Each item is scored on the basis of the amount of assistance required for performance, with higher scores indicating greater dependence [ 28].
The authors thank Jose R. Lapa e Silva for support and assistance with equipment and supplies, and Patricia Lago for assistance with performance of the T-SPOT.
The authors wish to thank Dr. Shengyuan Ding for assistance in performance of the migratory assays and immunohistochemical tests.
36 The Dutch and the German sample did not differ remarkably in cognition at baseline (MMSE: 19 vs 20), but did differ in the need for assistance (IDDD performance: 24 vs 15).
The standard deviations are significant for the pay-for-performance and the assistance by NPP in model MN1.
We thank Kirsti Solberg Landsverk at the Flow Cytometry Core Facility at the Department of Radiation Biology for technical assistance in performance of flow cytometry, Line Johnsen for construction of the LJ52 strain and Torsten Waldminghaus for helping with the microarray experiments.
27 This scale records the carer rating of the patient's need for assistance in the performance of (1) washing oneself, (2) making tea or coffee, (3) dressing, (4) combing one's hair and brushing one's teeth, (5) eating, (6) using the toilet, (7) shopping, (8) using the telephone, (9) preparing a meal, (10) cleaning the house or doing minor repair work and (11) handling finances.
The authors would like to thank Dr Karen Petrosyan, Armine Arakelyan, Hasmik Toumaian, and Judith Udove for technical assistance in the performance of the immunohistochemical assays for this study.
The authors would like to thank Prof. Tamas Bakonyi, Dr. Ulrike Eulenberger, Dr. Maria Furger, Prof. Jean-Michel Hatt, Dr. Katharina Reitl, Dr. Hanna Vielgrader, Dr. Thomas Voracek and Prof. Herbert Weissenböck for their assistance in the performance of the investigations and for valuable discussions.
For performance measures, the timed-up-and-go (TUG) and the Iowa level of assistance scale (ILAS) were selected.
