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The eye can be examined with relative ease regarding both its function and its structure. A functional assessment consists of the ability to move in the orbit and the reaction of the pupil to light and accommodation.
The function of the eye might be tested in a number of methods. The client might be asked to identify illuminated letter or things of varying sizes on what is referred to as the Snellen chart.
On the other hand, the examination of the structural part of the eye may be made in several methods. Stress within the eyeball is determined by a "tonometer." In particular illness, specifically in glaucoma, the tension in the eyeball is increased noticeably.
Nevertheless, it should be well remembered that a client with an eye problem may have other problems as well. Often other physical conditions are primary and impact the eye as a effect. The appearance of the eye can alert the physician and the client to troubles in some disruptions of other parts of the body even prior to other signs present themselves.
Subsequently, one's reliance on sight is stressed when one deals with a temporary or possible permanent loss of this vital sense. When restorative steps are looked for, certain forms of vision correction such as contact lenses or spectacles are prescribed.
On the other hand, some people are troubled with the fact that they have actually some framed lenses or contact lenses in front of their eyes.
For this reason, advanced surgeries were established to motivate reduced utilization of contact lenses or glasses. Among which is the now popular LASIK eye surgical treatment.
Essentially, LASIK eye surgery is the short term for "Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis." Like its concrete equivalent, LASIK eye surgery is another kind of vision correction. The only distinction is that with this kind of surgery, one's vision is corrected permanently.
With LASIK eye surgical treatment, the refractive mistakes in the cornea are completely transformed. This can be done using my explanation an "excimer laser."
The main purpose of this surgery is to create a threadlike, rounded "flap" in the cornea using a blade called "microkeratome." In a series of unfolding and laser processing, the cornea is finally reformed, enabling better the eye to direct more light into the retina.
Appeal vs. webpage Disadvantages
In the middle of the growing appeal of LASIK eye surgery, there are still disadvantages that people must understand. Most likely, the main reason that this kind of eye surgical treatment has become well accepted is because the majority of its cases had been successful.
In spite of its success, there are still some downsides. Here is the list:
1. It is an operation used to the most sensitive part of the eye
Because LASIK eye surgery involves the operation of the retina, which is one of the most sensitive parts of the eye, the majority of people say that the operation can be very risky.
Simply puts, a basic mistake could nearly trigger an person's life time loss of sight. It is essential to think about numerous elements prior to choosing whether LASIK eye surgery is the best corrective step one has to undergo.
2. It is not helpful site a perfect procedure
LASIK eye surgical treatment might correct your vision but it does not necessarily indicate that it can offer you a twenty-twenty. Even if statistical reports show that 70% of the patients might have 20/20 vision, this does not always mean they have ideal vision as well.
Offered all these things, it can be deduced that, in spite of the popularity of the operation, LASIK may not always be the perfect eye surgery the way most individuals see it
On the other hand, the assessment of the structural part of the eye might be made in a number of ways. It ought to be well kept in mind that a patient with an eye problem may have other problems. Often other physical conditions are main and impact the eye as a repercussion. The appearance of the eye can alert the doctor and the patient to troubles in some disruptions of other parts of the body even before other signs present themselves.
Like its tangible equivalent, LASIK eye surgical treatment is another form of vision correction.
2 Things Individuals Do Definitely Not Know In Respect To LASIK Eye Surgical Procedure
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I like a challenge when it comes to cycling, especially where hills are concerned. I've ridden up most of the hills that are in cycling distance from my house, some I can still only do (and can only ever imagine myself doing) on the mountain bike with its very low gearing, some I have battled up on the cyclocross bike with the mostly-road gearing, some I really wanted to and tried to get up on the cyclocross bike but was defeated, so I cheated – I bought lower gears! The cyclocross bike came with an 11-28 cassette, all fine and well, but after having gone to an 11-32 cassette I may never look back, that extra few teeth in the lowest gear was enough to enable me to get up those climbs that had previously defeated me, what's more I frequently don't use that 32 tooth gear as I've become so used to 28, the 32 is there as a reserve in case things get really tough for me. This has worked brilliantly for me and, coupled with removing the clipless pedals, given me the confidence to tackle longer and steeper hills that I might otherwise have bailed on, thus I get even stronger in the legs and lungs for even better hill climbing. It's all about what works for you, and this definitely works for me right now.
There are a few YouTube videos on the subject of fitting an 11-32 cassette to a Shimano 105 group set, the key factor seems to be the medium cage derailleur, which fortunately for me my bike already had; the short cage is easy to recognise because it looks really short, the jockey wheels are very close together. With the medium cage 105 derailleur there is just enough gap between the top jockey wheel and the 32 tooth sprocket on the cassette to allow the gears to operate without interfering with one another. I can testify that I haven't had any trouble with gear shifting or pedalling, I just had to adjust the positioning screw fully in to move the derailleur downwards away from the cassette. It even works fine on the 46T chain ring, though I try not to ride in that configuration, it is better to use the smaller chain ring (36T here) when in lower gears on the cassette.
A new chain is always recommended when fitting a new cassette, plus it was a different cassette so the chain length would be longer; I went for a good quality KMC chain. I kept my old chain and cassette to one side in case I need them at a later date.
Unfortunately after fitting the new cassette and chain, and feeling rather pleased with myself that it was all working smoothly, I noticed a click-tok-tick on my next ride out, most annoying! Having just fitted a new 11-32 cassette and chain, I wanted to make sure it wasn't the chain rings that were causing the problem – perhaps they were worn and the new chain wasn't sitting on it correctly? Maybe there was a tooth snagging the chain as it went round? Experience now tells me that there are other things to check before spending money on parts but I am still relatively new to home bike maintenance.
The new chain rings are the same ratio that I took off but look much more snazzy, they were purchased online from Spa Cycles.
The annoying click-tok-tick was still there, slightly different but definitely there. I was hoping I wouldn't have to remove the crank and bottom bracket, something that I have never done before, but this seemed like the only thing left to check. I ordered a tool to remove the MegaEVO BB Cups (identifiable by their rounded front profile, the official FSA tool is a closed ring spanner and I would not want to use anything else for risk of slipping or otherwise damaging the slots and/or bike frame) to check the bearings and once that arrived set to removing the bottom bracket. This turned out to be far easier than I had imagined, it just took a large Allen/hex key, a bit of leverage, and a big rubber mallet to tap the crank arm out. Inside I found the orange shaft did indeed have some tiny pieces of grit on it, as did the cup bearing surfaces, so after plenty of careful cleaning with dry paper towels later I simply reversed the process to replace the crank shaft and tighten it all up, the torque amount isn't that important so long as it's good and tight, as this is an alloy frame not carbon – if I was tightening anything into carbon then I would definitely use the correct torque.
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How to tell if your Dog is Smoking and/or Drinking!!!
When you come home, tired from work and/or school, you lie on your cushiony Ikea brand couch, and relax. As you turn on the television to see what America has for you today, you smell something. It smells like the smelly smelling smell of a smelly cigarette. But when you see what that smell is, you can't find anything. I bet this has happened to you hundreds of times. No, you are not going crazy. You are incredibly stupid, but you are not crazy. What this actually is . . . . is your pet secretly smoking!!!!! I have found out the secret that ga-jillions of household pets don't want you to know about. The fact they smoke cigars, cigarettes, and even pipes. You think I am crazy? Silly goose. Let me enlighten you on the horrifying truth. *****CAUTION!!!! Do not read if you love your pet and your fragile soul cannot accept the truth.*****
1. It went for a walk with the kid you paid, and when he comes back, his eyes are redder than usual and he is wearing sunglasses.
2. It slurs his barking.
3. It sits on his pillow doing nothing. He is actually just hoping for more alcohol, and waiting until he gets a chance.
4. It is wearing Animal shampoo heavily, even though he wasn't before. It's not because you just gave him a bath, but because he is trying to cover the smell of smoke and alcohol.
5. It is drinks more water than he usually does before taking a walk. He's not thirsty. He just wants to be able to walk without being pulled over by the police.
6. He is carrying many packs of Altoids or Mint gum in his mouth.
7. If he barks angrily at strangers, it is not being protective. He is paranoid and is afraid they will take away its stash.
8. There are track marks on its legs and/or paws.
9. It is easily amused by small sounds or moving objects. Not out of boredom, but because he is high on drugs.
10.Make it walk from one cone to the other. If it sits there or walks somewhere else, he is most likely drunk, and just got back from a big party at his friends house.
11. Make it bark the alphabet. If it does not know the alphabet, teach it to him. If he can't learn it, he is smoking and/or drinking.
12. He is holding an ice pack to his head and whimpering.
13. If he is excited to see you when you get home, and jumps on you, he is actually searching for alcohol or cigarettes. He is just using you to get the things he wants.
14. It's owner gets into a car crash while it is in the car. The driver was not drunk. The pet was, and wanted to pretend he was a race car driver.
15. Check his chew toys carefully. If you find any stuffed animals, he is drinking and/or smoking. He keeps the stuff inside his toys to avoid suspicion and pretends to chew them, while actually smoking.
16. It starts lying to you and coming up with excuses to deny the fact it is drinking and/or smoking. You can tell if he is lying if he starts every sentence with, "Ruff! Ruff! Bark Bark Bark!"
17. If your dog says "Meow," something is wrong.
18.His grades are falling and he is starting to blow off homework and assignments, while making obvious excuses like, "Bark Bark!!"
19. You don't ever misplace your car keys. Your Dog steals them to drive to the nearest gas station,and puts them back whenever you are not looking.
20. You find out your dog is pregnant, even though you don't know any other dogs.
21. It starts to hang out with punks, gangs, and Dobermans.
22.If it wants to play catch in the park, don't let him. When you throw the frisbee, he will actually run to the grocery store, buy beer, and come back with the frisbee in his mouth after hiding his stash.
23. If he does not eat that chocolate cake/ pie you made, it is because he is so used to the taste of alcohol. Everyone likes Chocolate cake.
24. Throw a wrench at it. If it gets hit in the face, rolls over, and dies, it is a drinker. It drank so much, his reflexes got way slower.
25. If he is laying down with his eyes closed, he is not sleeping. He is just passed out from all of the smokes/alcohol he had.


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The Philippine Army's 1st Infantry (Tabak) Division took an active participation in the Inter-Camp Peace and Leadership Training for Marawi youth leaders with the theme: "Puso para sa Kapayapaan, Magkaisa para sa Bayan," an initiative of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) and Teach Peach Build Peace Movement, on October 4-6, 2017 at a beach resort in Lanao del Norte.
With 26 participants aged 13 to 30 years old selected from evacuation centers in Iligan City, the youth camp is aimed at capacitating the youth in their role and responsibility in peace building, environment stewardship and camp management.
The activity is part of OPAPP's implementation of community-based comprehensive peace process program to demonstrate the government's commitment to achieving just and lasting peace. In partnership with the Teach Peace Build Peace Movement, participants were provided seminars on basic orientation on peace, conflict and violence, holistic understanding of the culture of peace, dialogue as a pathway to conflict resolution, creative outlets such as arts and dance, agenda planning and formation of organization for youth evacuees.
"Anchored on the OPAPP's Early Recovery and Rehabilitation Program, the three-day Inter-Camp Peace and Leadership Training is a key strategy to further strengthen and legitimize the youths' participation and leadership in their early recovery and in preparation for their return to their communities of origin. Specifically, this activity aims to equip them with basic peacebuilding knowledge and skills, further explore their capacities and role in peacebuilding and early recovery, assist them in coming up with peacebuilding and early recovery strategies and solutions, and rebuild social networks of internally displaced youths as part of return and settlement strategies.," said Kriselle Marie Aquino of OPPAP.
Teach Peace Build Peace, a non-government organization with a mission of making every Filipino child and youth a peace builder, is composed of an expanding network of active and empowered young generations of different faiths, cultures and ethnic groups who are working together as prime movers in building a culture of peace.
"We are utilizing an intergenerational approach on peace education, servant leadership and on the implementation of innovative and creative strategies: Music, Arts, Games, Sports and Community Service," Sumndad-Usman said.
The participants were trained on various interactive activities that provide interfaith and intercultural dialogues and are designed to develop the values of compassion, service to others, empowerment, equality, respect and understanding. "This is the very foundation of a just and peaceful society where every individual practices peace as a way of life," Sumndad-Usman said.
"The approach of the Teach Peace Build Peace Movement is: we have to Teach Peace to build a Culture of Peace. We have to build a Culture of Peace to create different generations of peace builders toward our goal of a just and peaceful society," Sumndad-Usman said.
Lt. Col. Jo-ar Herrera, Assistant Chief of Staff for Civil-Military Operation (G7) of 1ID, provided guidance in crafting the activity program content. He was also a resource speaker representing Joint Task Force Marawi.
After providing an overview of the current situation of the crisis, Lt. Col. Herrera challenged the participants in taking part on positive activism in rebuilding Marawi. He emphasized that the youth should "dream for themselves and for Marawi" taking on the Maranao culture and heritage of unity and bravery.
Maj. Gen. Rolly Bautista, Commanding General of the Philippine Army said: "As we continue to build strong partnerships with various civilian organizations, this is one of the initiatives of your Joint Task Force Marawi to ensure that the youth children displaced by the crisis in Marawi City are given adequate community support for peace building programs."


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RIVERSIDE – A man was arrested for investigation of planting fake pipe bombs and booby-trapping his former house, forcing the evacuation of nine nearby homes, police said Wednesday.
Daniel Gherman, 42, of Riverside, was arrested and booked for investigation of making a booby-trap and assembling or possessing facsimile explosives, according to a statement from police Sgt. Jaybee Brennan.
Police were called to a vacant home on Orange Street at about 2:45 p.m. Tuesday by a real estate company employee who was handling the sale of the bank-owned property. He was making an inspection and found what appeared to be several pipe bombs outside the home, Brennan said.
Bomb experts from the Police Department, the Riverside County Sheriff's Department and the FBI were called. As a precaution, they used explosives to destroy two devices, Lt. Leon Phillips said.
A makeshift booby-trap also was found and rendered safe, according to Brennan.
Phillips said he did not know the exact nature of that device but said it was mechanical rather than explosive.
Nine nearby homes were evacuated as a precaution, some for as long as eight hours, Phillips said.
Police set a guard on the house late overnight and planned to enter and search the home on Wednesday, Phillips said.
Early reports said the home had been repossessed but Phillips said he could not confirm that.


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Hi All,
Wow! Chambers of Rock ... What a challenge!
Folks, I can't begin to tell you how crazy the past four or five days have been, although I'll give you a little insight!
After last Wednesday night's wonderful 3 Doors Down gig with Daughtry - Review coming! - everything went kind of downhill from there ...
Last Thursday evening, my first Smartphone - which I've seriously began to question, why we call them that?! - decided to really play up and I lost all web access on it, then Friday night, my desktop started playing up and started morning I couldn't even get logged into Windows! Great!
I fired up the laptop, yes, got logged in, but internet just wasn't happening?!
Modem is fine, but for some reason browser just kept on refreshing and refreshing?!
Well, after numerous runs of excessive 'clean up' treatments - Combofix, Malware Bytes, etc, defragging my hard drive, for now it appears to have settled down ... I hope!
New Smartphone arrives tomorrow!
It's been a really busy weekend around all that too, so apologies, but hopefully here we go again!
Have a good week folks, can't believe how close Christmas is, unreal!
Firefest 10 - 2013 Details revealed
So, those wonderful people behind the UK's premier melodic rock event Firefest, Kieran Dargan, Bruce Mee and the whole Firefest organisation, have really pulled some bunnies out of hats for their tenth anniversary event!
This one will no doubt sell out quicker than ever!
Pulling Harem Scarem out of (semi) retirement is a major coup in itself, getting Shooting Star to come and play a UK gig, likewise ... Special!
Darren Wharton's Dare too will no doubt please many, many AOR fans and some absolute magic work in having the likes of AOR gems like Alien, Prophet, Treat, Work of Art and a phenomenal Sunday night all star lineup to close the three day event, stunning!
Legends - Voices of Rock, taking the headline slot on Sunday will feature Joe Lynn Turner (Fandango, Rainbow, Deep Purple, Yngwie Malmsteen), Eric Martin (Mr. Big), Fergie Frederiksen (Toto) Tommy Denander (Everyone!) and no doubt other stars backing them, should be spectacular!
Anyway, enough of my chat, just check out the flyer for all the acts playing in October 2013!
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3 Doors Down and Daughtry featuring on AXS TV live!
Folks, you do not want to miss this one!!!
Last Wednesday night here in Detroit, 3 Doors Down and Daughtry both played great sets at the magical Fox Theatre downtown.
AXS TV Concerts on Tuesday night 11th December at 10pm (EST) / 7pm (CST), will broadcast both bands sets, live!
Here's the press release for the event:
AXS TV Concerts is proud to broadcast Daughtry and 3 Doors Down LIVE on AXS TV. Don't miss your chance to see two of Rock and Roll's biggest bands join together for one amazing night.
3 Doors Down burst onto the scene in 2000 with "Kryptonite" and since then have gone on to put out one platinum record after another. Last month 3 Doors Down celebrated their success by releasing a Greatest Hits album.
On December 11th the band performs at the 1st Bank Center in Colorado and AXS TV has your front row seat!
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Daughtry took the world by storm with the hit singles "It's Not Over" and "Home".
Three albums later, Daughtry is a household name and you can see them with 3 Doors Down 100% LIVE on AXS TV.
Daughtry link here:
Don't miss 3 Doors Down AND Daughtry LIVE at the 1st Bank Center in Colorado Tuesday December 11th only on AXS TV. As always AXS TV Concerts wants to hook YOU up with FREE concerts gear just for watching!
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(Phoenix, AZ - December, 2012) Launched a mere three weeks ago Heavy Metal Television is the talk of the internet. Since the launch, the station has garnered over 30,000 unique visitors with praise such as, "Thanks for this channel from the bottom of my heavy metal heart!", "You have become the soundtrack to my house" and "Heavy Metal Television is my new addiction" being plastered on the station's official Facebook page.
Heavy Metal Television beat Apple, Microsoft and Google in a race to start the first 24 hour web television network on Earth and people are talking.
"We're getting eMails from people who are basically marveling at how someone in Los Angeles is watching the same exact thing at the same moment at someone in Stockholm," says a station spokesperson.
"Not 3 hours apart, not 8 hours apart and not on demand but at the exact same moment forever. That speaks volumes. The music video is reborn. 24 hour music videos on the world's only true music video channel has gone viral!"
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JORN goes "Symphonic" offering his fans a new retrospective on his career
Frontiers Records is pleased to announce the release of a very special album from JORN entitled "Symphonic" on January 25th in Europe and January 22nd in North America.
"Symphonic" is not a proper new album, but rather a selection of tracks taken from JORN's previous studio releases, which have been carefully selected by the Norwegian singer himself and painstakingly remixed in order to add a grandiose classical orchestra arrangement to the existing Hard Rock structure.
"I didn't want to choose the most obvious Jorn songs, as I didn't want this album to come out as a typical "best of" release", explains the Norwegian singer. "Some songs that are not too typical in a Jorn context, were chosen simply because some great songs often tend to be forgotten and therefore deserve a second chance".
Tracks like "I Came to Rock", "Burn Your Flame" and "Behind the Clown" especially are presented in a very intriguing and different new dressing, which enhances the variety and depth of JORN's classic songwriting and performance style. In Jorn's words: "I Came To Rock, might now even remind the listener of a Broadway musical, not coming from a heavy rock band like Jorn. The new version of "Behind The Clown" shows how much as a young boy I have been fascinated by Kate Bush. "Burn your flame" instead came out really fresh and different, compared to the original version on Spirit Black from 2009."
"Symphonic" also includes an unreleased track: a cover version of Dio's "Rock n Roll Children".
"I hope you will enjoy the album and maybe you will even rediscover some songs you had forgotten…" concludes Jorn.
"Symphonic" tracklisting includes:
I Came To Rock; Rock And Roll Children; The World I See; Burn Your Flame; Man Of The Dark; My Road; Time To Be King; Black Morning; Like Stone In Water; Vision Eyes; War Of The World; Behind The Clown; A Thousand Cuts; The Mob Rules.
The first single off the album "I Came to Rock" can be exclusively listened in streaming on the Frontiers Records webradio.
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And Finally ... Some sad news ...
Huw Lloyd-Langton passes away
RIP guitarist Huw Lloyd-Langton, who died last Thursday 6th December at his home, after battling cancer for some time.
Lloyd-Langton had been a member of British space rockers Hawkwind, from way back in 1970, playing on their first self titled album, before leaving the band soon after.
He actually played in UK pop star Leo Sayer's band for a while, as well as his own Lloyd-Langton Group, releasing various albums and touring frequently.
He rejoined Hawkwind in 1979 and featured on their 'Live Seventy Nine' and 1980's 'Levitation' albums that also incidentally featured ex-Cream drummer Ginger Baker, it was a tour that I caught as I really enjoyed 'Levitation.'
He did tour further with Hawkwind, but also kept up his solo work too.
Sadly cancer got the better of him and last Thursday he passed away.
He was 61 years old.
RIP Huw Lloyd-Langton
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Hlorri, 20 Mar 2014Take this with just a grain of salt or two. These are the specs for the Chinese version (M8t?... moreBullshit, i don't think so as the new HTC one will come with the same specs as the whole other end of the world
good job htc...quite improved many thing..camera , speakers ,processor , sense ui...sd crd slot , bigger battery..
Take this with just a grain of salt or two. These are the specs for the Chinese version (M8t?), with only dual-band GSM, TD-SCDMA, TD-LTE -- i.e. NO support for any US network. There have been phones now and then with slightly different dimensions depending on the exact flavor (e.g. CDMA versions for Verizon being slightly thicker than GSM/HSPA versions)...
That said, yeah you are right, with dimensions like these why not opt for the Z2 instead?
AnonD-151027, 20 Mar 2014I saw earlier people were complaining bad camera in HTC ONE(2013), now when HTC ONE(2014) has ... morestill no 4k recording....
AnonD-44164, 20 Mar 2014Well seeing all these comments one thing is clear. Some people just can't help bashing HTC cau... moreI saw earlier people were complaining bad camera in HTC ONE(2013), now when HTC ONE(2014) has 16 mp camera they are complaining for everything other than camera, bezels, screen, size, thickness
Bunch of idiots !
Well seeing all these comments one thing is clear. Some people just can't help bashing HTC cause they seem to be on the rise once again. Now that the camera is leaked to be 16 MP and a micro SD card is a yes everybody started with the bezels. god! what has the world come to.
Anonymous, 20 Mar 2014Actually, the speakers are worse, as shown in a leaked video that compared the device to its p... moreThat's impossible really. It was a pre-production unit. There's no chance the speakers are worse than the current ones. Wcs they would've used the same pieces rather than bring worse ones, as this is the selling point of the device
kshitijgandhi, 20 Mar 2014If its a 16mp camera then this is definitely my next phone!!! Bye bye sony z2 :P
I've been ... moreWe have the same experience, switched to Sammy twice but always got back.
Have tried LG as well and own G2 myself. But HTC is my fave.
Never tried Sony, they huge, big bezel and previously use TFT screen on Z and Z1. And their supporters really made me sick.
Their modus are always praise Z2 on other phone news.
Here good example, we discussing HTC right?
I didn't see any Samsung or other OEM fanboys trolling here, only Sony fanboys..
Looks they have insecurity and unsure about the quality of Sony, so they keep reminding others how good it is.. LOL!
Low class comments by them are pure insult to intelligent.
If its a 16mp camera then this is definitely my next phone!!! Bye bye sony z2 :P
I've been using HTC since many years - switched to samsung once - just couldn't live with it!
Just love the aluminium body
I think all the pictures releasing from @evleaks etc were crap, every website is showing different pics.
Here the power button is just adjacent to volume button
AnonD-191847, 19 Mar 2014Why are people complaining so much is totally beating me. Let's check the facts for once: -It... moreI have a Z1s and it is Crap when it compares with my old htc one 2013, my HTC one is fast good looking and never brake y let that phone drop more than 4 times and never brake I left my new tmobile Z1 drop one and that is it. The z1 screen has not IIS technology, when you put both side by side you will notice the difference. Htc it will be better screen and resolution colors than z1. My HTC have a year with 5 drops but the screen have not one visible scratch, I replaced the Z1s for the second time this one was because the battery was bad and I have 28 day and I se 2 big scratch I don't know how but they are there. Haa I forgot tell you I was paying insurance 10 per month and I had to pay 150 for replace the phone, because was the screen. With the HTC any HTC one have free screen replacement that is a good warranty that any phone manufacturer have. About Samsung galaxy 4 if I said that is good phone my girlfriend will get mad, she replace it 2 times already.Because the Samsung is a bulky plastic with no designed at all copycat phone. She is waiting to se if will be a smaller screen htc version to buy one ( she love my att HTC) or buy a iPhone. Htc are the best reliable phone that I had before. No broke up. Guarantee.
AnonD-191847, 19 Mar 2014Why are people complaining so much is totally beating me. Let's check the facts for once: -It... moreActually, the speakers are worse, as shown in a leaked video that compared the device to its predecessor earlier this month.
And I just notice the LG G2 is shorter and thinner, with a larger screen. I guess the extra height on the HTC is due to that unnecessary huge bezel for the HTC logo.
I'm pretty disappointed by the dimensions. I don't want my phone to just keep getting bigger. Some day there will be no flagship phones that aren't phablets.
HTC comes up with great designs for the body of their phones, but doesn't seem to be able to squeeze a screen into as small a body as other companies. This phone is wider, thicker, and much taller than the Nexus 5, with the same size screen.
i think it has a 16 mp camera and a 4 mp secondary camera for 3d pics then there's the front facing one :p
Why are people complaining so much is totally beating me. Let's check the facts for once:
-It isn't so big, actually has a smaller footprint than Z1... what's the problem with this?
-People complained both about Z2 and S5 that they don't bring enough new things. And TBH what did Z2 bring? A 10% bigger screen in just a little bigger body, stereo speakers that are probably still very weak because of water-proofness and.... and.... that's it. All 2014 flagsips are a little underwhelming, HTC's actually looks best.
-List of new things compared to one: better speakers, MUCH MUCH better camera, bigger battery, new sense, 70% faster chipset, brings SD slot. This phone brings improvements just about everywhere, has the hands down best design of all Android flagships, best speakers, best sound output, totally different camera with potential of beating Z2's arguably best UI and best looking hands down. It has absolutely no deal-breakers, because all of the ones the 2013 ONE(Phone of the year, BTW) had are now fixed. Any person should admit that this is phone of the year at this point. Oh, and HTC better upodates than Sony, on par with Samsung 2nd time in a row for HTC, if only it will pick up speed they will dominante the Android space in no time


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- Research article
- Open Access
- Open Peer Review
Inhibition/activation in bipolar disorder: validation of the Multidimensional Assessment of Thymic States scale (MAThyS)
© Henry et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2013
- Received: 29 November 2012
- Accepted: 5 March 2013
- Published: 13 March 2013
One of the major issues in clinical practice is the accurate differential diagnosis between mixed states and depression, often leading to inappropriate prescriptions of antidepressants in mixed states, and as a consequence, increasing the risk of manic switch and suicide. In order to better define the spectrum of mixed states, it may be useful to develop a dimensional approach. In this context, the MAThyS (Multidimensional Assessment of Thymic States) scale was built to assess activation/inhibition levels in all bipolar mood episodes, and to determine whether a clinical description in terms of activation/inhibition can help better define bipolar states with which both manic and depressive symptoms are associated. The aim of this paper is the validation of the MAThyS scale in 141 bipolar patients in acute states (manic, hypomanic, mixed, or depressive).
The validation of the MAThyS scale was the primary outcome of this 24-week, phase III, open-label, olanzapine single-arm clinical trial. Principal component, factorial analysis, and Cronbach's coefficient calculation (internal consistency) were performed. Concurrent validity (correlations with 17-item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale [HAMD-17], Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale [HAMA], and Young Mania Rating Scale [YMRS]) and responsiveness to the clinical intervention were assessed (change in MAThyS scale and effect size) at 6 and 24 weeks.
Scree plot of eigenvalues identified a 2-dimension structure ("activation/inhibition level" and "emotional component"). Psychometric properties were good: Cronbach's coefficient was >0.9. Concurrent validity was good with low correlation (−0.19) with the HAMA scale and a higher correlation at baseline with the YMRS (0.72) and HAMD-17(−0.43). As expected, the activation state was predominant in manic, hypomanic, and mixed states while inhibition was predominant in depressive states. MAThyS score improvement was observed (effect size: -0.3 at 6 and 24 weeks).
The MAThyS demonstrated good psychometric properties. The MAThyS scale may help clinicians to better discriminate and follow bipolar episodes, especially the broad spectrum of mixed episodes.
Trial registration
ClinicalTrials.gov registration identification number: NCT#002592722
- Emotional reactivity
- Bipolar disorder
- Factorial analysis
- Scale
- Clinical trial
- Olanzapine
The traditional categorical paradigm of the bipolar disorder spectrum (manic, depressive, and mixed states) has been recently completed by a dimensional paradigm with the description of a range of intermediate states (e.g., dysphoric mania and hypomania, mixed depression) which belong to a broad spectrum of mixed states [1, 2]. One of the major issues in clinical practice is the accurate differential diagnosis between mixed states and depression, often leading to inappropriate prescriptions of antidepressants in mixed states, and as a consequence, increasing the risk of manic switch and suicide [3, 4]. In order to better define the spectrum of mixed states, it may be useful to develop a dimensional approach. The dimensional paradigm classifies clinical conditions according to quantitative attributes rather than assignment to categories. This paradigm is particularly relevant when the attributes have no clear boundaries, as in the bipolar mood spectrum.
In this context, the MAThyS (Multidimensional Assessment of Thymic States) scale was designed and validated to define mood states dimensionally. The aim of this scale is to assess activation/inhibition levels in all bipolar mood episodes with a single tool, and to determine whether a clinical description in terms of activation/inhibition can help better define bipolar states with which both manic and depressive symptoms are associated.
Using this scale, it has been shown previously that activation and emotional hyperreactivity (feeling emotions with a higher intensity than usual) are associated with mixed and manic states [5]. Furthermore, three clusters of activation/inhibition levels identified with the MAThyS scale were associated with bipolar depression, manic states, and mixed states correspondingly [5]. The scale also permitted the identification of two types of depression according to the level of activation/inhibition displayed: pure depression, characterized by global inhibition and emotional hyporeactivity, and depression with mixed features, characterized by mild activation and emotional hyperreactivity [6].
The main objective of this analysis was to further assess the psychometric properties of the MAThyS scale, especially the distribution and evolution of the total score in different bipolar subgroups in a 6-month, open-label, single-arm, flexible-dose, multicenter clinical trial.
This open-label study was conducted in 14 French centres from November 2005 to May 2008. The study was approved by the Ethics Committee "Comité de Protection des personnes Sud-Mediterranee II" (Marseille, France) and conducted according to applicable laws and regulations, Good Clinical Practice (as defined by the International Conference on Harmonisation), and the Declaration of Helsinki. The study was assigned the ClinicalTrials.gov identifier NCT#002592722. Subjects included were inpatients and outpatients with an adult bipolar disorder diagnosis and currently in acute mood episode (manic, hypomanic, mixed, or depressive) according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth edition, text revision (DSM-IV-TR) criteria confirmed by module D of the Structured Clinical Interview for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Pregnant or breastfeeding women were excluded, as were patients with an acute, serious, or unstable medical condition [7] or a current or lifetime comorbid DSM-IV-TR Axis I or II diagnosis which could interfere with the evaluations also. Patients at risk of suicide (according to the investigator's opinion and 17-item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAMD-17) item 3 Suicide ≥3 were also excluded. Patients signed and dated the informed consent document before entering the study. The study was approved by ethical review boards.
The screening period (Study Period I) of 0 to 8 days was followed by the 6-week acute phase (Study Period II) with one visit per week for the first 3 weeks (Visits 1 to 5). The maintenance phase (Study Period III) consisted of an additional 18 weeks of follow-up with one visit, which occurred 6 weeks after the beginning of this period (Visits 5 to 7). "Endpoint" refers to the last non-missing observation in Study Period II (acute phase endpoint) or III (overall endpoint) (Additional file 1: Figure A). All patients received oral olanzapine in tablets for the treatment of acute episodes according to their diagnoses and clinical states: an initial daily dose of 15 mg/day for manic and mixed state, 10 mg/day for hypomanic, or 5 mg/day for depressive state, and then adjusted to 5–20 mg/day if clinically indicated. Olanzapine as monotherapy or in combination with lithium or valproate is indicated in the treatment of acute manic or mixed episodes and in delaying the time to and rate of relapse of manic, mixed, or depressive episodes in adult patients with bipolar disorder. Since 2003, in some countries olanzapine is indicated in association with fluoxetine in bipolar depression (Symbyax®). In this study, olanzapine monotherapy was explored in a group of bipolar depressive patients, off-label in France [8]. Concurrent use of benzodiazepine not exceeding 4 mg/day of lorazepam-equivalent, antipsychotics with a sedative action not exceeding 75 mg/day of levomepromazine-equivalent or 100 mg/day of cyamemazine-equivalent were allowed.
Patients were interviewed by a trained psychiatrist at 0, 1, 2, 6, 12 and 24 weeks with the following assessments: MAThyS scale (Additional file 2), HAMD-17, Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS), and Hamilton Anxiety Scale (HAMA).
The MAThyS scale is a 20-item self-rated visual analogue scale to be used with the assistance of a clinician. This scale was designed a priori, with five quantitative dimensions, which vary from inhibition to activation. The goal was to generate a total score indicative of the overall level of inhibition/activation. Thus, classic dimensions, such as cognition, motivation, psychomotor agitation or retardation, and sensory perception were assessed quantitatively (i.e., racing thoughts or subjectively feeling that their thoughts occur slower, physical agitation or retardation, and increase or decrease in sensory perception). We applied a similar concept to evaluate emotion, focusing only on the quantitative aspect (i.e., whether the patient felt emotion with normal intensity, greater intensity, or less intensity). The patient had to indicate how he felt during the last week for each item by marking a vertical line on a 10-cm horizontal line representing a complete spectrum from inhibition to activation, with the middle of the line representing the usual state. A score of 0 indicates inhibition, whereas a score of 10 indicates excitation for the evaluated item. Items are measured in centimeters from the left, except for the reversed items 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 17, and 18. The total score can be quoted from 0 to 200 since it is obtained by summing the items' scores.
The primary objective of this study was the validation of the MAThyS scale in a population of inpatients and outpatients aged ≥18 years, suffering from bipolar disorder I or II, and currently in an acute episode. This study assessed the psychometric properties of the tool: internal consistency; dimensional structure; responsiveness to the clinical intervention through MAThyS score change and effect size at 6 weeks (acute endpoint) and 24 weeks (overall endpoint); and concurrent validity (correlation with YMRS, HAMD-17, and HAMA).
This article focuses on the primary objective, the secondary objectives of the study were the assessment of efficacy and safety of olanzapine, as all included patients received oral olanzapine, and have been discussed elsewhere [7, 9].
Sample size
The sample size was calculated to allow sufficiently accurate standard errors for the estimated parameters of the factor analysis. As the distribution of the variables and their covariance matrix were unknown, the sample size was determined following the recommendation discussed in the literature [10]. Slow recruitment led to a revision of the sample size calculation to 140 patients which would still allow sufficient statistical power for the primary analysis. This new calculation could have jeopardized (in theory) the precision of the coefficients of the factorial analysis; however, no issues related to precision occurred.
A target of 50 depressive patients and 30 in each of the other subgroup (manic, mixed or hypomanic) was proposed to take into consideration the hypothesized distribution of the activation/inhibition process.
Statistical analysis
The primary analysis and efficacy analyses were conducted in an intent-to-treat population. All the analyses were done using SAS® v.8.02.
MAThyS validation
Pearson correlation coefficients between all pairs of items of the MAThyS scale at baseline were computed.
A principal component analysis was performed with the MAThyS scale items at baseline to identify the structure of the scale (optimal number of factors). A scree plot of eigenvalues was provided. The optimal number of factors was defined according to different approaches (scree plot, Kaiser's eigenvalues-greater-than-1 rule). Percentages of variance explained by each factor and cumulative percentages were described. A maximum likelihood factor analysis on the MAThyS scale items at baseline was used to assess the varimax rotation loadings.
MAThyS scale's total score and subscores at baseline were described in the overall population and in each bipolar disorder subgroup. Bipolar disorder subgroup scores were compared using a Kruskal-Wallis test. Subgroups were compared 2 by 2 (Wilcoxon test). For the 2 by 2 comparisons, the significance level was adjusted for multiple comparisons and set to 0.0083 (Bonferroni's adjustment of the p-value). Internal consistency was assessed for each dimension of the MAThyS scale at baseline using Cronbach's coefficient alpha and their 95% confidence intervals (CI) computed using the bootstrap approach. Concurrent validity was assessed: correlations between MAThyS scale scores and HAMD-17, HAMA, and YMRS were provided at each time point and at the endpoint. Changes from baseline to acute and overall endpoints and their 95% CI were described for the MAThyS scale, HAMD-17, HAMA, and YMRS scores in the overall population and in each subgroup.
Investigators screened 150 patients in 14 centers; 141 patients were included: 36 manic, 31 hypomanic, 26 mixed, and 48 depressive patients. Nine patients were excluded due to ineligibility criteria (n = 5), an adverse event before having received olanzapine (n = 1), and refusal (n = 3). Of these 141 included patients, 101 completed the acute phase and 93 the maintenance phase. MAThyS's factor analysis was performed on the 139 included patients who completed the scale (1 patient did not complete the scale at baseline and another only partially).
The olanzapine mean dose in this study was 10.61 mg/day (±4.21) for the total sample: 14.90 mg/day (±2.89) for the manic episode group, 10.05 mg/day (±2.35) for hypomanic, 12.25 mg/day (±3.78) for mixed episode, and 6.87 mg/day (±2.31) for the depressive episode group.
Baseline characteristics of patients included in MATHYS clinical trial in acute mood episode
Manic n = 36
Hypomanic n = 31
Mixed n = 26
Depressive n = 48
Global N = 141
Sociodemographic characteristics
Sex, female (n,%)
19 (52.8)
21 (67.7)
15 (57.7)
25 (52.1)
80 (56.7)
Age (mean, SD)
46.4 (15.3)
45.8 (11.7)
46.6 (12.9)
44.4 (12.0)
45.6 (12.9)
BMI (mean, SD)
24.8 (4.5)
24.7 (5.0)
26.9 (7.8)
24.5 (3.7)
25.1 (5.2)
Status, inpatient (n,%)
26 (72.2)
12 (38.7)
10 (38.5)
24 (50.0)
72 (51.1)
Psychiatric history
Bipolar type (n,%)
36 (100.0)
14 (45.2)
26 (100.0)
31 (64.6)
107 (75.9)
0 (0.0)
17 (54.8)
2 (7.7)
17 (35.4)
36 (25.5)
Age at onset (mean, SD)
30.6 (13.9)
34.0 (13.8)
27.4 (10.8)
29.2 (10.4)
30.3 (12.3)
Duration of illness in years (mean, SD)
16.9 (13.9)
12.5 (9.5)
19.3 (14.5)
15.7 (11.6)
15.9 (12.5)
Number of episodes lifetime (mean, SD)
7.5 (4.8)
8.3 (7.6)
6.5 (5.9)
7.2 (5.8)
7.4 (6.0)
Duration of current episode in months (mean, SD)
1.0 (1.5)
2.0 (3.2)
1.7 (1.6)
1.5 (1.5)
1.5 (2.0)
Lifetime substance-use disorder (n,%)
Alcohol dependence
2 (5.6)
1 (3.2)
4 (15.4)
3 (6.3)
10 (7.1)
Alcohol abuse
5 (13.9)
4 (12.9)
6 (23.1)
12 (25.0)
27 (19.1)
Other substances
1 (2.8)
1 (3.2)
0 (0.0)
4 (8.3)
6 (4.3)
Lifetime suicide attempts (n,%)
10 (29.4)
5 (17.9)
10 (40.0)
18 (39.1)
43 (32.4)
Previous olanzapine treatment (n,%)
16 (44.4)
10 (32.3)
7 (26.9)
17 (35.4)
50 (35.5)
Rating scales
MAThyS total score (mean, SD)
142.2 (23.0)
137.7 (23.4)
116.2 (21.4)
75.3 (23.9)
113.20 (37.1)
HAMD-17 total score (mean, SD)
6.5 (4.9)
8.4 (5.3)
12.7 (4.8)
16.1 (7.2)
11.4 (7.0)-
YMRS total score (mean, SD)
24.5 (10.3)
17.8 (4.9)
13.0 (7.7)
2. 8 (3.6)
13.7 (11.0)-
HAMA total score (mean, SD)
7.8 (6.3)
11.9 (7.7)
15.5 (7.2)
15.1 (7.4)
12.6 (7.7)
MAThyS scale properties
The inter-item correlations showed satisfactory coefficients (above 0.2), except for item 5 for which correlations with all the other items were below or equal to 0.2. The hypothesized distribution of scores according to the subgroups was observed for baseline MAThyS scale's total scores and scores by item: manic patients had the greatest mean score, followed by hypomanic, mixed, and depressive patients, respectively.
For all items except item 5, manic and hypomanic patients had a mean score higher than 50/100 (50 corresponds to the middle of the visual scale, considered to be the patient's usual state; a score higher than 50 corresponds to activation and lower than 50 to inhibition), whereas depressive patients scored less than 50. Mixed patients had a score distribution with the same trend as manic and hypomanic patients, except for some items (14, 15, 16, and 17) where they scored less than 50. Total scores were coherently distributed (high for manic, hypomanic, and mixed episodes; low for depressive episodes).The comparison of MAThyS total score by subgroups of episode at baseline showed a significant difference between each group 2 by 2 (adjusted p < 0.0083), except between hypomanic and manic subgroups (Table 1).
Principal component and factor analysis
Rotated factorial analysis: factor pattern*
Item - Key word
Charge on factor 1
Charge on factor 2
Item 1 – Color
Item 2 – Tonus
Item 3 – Anesthesia
Item 4 – Inhibition
Item 6 – Sensible
Item 7 – Mood
Item 8 – Music
Item 9 - Brady/tachypsychia
Item 10 – Reactivity
Item 11 – Energy
Item 12 – Thoughts
Item 13 – Food
Item 14 – Communication
Item 15 – Motivation
Item 16 – Interest
Item 17 – Decisions
Item 18 – Emotions
Item 19 – Movements
Item 20 – Odors
The second factor was constituted by items 7, 18, 3, 8, 9, 12, and 6. It seemed to cover most of the emotional part. It explained 13% of the variance.
Psychometric properties
Pearson correlations between MAThyS total score and YMRS, HAMD-17, and HAMA at each time point
Time point
Correlation between MAThyS (without item 5) and …:
Baseline (n = 138)
Acute endpoint (n = 131)
Endpoint (n = 139)
Scales scores evolutions between baseline to acute endpoint (Week 6) and overall endpoint (Week 24)
Manic n = 36
Hypomanic n = 31
Mixed n = 26
Depressive n = 47
Scale; mean, total score (SD) / 95%CI
Change baseline-acute endpoint
Change baseline-endpoint
Change baseline-acute endpoint
Change baseline-endpoint
Change baseline-acute endpoint
Change baseline-endpoint
Change baseline-acute endpoint
Change baseline-endpoint
MAThyS without item 5
−24.8 (29,2) [−35.7; -13.9]
−25.6 (25.6) [−34.5; -16.7]
−33.0 (31.7) [−44.6; -21.3]
−34.4 (34.0) [−46.8; -21.9]
−12.9 (27,0) [−24.2; -1.5]
−26.3 (42.0) [−43.6; -9.0]
18.0 (26,9) [9.8; 26.1]
18.2 (33.3) [8.4; 28.0]
Factor 1
−21.7 (32.5) [−33.6;-9.8]
−24.5 (28.8) [−34.4;-14.6]
−35.6 (36.6) [−49.0;-22.2]
−34.4 (42.7) [−50.1;-18.7]
−6.1 (32.8) [−19.9;7.8]
−21.8 (44.7) [−40.2; -3.3]
25.3 (29.1) [16.4;34.1]
26.9 (34.2) [16.8;36.9]
Factor 2
−27.2 (34.6) [−40.1;-14.3]
−26.2 (30.0) [−36.6;-15.7]
−28.4 (33.8) [−40.8;-16.0]
−34.3 (30.1) [−45.3;-23.3]
−24.5 (29.9) [−37.2;-11.9]
−35.7 (45.8) [−54.6;-16.8]
4.9 (32.0) [−4.7;14.6]
3.3 (38.3) [−8.0;14.6]
−2.7 (4.9) [−4.5; -0.9]
−2.3 (4.8)[ −3.9; -0.6]
−5.5 (5.9) [−7.7; -3.3]
−5.7 (7.4) [−8.3; -3.0]
−7.3 (6.3) [−9.9; -4.7]
−7.6 (7.9) [−10.8; -4.4]
−6.8 (6.6) [−8.7; -4.8]
−6.8 (7.2) [−8.9; -4.7]
−1.8 (4.6) [−3.5; -0.1]
−1.7 (5.0) [−3.5; 0.0]
−3.1 (4.6) [−4.9; -1.4]
−3.2 (6.4) [−5.6; -0.8]
−5.6 (6.6) [−8.3; -2.9]
−5.5 (6.7) [−8.2; -2.8]
−8.5 (6.2) [−10.4; -6.6]
−8.0 (7.2) [−10.1; -5.9]
−13.7 (9.4) [−17.1; -10.2]
−14.0 (10.9) [−17.8; -10.2]
−13.1 (6.0) [−15.3; -10.9]
−14.5 (7.4) [−17.2; -11.8]
−9. 7 (7.9) [−13.0; -6.3]
−10.6 (8.0) [−13.9; -7.3]
−0.9 (3.5) [−2.0; 0.2]
−0.8 (3.2) [−1.8; 0.2]
MAThyS scale score
The scale had good psychometric properties, did not overlap with anxiety assessments, and showed results in favour of sensitivity to change. At baseline, the total score was distributed coherently according to the expected level of activation in the different mood episodes.
This validation study had several strengths. Firstly, it benefited from the multicenter design and monitoring of an industry-sponsored clinical trial in terms of included study population, investigators' training, and control of the intervention (olanzapine treatment and concomitant medications). Secondly, the longitudinal nature of the trial allowed the measurement of changes over the time. Thirdly, it included a broad spectrum of mood episodes to observe the difference in the distribution of the inhibition/activation process.
Several results need to be highlighted. In this sample, we observed a 2-dimension factorial structure. One of them was dominant and seemed to cover a concept that might be labeled "level of activation". The level of activation includes dimensions such as the subjective impression of speed of cognitive process, level of motivation, psychomotor agitation and sensory perception. The second dimension may be labeled "emotional component". The differences between these findings and the previous five dimensions observed [3] may be explained by differing populations and study designs. Interestingly, the five previously described dimensions also fit the data well in a post hoc confirmatory analysis (data not showed). From a practical point of view, the relevance of a total score in discriminating between some difficult-to-diagnose mood episodes (such as mixed episodes) and following up their evolution is important for clinicians and clinical practice.
In this study, the total MAThyS scale's score was distributed as hypothesized between the different subgroups: manic, hypomanic, and mixed subgroups had higher scores relative to the mean (100), corresponding to a global activation process; while depressive episodes had lower scores relative to the mean with a global inhibition process. Additional features of the MAThyS total score that add to its clinical value are that it did not overlap with anxiety (which may have been a confounding factor) and that it changed over time consistently, compared to other scales, in all patients parallel to clinical improvement in each subgroup. These data suggest that the use of a total MAThyS scale score is a legitimate means of discriminating between the different mood episodes in bipolar disorder, especially the difficult differential diagnosis between a mixed episode (with activation) and depression (with inhibition) and may be a possible additional marker for following the clinical course of these patients.
Difficulty with differential diagnoses may lead to the inadequate prescription of antidepressant monotherapy, which may worsen the prognosis. Interestingly, in mixed states, the total score of MAThyS was specifically associated with a continuous modification of the score until 24 weeks, while it stabilized in the other subgroups after 6 weeks. In this case, the distribution of the items in both the hyperreactivity and hyporeactivity sides makes the interpretation of this evolution quite complex. Whereas mixed states scored consistently higher on the activation items, inhibition was observed on a set of 5 items, which seems to be associated with executive function and motivational process (items 9:speed of mind, 14:communication, 15:motivation, 16:interest, and 17:decision making). Different explanations that are not mutually exclusive may be proposed: a continuous improvement, a switch to inhibition, or the known longer delay to remission of mixed states [10].
Our study presented some limitations that should be taken into account when interpreting the results. While in this sample the improvement of depressive patients treated with olanzapine monotherapy was satisfactory [7], olanzapine monotherapy failed to demonstrate sufficient efficacy in a specifically designed clinical trial [11]. Further studies with larger samples should assess the impact of registered treatments of depression (antidepressants, other atypical antipsychotics, etc.) on the inhibition/activation process.
A slower than anticipated recruitment led to a revision of the sample size calculation which still allowed for a sufficient statistical power for the primary analysis. The difficulty in enrolling the initially planned number of patients is likely linked to the fact that the validation of the MAThyS was performed during a clinical trial including per se some constraints (inclusion/exclusion criteria, follow-up visits, etc.), and was not due to the acceptability of the scale which has been found to have good acceptability independent of severity of the episode [5].
One item (item 5: distractibility and attention) had to be excluded from the analysis as it showed low correlations with other items. One explanation for the instability of item 5 is that the language used for this item in the French version was ambiguous. It appeared to be difficult to assess by patients because its extreme points (distractibility for mania and loss of attention for depression) were difficult to differentiate clinically and are potentially disturbed in both depression and mania. A reformulation of this item is necessary. The interpretation of our results should thus be limited to the MAThyS scale restricted to 19 items, but the impact of this exclusion should be moderate as the weight of this item was low in our analysis.
Another important limitation is that there is no control group in this study to assess the sensitivity to change.
Assessment of the inhibition/activation process is a tool for diagnosing bipolar symptomatology. Not only is this process highly correlated in acute states with classical thymic categorical evaluation, but it can also allow a more accurate discrimination between mixed states and depression.
This study suggests that the MAThyS scale may be a useful dimensional tool, along with categorical tools, to discriminate and follow the different bipolar mood episodes, particularly for mixed states which are usually severe, underdiagnosed, and mistreated.
The authors gratefully acknowledge the study team and all the French investigators of MAThyS. Investigators received economic compensation for inclusion and follow-up of included patients. The authors also acknowledge Hernan Picard, MD, PhD, Laurent Baraille, Pharmacist, and Pepa Polavieja, Eli Lilly employees for reviewing the manuscript.
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- Hantouche EG, Akiskal HS, Azorin JM, Châtenet-Duchêne L, Lancrenon S: Clinical and psychometric characterization of depression in mixed mania: a report from the french national cohort of 1090 manic patients. J Affect Disord. 2006, 96: 225-232. 10.1016/j.jad.2005.01.005.View ArticlePubMedGoogle Scholar
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Thursday, April 05, 2007
Carfree in Beppu
Here is a fabulous video made last year by a NZ guy named Rob Thomspon living in Beppu city in Kyushu Japan:
Apparently he did a ride through Asia to Europe not long after this. He is now in Montenegro, and you can follow his progress here:
Fascinating little journey. Very glad to see that one of my favourite little bike shops (LORO) have gotten behind his expedition also.
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Serendipitous discovery, or social distraction?
I think social media is starting to rot our brains – at least mine.
Ten years ago, I used the web almost exclusively to accomplish tasks. I researched things. I surfed ebay for stuff I wanted. I traded stocks. When I sat down in front of the keyboard I had something specific in mind that I wanted to accomplish. I had focus.
Search was a tool for me to find specifically what I wanted. I saw this video today and was struck by how much we seem to be optimizing social to create potential outcomes based on connections of happenstance rather than a deliberate focus. This latest twist seems to be search for people who aren't really sure what they want, but have enough friends in their social net, doing enough diverse things, that they can serendipitously put together all the right connections.
I think social media is impacting our ability to focus. Facebook and Twitter are especially adept at this – you can find yourself reading about and commenting on things you had no idea were going on when you sat down at the PC. It's entertaining, and there are ways to advance business objectives based upon this participation style.
But, did you have a purpose when you sat down, other than to be entertained? Did social nets help you accomplish those tasks, or were the tasks simply the interactions with the social nets in and of themselves?
In any given hour of my day I could be navigating through the forum to post an answer that I have just found, and become distracted by another topic that looks particularly urgent and stop to respond. As I do, I realize how something could work better and click over to another community to log an idea about this. After logging that Idea, I notice the on below the one I just posted and it's pretty good too, so I vote for it, and then have a follow on way that it could be implemented, so I tack on a comment with my particular suggested nuance. As I mouse over to click back to my forum, I notice that there are 17 new tweets on my twitter tab, so I click and read these and one definitely needs a response so I do and then I see another that is promoting something from one of the company blogs, so I click in to that to read it and see that a couple of the comments are from people that were in a forum thread about the change in LCD aspect ratios on the next generation of products that I read about an hour ago. I'm not sure which board that was on, but if I put their screen name in the search box and view all their posts I'm sure I can find it. And another hour passes and I've done a number of things, but I'm left feeling more than a bit ADHD from flood of information via the social nets.
So, you can imagine that when I see a search experience being mashed up with a social graph, I'm left to wonder if this winds up being more discovery or distraction.
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Whatever this disease is, I'm afflicted with it too. Hell, that's how I ended up on your blog! *Went to check Google Ready for XYZ, saw Markitude has 1 new post, clicked over, and….*


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Lowthorpe Road in Preston, will be closed for the duration of the game which kicks off at noon on Sunday.
The road will also be shut for a period before and after North End's first match of the season.
Police revealed the reason for the road closure was due to the number of coaches expected to travel down from the North East for the Championship clash. And Preston police released a statement saying they would try to re-open the road as quickly as possible.
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Family farms are faced with an ever-rising competitiveness on the market. Inorder to meet the requirements on the market family farms are obliged to usecurrent resources, raise labor productivity and adapt the production program to theneeds of the consumers. Small farms are unlikely to succeed on the marketconsidering the lack of both human and material resources. Their only chance isproduction intensification, competitive crop production and establishment ofassociations. The aim of the study was to develop models for different family farmtypes taking into account the constraints in order to enable an income which wouldmeet the needs of household members. A comparison of the models would enablethe determination of competitiveness of some production lines and of the farmsinvolved. This is of principal interest to regions where there are numerousproducers disposing of small agricultural land areas and focused on the productionof one or two products (raspberry or any other berry fruit, plums and tobacco).
Keywords: family farms ; competitiveness ; resources
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The Hagerstown City Council recently approved the acquisition of properties at 101 East Ave., and 144 North Locust St.
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Ben Oostdam
story # 211
| The three figures on this page
are based on an article by
C. Andrade Jr., published in
"The RUDDDER" of July, 1917.
I decided to put them on one page
to show the ingenious sail rigging.
This was after putting on the web
my own page of a 1988 cruise on
the Huangpu River ("Soochow Creek")
in Shanghai, when we saw only
very few of these craft, including
one with sails so shabby they
almost appeared transparent!
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Craig O'Donnell's fine website!
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Saturday, July 27, 2013
Lying Low
My little house is oddly on the level. The hitch is down in the dirt. The back end is 2 1/2 feet off the ground. But not over half a bubble off, inside. Me neither.
I got here last Friday, and managed to make it all the way to Tuesday before turning my right ankle getting out the door. Not too bad, at first. But then Wednesday I had to test the dang thing by going after ice cream up in Granite. By the time I got out of the car and in the door of the Sage Café I was limping like the guy in Gunsmoke. Then while I was spooning up Pralines N' Cream and commenting on the rain with the waitress, there was BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! – four distinct reports – sounding like they came from the road in front. She froze, and then carefully peered out the front windows.
"Sounded like firearms, " I said, helpfully.
"Yeah. Crazy Ed was just here. You saw him.'"
Actually, I hadn't. Ice cream has that effect on me. As there was no answering fusillade, I went on spooning it up. She kept looking out the window.
"Tell you what," I said. "I'm unable to run in my present condition. So if he comes back, you scurry out the back, and I'll just sit here looking vulnerable."
She chuckled.
"O, I reckon he'll be back, eventually."
After surviving the drive-by, and hobbling around camp a bit, I decided in a flash of brilliance that the way to treat this foot problem was to lace it up tight and go hiking up a rough trail. Maybe clamber down the bluff to the river a couple of times. That'll teach it. Thursday night, way into the wee hours, I woke up with my foot on fire. And knew past doubt the next couple of days were going to be murder.
I wouldn't have got anywhere without my Arkansas Thump Stick. This is the Mammy Yokum model. I am well aware that thump sticks up in Arkansas tend to be a lot heavier than this flimsy noodle thing, at least for grown men. But it was good enough to lean on, and got me outside to do the one thing I absolutely had to do Wednesday: transfer 26 gallons of fresh water from the truck to the trailer. After that I went back to bed and whimpered.
I hate that, going backwards once I've been arguably up for the day. I also hate taking pain pills, which tend to make me goofy. But when your foot can't bear the weight of a single sheet on it, sometimes you are led to modify your opinions.
I'm a terrible patient. And a worse nurse. No patience at all.
Over a long life, I have managed to survive 6 years of jumping out of airplanes, a decade or so of fairly reckless downhill and cross-country skiing, and 30 years working at the Fire Department. But all those things have conspired to evolve from the delicate bones and sinews of my feet and ankles a regular mess that holds together about as well as a large helping of hashbrowns.
It's never been bad enough to operate on. In my opinion. But this happens every year or two. Like Chubby Checker, I just "do the twist". And go down. The most important thing I've learned – or should have - is to stay off it and it will get better. Preferably while I am comatose. So with the help of Tramadol, I slept the clock around Thursday, just about. And stayed as level as I could.
It's Friday now. I can get a shoe on it, if I'm careful. It hurts, but doesn't glow in the dark and throb like it did yesterday. And as if this weren't enough, I just had the oddest conversation with the BLM park manager. First time I'd seen him, and I've been here a week. He came by to find out how many days of the 14 I had left, so I told him. He asked if I was panning, and I said no, just enjoying the weather and trying to get back to where I could walk again.
And then out of the blue he warned me about John Hart, the guy who has the mining claim on the sandy S curve of the river here. The one who tacked up the flashy mustard yellow notice in my campsite. "He has strong opinions about what people can and can't do on and around his claim," he said. "Last year we had the Sheriff down here because he was waving his pistol at some fishermen."
"Can he tell them not to fish on his claim?"
"Did he get straightened out?"
The guy shook his head, looked off, and said in a level wistful voice, "Yeah, he got straightened out."
After he left I got to wondering why he felt the need to confide in me about this. Was it like a Bear Warning? Am I in imminent danger of being shot for camping in a designated site? Am I to be done in after all this time by some guy with a crazed notion of his hobby rights?
Well, just lovely.
As a practical matter, it takes a coward and a bully to wave a gun at an unarmed fisherman. And it only takes a single man of low character to put a chill in paradise. I hope he doesn't come up here, waving his gun around. My foot hurts, and I'm not in the mood to put up with him.
Posted by Bob Giddings at 12:52 PM
4 comments:
- Jimbo said...
I finally caught up with all your latest blog posts. Have been in areas where Internet was not available even with my Sleek. I am enjoying your posts and travels.
Hope you don't run into this ole John Hart before your time is up and hope by then the ankle is healed.
- July 27, 2013
- Bob Giddings said...
Jimbo, I wouldn't know if I had or not, unless he waved his gun at me.
- July 27, 2013
- Barney (The Old Fat Man) said...
I have had a very small number of times some other campers made me nervous. So far no real trouble yet.
- July 27, 2013
- Bob Giddings said...
Hi Barney. I imagine that's about average for life in general.
- July 28, 2013
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