covert anger/hostility. The results support the presence of social skill deficits, which appear to be significantly related to anger and hostility in domestically violent men. The findings also suggest that domestically violent men have a more specific profile of assertiveness deficits than has been previously discussed in the literature.

scholarly journals The Effect of Perineural Injection in the Treatment of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

QJM ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 113 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
M A Elsebaie ◽  
N H Elarousi ◽  
E A Elattar ◽  
A A Mohamed
Keyword(s):  
Sodium Bicarbonate ◽  
Negative Correlation ◽  
Nerve Conduction ◽  
Randomized Study ◽  
Prospective Randomized Study ◽  
Statistical Significant Difference ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
Perineural Injection ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Before And After

Abstract Background This study was carried out to determine the effectiveness of perineural injection of dextrose 5 % buffered with sodium bicarbonate subcutaneously in treating patients with mild to moderate CTS. It was a prospective randomized study that performed on twenty cases with idiopathic CTS; they were diagnosed clinically and electrophysiologically according to AANEM criteria (2002). Objectives To study the effectiveness of perineural injection of dextrose 5 % buffered with sodium bicarbonate subcutaneously in treating patients with mild to moderate CTS. Patients and Methods It was a prospective randomized study that performed on twenty cases with idiopathic CTS; they were diagnosed clinically and electrophysiologically according to AANEM criteria (2002). All patients received PIT sessions. The injection done once weekly for 6 weeks. They were assessed before and after the treatment sessions by the following: provocative tests (Tinel, phalen and reverse phalen), clinical assessment scale (VAS and BCTQ"SSS, FSS") and nerve conduction study. Results By the end of the treatment, All provocative tests & All assessment scores showed a highly statistical significant difference (p > 0.01). Regarding sensory examination: night parethesia, hand pain and tingling &numbness showed a highly statistical significant difference (p > 0.01). Our results as regard nerve conduction studies of DML, sensory CV and DSL —difference between median and ulnar nerves showed that there was a statistical significant difference with improvement and there was a highly statistical significant difference with improvement as regard DSL and DML-difference between median and ulnar nerves. Before treatment VAS has a positive correlation with DML (r = 0.448, P < 0.05), another significant positive correlation was found between SSS and DSI (r = 0.45 , p < 0.05), but there was a negative correlation between VAS and the following MCV (r=-0.536, p < 0.05) and SCV (r= -0.462, p < 0.05). After treatment there was a negative correlation between VAS and the following SCV (r = -0.528, p < 0.05) and MCV (r= -0.618, p- 0,01 ). Conclusion Our study revealed that PIT Of D5W is an effective treatment for patients with mild to moderate CIS.

STUDY OF RIGHT VENTRICULAR DP/DT INDEX IN PATIENT WITH MITRAL STENOSIS BY DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 19-30
Author(s):  
Thai Nguyen Quoc ◽  
Vu Nguyen Anh
Keyword(s):  
Pulmonary Hypertension ◽  
Right Ventricular ◽  
Ventricular Function ◽  
Negative Correlation ◽  
Right Ventricular Function ◽  
Mitral Stenosis ◽  
Systolic Pulmonary Artery Pressure ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
Significant Difference

Objectives: To use echocardiographic dP/dt to assess the right ventricular function in patients with mitral stenosis. Subjects and methods: 48 patients with pulmonary hypertension due to mitral stenosis with everage age of 52.75 ± 13.09 years, were hospitalized in Department of Internal Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Department of Hue Central Hospital about time 3/2015 to 7/2017. All of patients had been measured right ventricular dP/dt index by Doppler echocardiograph. The method of research is a cross sectional study. Result: DP/dt should be reduced to the severity of pulmonary hypertension in patients with mitral stenosis. There was a statistically significant difference between right ventricular dP/dt of patients with mild to moderate systolic pulmonary hypertension with severe systolic pulmonary hypertension patients. There was a very negative correlation between right ventricular dP/dt rate and NYHA heart failure classification (r = -0.524 and p<0.0001), the negative correlation between right ventricular dP/dt and systolic pulmonary artery pressure (r = - 0.599 and p<0.0001). Positive correlation between right ventricular dP/dt and mitral valve area (r = 0.341 and p<0.05) and positive correlation between right ventricular dP/dt and TAPSE (r = 0.538 and p <0.001). Conclusion: dP/dt may be used to evaluate right ventricular function in patients with pulmonary hypertension due to mitral stenosis. Key words: Tricuspid Annular Plane Systolic Excursion (TAPSE), right ventrical dP/dt

CD5+B Lymphocytes in the Bone Marrow of Immunic Hemocytopenia Patients and Its Clinical Significancy.

Blood ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 106 (11) ◽  
pp. 3905-3905
Author(s):  
Zonghong Shao ◽  
Limin Xing ◽  
Rong Fu ◽  
Hong Liu ◽  
Jun Shi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bone Marrow ◽  
B Lymphocytes ◽  
Negative Correlation ◽  
Complement C3 ◽  
Evans Syndrome ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
Indirect Bilirubin ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Normal Controls

Abstract Background A subpopulation of B lymphocytes expressing CD5 antigen is involved in several autoimmune diseases through the release of autoantibodies. We investigate the quantitative of CD5+ B lymphocytes in the bone marrow of the patients with autoimmunic hemocytopenia and study the relationship between quantity of CD5+B cells and clinical or laboratorial parameters of these patients.Methods Quantities of CD5+B lymphocytes in the bone marrow(BM)of 14 patients with autoimmune hemolytic anemia(AIHA) or Evans syndrome, 22 immunorelated pancytopenia (IRP) patients and 10 normal controls were assayed by FACS. The correlation between their clinical or laboratory parameters and CD5+B lymphocytes was analyzed. Results The qutantity of CD5+B lymphocytes of AIHA/Evans syndrome ((34.64±19.81)% or IRP((35.81±16.83)%) patients was significantly higher than that of normal controls((12.0±1.97)%)(p&lt;0.05). There was no significant difference between those of AIHA/Evans syndrome and IRP patients(p&gt;0.05). The quantity of CD5+B lymphocytes in the bone marrow of all cytopenic patients showed negative correlation with complement C3(r=−0.416, p&lt;0.05). In AIHA/Evans syndrome patients, the quantity of BM CD5+ B lymphocytes showed positive correlation with indirect bilirubin(IBIL) (r=1.00, p&lt;0.05); In Evans syndrome patients, the quantity of CD5+B lymphocytes in their bone marrow showed positive correlation with PAIgG (r=0.761, p&lt;0.05) and PAIgM(r=0.925, p&lt;0.05). The qutantity of CD5+B lymphocytes in the bone marrow of all cytopenic patients showed negative correlation with treatment response (correlation coefficient tau-b=−0.289, p&lt;0.05), but no relation with the yields of CFU-E, BFU-E,CFU-F and CFU-GM BM in vitro. Conclusion BM CD5+B lymphocytes of the patients with autoimmunic hemocytopenias significantly increased and was related to the disease severity and clinical response. It was suggested that CD5+B lymphocytes might play an important role in the pathogenesis of autoimmunic hemocytopenia.

scholarly journals Comparison of Syndecan-1 Immunohistochemical Expression in Lobular and Ductal Breast Carcinoma with Nodal Metastases

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivana Miše ◽  
Majda Vučić
Keyword(s):  
Negative Correlation ◽  
Progesterone Receptors ◽  
Tumor Stroma ◽  
Metastatic Potential ◽  
Axillary Node ◽  
Nodal Metastases ◽  
Breast Carcinomas ◽  
Primary Tumors ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
Significant Difference

Syndecan-1 (Sdc1) is a transmembrane heparan sulfate proteoglycan, an extracellular matrix receptor involved in intercellular communication, proliferation, angiogenesis, and metastasis. This study determined and compared Sdc1 expression in the tumor cells and stroma of 30 invasive lobular and 30 invasive ductal breast carcinomas (ILCs/IDCs), also in the axillary node metastases of ductal type, and correlated it with clinical and tumor parameters. Sdc1 was expressed in the epithelium of 90% carcinoma of both histological types. Also, it was most frequently expressed in their tumor stroma, but in ILC, stromal expression was negative in 40%. Sdc1 was expressed in 86.7% of the metastatic epithelium of IDC nodal metastases (in even 50% as high expression), while the nodal stroma was negative in 46.7%. Primary IDC showed a negative correlation between epithelial Sdc1 and progesterone receptors (PRs), whereas ILC showed a positive correlation between stromal Sdc1 and histological gradus. In the metastatic epithelium, Sdc1 was negatively correlated with a patient’s age, estrogen receptors (ERs), and PRs in the primary tumors, while the stroma of metastases demonstrated a positive correlation with the focus number in primary tumors and a negative correlation with PRs in primary tumors. This research revealed identical overall epithelial Sdc1 expression in both breast carcinomas with no statistically significant difference in its stromal expression and confirmed the role of Sdc1 in the progression of both tumor types and in the development of ductal carcinoma’s metastatic potential.

Study on the Friction Transfer Rule of Piles in the Slope under the Vertical Load

2013 ◽  
Vol 423-426 ◽  
pp. 1296-1300
Author(s):  
Xing Yun Wang ◽  
Bin Peng ◽  
Xiao Chao Tang ◽  
Lian Fan
Keyword(s):  
Finite Difference ◽  
Negative Correlation ◽  
Influence Factors ◽  
Regular Pattern ◽  
Vertical Load ◽  
Slope Ratio ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
Transfer Rule ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Friction Transfer

The pile friction regular pattern in the slope has much difference with piles in the ground. By using the finite-difference software FLAC3D,the pile friction under the vertical load is studied. The regular pattern and influence factors are analyzed. The results show that there is a significant difference contrasting the friction of both sides of the pile. For the point of value, the friction closed to the slope-side is smaller than the friction away from the slope-side. The average is 60% to 70%. For the distribution, the friction closed to the slope-side decreases rapidly with the depth of the pile. The friction away from the slope-side distributes relatively evenly. The slope ratio and the pile location have a great impact on the friction. The friction has a negative correlation with the slope ratio, and has a positive correlation with the pile distance.

scholarly journals Leukocyte Populations are Associated with Heart Rate Variability After a Triathlon

2016 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Germán Hernández Cruz ◽  
José Naranjo Orellana ◽  
Adrián Rosas Taraco ◽  
Blanca Rangel Colmenero
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
Heart Rate Variability ◽  
B Cells ◽  
Negative Correlation ◽  
Lymphocyte Subpopulations ◽  
Blood Samples ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Leukocyte Populations ◽  
Cellular Immune

Abstract The purpose of this study was to analyze cellular immune components and their association with heart rate variability in triathlon athletes. Twelve athletes were included (age 36.41 ± 5.57 years, body mass 81.84 ± 10.97 kg) and blood samples were taken one week before, immediately, at 2 and 48 hours, and one week after competition. Total lymphocytes and their subpopulations, neutrophils, basophils, eosinophils and monocytes were analyzed. At the same time, heart rate variability was recorded for 30 minutes using Polar Team2®. A significant difference between lymphocyte subpopulations and heart rate variability was found in the different study periods. A positive correlation was found between total lymphocytes and rMSSD (r = .736, p <0.05), CD3+ and rMSSD (r = .785, p <0.05), and CD4+ and rMSSD (r = .795, p < 0.05) at the end of the competition. After one week of competition, a negative correlation was found between eosinophils and MRR, SDNN, pNN50, and rMSSD (p <0.01); and basophils and MRR, SDNN, pNN50, and rMSSD (p <0.01); while a positive correlation was found between CD19+ (B cells) and pNN50 (r = .678, p <0.05). Our results suggest that it is possible to predict the effect of training with regard to the athlete's performance.

The Influence of Age and Gender on Mandibular Indices among the Libyan Population

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Negative Correlation ◽  
Bone Mineralization ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
T Test ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Chi Square Test ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Libyan Population

Radiographic Mandibular Indices serve as easy and relatively cheap tools for evaluating bone mineralization. Objectives: To examine the effect of age and gender on three mandibular indices: the panoramic mandibular index (PMI), the mandibular ratio (MR) and the mandibular cortical index (MCI), among Libyan population. Methods: The three indices were measured on 317 digital (OPGs) of adult humans (155 males, 162 females). The sample was divided into six age groups (from 18-25 years through 56-65 years). The measurements were analyzed for interactions with age and sex, using SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Studies) software version no. 22. The tests employed were two way ANOVA, the unpaired T-test and chi-square test. Results: The mean PMI fluctuated between 0.37 s.d. 0.012 and 0.38 s.d. 0.012. among the sixth age groups. One-way ANOVA statistical test revealed no significant of age on PMI. On the other hand gender variation has effect on PMI, since independent sample t-test disclosed that the difference between the male and female PMI means statistically significant. ANOVA test showed that the means of MR among age groups showed a negative correlation i.e. MR mean declined from 3.01 in 18-25 age groups to 2.7 in 55-65 age groups. In contrary, the gender showed no effect on MR according two sample t-test at p> 0.05. In regards with MCI, statistical analysis showed that it affected by age that is C1 was decreasing by age while C2 and C3 were increased by age. Using chi square test the result indicated that there is a significant difference among the different age group and the two genders in MCI readings. Conclusion: PMI was influenced significantly by age but minimally by the gender. MR is not affected by gender but has a negative correlation with age. MCI is affected by both age and gender

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