Knowledge, Faith, and Duty.Thomas Dyke-Acland

dEfininG faitH and faitH PraCtiCES

recent studies demonstrate an overlapping relationship between faith practices of individuals, family functioning, and the corporate faith of congregations. this study reports on the psychometric properties of the Christian faith Practices Scale (CfPS), which was created to empirically measure dykstra’s faith behaviors or “practices.” analysis of a large purposive sample (n=7,403) indicates ini...

Faith, Hope and Doubt

Dyke Award

An alpha-streptococcus brain abscess was produced in five dogs and studied with magnetic resonance (MR) imaging (0.5 T) and computed tomography (CT). Non-contrastand contrast-enhanced CT scans were obtained using gadolinium diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (Gd DTPA) for MR imaging and meglumine iothalamate for CT scanning. Each animal was evaluated in the early and later cerebritis stages of ...

Dyke P . McEwen and Jeffrey

A trial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia. The preferred therapy for AF is sustained sinus rhythm control; however, the efficacy of currently used antiarrythmic drugs is limited by adverse side effects resulting from both a lack of ion channel selectivity and nonspecific ventricular activity. The role of the voltage-gated potassium channels in atrial myocyte repolarization...

Dyke-Davidoff-Masson syndrome.

Dyke Davidoff Masson syndrome (DDMS) is characterized by seizures, facial asymmetry, contralateral hemiplegia and mental retardation. The characteristic radiologic features are cerebral hemiatrophy with homolateral hypertrophy of the skull and sinuses. We report a case of DDMS in an 18-month-old girl who presented with right sided focal seizures, hemiparesis of the same side, and delayed milest...