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R Garcia

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Measuring disability: application of the Rasch model to activities of daily living (ADL/IADL).

This paper describes a comparative analysis of (ADL) and (IADL) items administered to two samples, 4,430 persons representative of older Americans, and 605 persons representative of patients with rheumatoid arthrisit (RA). Responses are scored separately using both Likert and Rasch measurement models. While Likert scoring seems to provide information similar to Rasch, the descriptive statistics are often contrary if not contradictory, and estimates of reliability from Likert are inflated. The test characteristic curves derived from Rasch are similar despite differences between the levels of disability with the two samples. Correlations of Rasch item calibrations across three samples were .71, .76, and .80. The fit between the items and the samples, indicating the compatibility between the test and subjects, is seen much more clearly with Rasch with more than half of the general population measuring the extremes. Since research on disability depends on measures with known properties, the superiority of Rasch over Likert is evident.

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Dermatophytoses in Cusco (Peru).

A total of 90 cases of suspected dermatophytoses was observed over a period of 9 months in the city of Cusco (Peru) and in its environs. The age groups most commonly infected were 1-10 and 11-20 year old. The most common tineae diagnosed were tinea capitis (13.3%) and tinea unguium (11.1%). Only four species of dermatophytes were isolated: Microsporum canis (52.4%), Trichophyton mentagrophytes (35.7%), Tr. rubrum (9.5%) and Epidermophyton floccosum (2.4%). Dry weather, low temperature and high altitude do not seem to affect proliferation and infections by dermatophytes.

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Effect of amprolium on production, sporulation, and infectivity of Eimeria oocysts.

Amprolium reduced the number of oocysts shed by Eimeria acervulina, E. maxima, E. necatrix, and a mixture of susceptible strains of E. tenella. Sporulation of oocysts from mediated chickens was reduced compared with that of oocysts from unmedicated chickens. Sporulation was reduced by levels of 0.0250% amprolium for E. acervulina and by levels of 0.0060% for E. maxima and the susceptible E. tenella. Not enough oocysts were recovered to measure sporulation of E. necatrix. Sporulation reduction was not affected by the method of administration of amprolium (feed or water), except with E. acervulina, for which fewer oocysts sporulated when 0.0120% amprolium was added in the drinking water than when 0.0125% amprolium was added to the feed. Conversely, amprolium medication had no effect on the sporulation of an amprolium-resistant E. tenella. When fed to unmedicated chickens, those oocysts from amprolium-medicated chickens that did sporulate were as infective as oocysts recovered from unmedicated chickens.

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