Historically, laboratory pain research with children and adolescents has largely been conducted with healthy samples using the cold pressor task (CPT). Additional laboratory methodologies, commonly referred to as quantitative sensory testing (QST), include a variety of psychophysical tests assessing sensory perception (eg, pressure and heat tolerance) and sensory abnormalities. There is signifi...

Method Electronic databases (including the Cochrane Controlled Trial Register, MEDLINE, PsychInfo, EMBASE, and Scopus) were searched for published randomised controlled trials (RCTs) designed for preventing ED. Included trials were classified as both broader prevention strategies (eg. universal) and more specific prevention program (eg. cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)). Quantitative meta-an...

Objective: To examine the association between anxious school refusal and truancy and psychiatric disorders in a community sample of children and adolescents using a descriptive rather than etiological definition of school refusal. Method: Data from eight annual waves of structured psychiatric interviews with 9to 16-year-olds and their parents from the Great Smoky Mountains Study were analyzed. ...

â  â  background eosinophilic gastroenteritis (eg) is a rare inflammatory disorder of the gastrointestinal (gi) tract. there have been several case series of patients with eg from the western world and east asia. however, there has not been a report of patients with eg from the middle east region. the aim of this study is to describe clinical characteristics and treatment response in a series o...

Comprehensive studies for a periodic array of gold nanorod pairs demonstrate its unique optical properties, including a negative refractive index in the optical range. P ha se a ni so tr op y (∆ φ) , d eg re e A bs ol ut e ph as e sh ift ( δφ ), d eg re e Wavelength (λ), nm 40