Sheldon Baumrind, 1924-2017

Petru Derevenco (1924–2017)

Recently we lost one of the most important Romanian neuroscientists, Petru Derevenco (born in 1924, Kishinew, now Republic of Moldova) where he attended the elementary school. His family (one of his grandfathers was a medical physician of the Russian Czar) took refuge during the World War 2 and settled in Romania. He graduated the high-school in Craiova and started medical studies in Sibiu, whe...

Professor Henryka Małdyk (1924–2017)

1284 Elliot and Sheldon

Three studies demonstrated that avoidance personal goals are positively related to physical symptom reports. These results were obtained (a) using both longitudinal and retrospective methodologies and (b) controlling for neuroticism and other alternative predictor variables. In 2 of the studies, a process model was validated in which perceived competence and perceived controlledness were shown ...

Freeman-Sheldon Syndrome

Freeman-Sheldon syndrome (FSS) is a rare inherited form of distal arthrogryposis characterized by craniofacial deformities, camptodactyly with ulnar deviation of the fingers, and talipes equinovarus. Less than hundred cases have been reported till 2010 [1-3]. Multiple surgical interventions are needed to provide an acceptable quality of life. Anesthetic complications occur commonly [4, 5]. We p...

Sheldon-Hall syndrome

Sheldon-Hall syndrome (SHS) is a rare multiple congenital contracture syndrome characterized by contractures of the distal joints of the limbs, triangular face, downslanting palpebral fissures, small mouth, and high arched palate. Epidemiological data for the prevalence of SHS are not available, but less than 100 cases have been reported in the literature. Other common clinical features of SHS ...