Quality of life of patients with epilepsy (Hungarian survey)

We assessed the quality of life (QOL) of patients with epilepsy using the Quality of Life in Epilepsy Inventory (QOLIE-31). As the first step we compared our results with the data from an American survey in order to validate the test in Hungary. The results show that the Hungarian values were lower but that they followed the same trends as the American data. There was only one controversial result in the question-group of the 'the effects of treatment', which could be explained by the differences in habits and conventions, opportunities and expectations between Hungarian and American epileptic patients. We found significant differences in many aspects of quality of life with respect to (a) gender (general quality of life, seizure worry), (b) pharmacological treatment form (cognitive functions, medication effects, total score and social and role functioning) and (c) economic activity of patients (cognitive functions, emotional well-being, energy/fatigue, medication effects, overall quality of life, overall scores, seizure worry, social and role functioning). We have tried to explain the differences found by taking either the characteristics of epilepsy or the social background of the epileptic patient into consideration. Based on previous knowledge we have tried to define the situations where the assessment of quality of life for people with epilepsy, may be beneficial to their core. (C) 2001 BEA Trading Ltd

Brief summary of the Hungarian test method (MSZ 14800-6:2009) of fire propagation on building façades

When a fully developed fire from one compartment of a building spreads from a window to a façade, it is considered to be one of the most dangerous causes of fire propagation on façades. The Hungarian test method described in standard MSZ 14800-6:2009 focuses on determining the effect and risk evaluation of combustible façade materials by modelling a heat release of a compartment/office fire scenario in a model building with realistic construction and detail types. The method provides actual fire spread limit (Th) in minutes and an evaluation method as well