European pamphlets

A collection of miscellaneous pamphlets on Europe.

Fotodegradação de pesticidas: caso do fenarimol

Tese dout. em Química, Unidade de Ciências Exactas e Humanas, Univ. do Algarve, 1997

Effect of ramipril on walking times and quality of life among patients with peripheral artery disease and intermittent claudication : a randomized controlled trial

Importance Approximately one-third of patients with peripheral artery disease experience intermittent claudication, with consequent loss of quality of life. Objective To determine the efficacy of ramipril for improving walking ability, patient-perceived walking performance, and quality of life in patients with claudication. Design, Setting, and Patients Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial conducted among 212 patients with peripheral artery disease (mean age, 65.5 [SD, 6.2] years), initiated in May 2008 and completed in August 2011 and conducted at 3 hospitals in Australia. Intervention Patients were randomized to receive 10 mg/d of ramipril (n = 106) or matching placebo (n = 106) for 24 weeks. Main Outcome Measures Maximum and pain-free walking times were recorded during a standard treadmill test. The Walking Impairment Questionnaire (WIQ) and Short-Form 36 Health Survey (SF-36) were used to assess walking ability and quality of life, respectively. Results At 6 months, relative to placebo, ramipril was associated with a 75-second (95% CI, 60-89 seconds) increase in mean pain-free walking time (P < .001) and a 255-second (95% CI, 215-295 seconds) increase in maximum walking time (P < .001). Relative to placebo, ramipril improved the WIQ median distance score by 13.8 (Hodges-Lehmann 95% CI, 12.2-15.5), speed score by 13.3 (95% CI, 11.9-15.2), and stair climbing score by 25.2 (95% CI, 25.1-29.4) (P < .001 for all). The overall SF-36 median Physical Component Summary score improved by 8.2 (Hodges-Lehmann 95% CI, 3.6-11.4; P = .02) in the ramipril group relative to placebo. Ramipril did not affect the overall SF-36 median Mental Component Summary score. Conclusions and Relevance Among patients with intermittent claudication, 24-week treatment with ramipril resulted in significant increases in pain-free and maximum treadmill walking times compared with placebo. This was associated with a significant increase in the physical functioning component of the SF-36 score. Trial Registration clinicaltrials.gov Identifier: NCT00681226

Kids’ Life and Times: using an Internet survey to measure children’s health-related quality of life

Objective
To examine the psychometric properties of an internet version of a children and young person's quality of life measure originally designed as a paper questionnaire.

Methods
Participants were 3,440 10 and 11 year old children in Northern Ireland who completed the KIDSCREEN-27 online as part of a general attitudinal survey. The questionnaire was animated using cartoon characters that are familiar to most children and the questions appeared on screen and were read aloud by actors.

Results
Exploratory principal component analysis of the online version of the questionnaire supported the existence of five components in line with the paper version. The items loaded on the components that would be expected based on previous findings with five domains - physical well-being,psychological well-being, autonomy and parents, social support and peers and school environment.Internal consistency reliability of the five domains was measured using Cronbach's alpha and the results suggested that the scale scores were reliable. The domain scores were similar to those reported in the literature for the paper version.

Conclusions
These results suggest that the factor structure and internal consistency reliability scores of the KIDSCREEN-27 embedded within an online survey are comparable to those reported in the literature for the paper version.

Life in medieval times. Teacher's resource pack.

Este recurso del profesor se ha escrito en un intento de apoyar a medio y corto plazo la planificación de la enseñanza de la historia. Utiliza distintas clases de estrategias diferenciadas como: recursos, tareas, resultados. A medio plazo, la planificación se basa constituir unas notas detalladas de una red de conocimientos, al comienzo de cada unidad. La planificación a corto plazo cuenta con el apoyo de la notas detalladas, al comienzo de cada unidad que hacen hincapié en la enseñanza de objetivos y resultados del aprendizaje, destinados a una actividad particular.

Life in medieval times.

Tiene un enfoque de investigación destinado a estimular en los alumnos el interés por la historia. La narrativa se adecua al nivel de los alumnos. Las preguntas están diseñadas para desarrollar en los alumnos el conocimiento de la historia, la lectura y las destrezas del pensamiento histórico. Al final de cada unidad hay un turno de preguntas para recordarlo aprendido. Hay cronogramas.

Life in medieval times.

Tiene un enfoque de investigación destinado a estimular en los alumnos el interés por la historia. La narrativa se adecua al nivel de los alumnos. Las preguntas están diseñadas para desarrollar en los alumnos el conocimiento de la historia, la lectura y las destrezas del pensamiento histórico. Al final de cada unidad hay un turno de preguntas para recordar lo aprendido. Hay cronogramas.