It's days like this that keep me fulfilled as a behavioral scientist. It is 8:30 in the morning, and I have a half hour before I meet one of the second-year residents for a teaching session in the psychiatry and behavioral science rotation. I spend more time than usual with this resident because the psychiatry portion of the rotation was cancelled, and I want her to feel that the rotation is a ...

INTRODUCTION An information prescription is the provision of specific information to a patient on how to help manage a health problem. The Internet is being used increasingly as a source for information prescriptions, with clinicians directing patients to specific Web sites. As with any health care intervention, patients' lack of compliance is a barrier to the effectiveness of Web-based informa...

Abstract. In this paper, the analysis of the superconvergence property of the discontinuous Galerkin (DG) method applied to one-dimensional time-dependent nonlinear scalar conservation laws is carried out. We prove that the error between the DG solution and a particular projection of the exact solution achieves (k+ 3 2 )-th order superconvergence when upwind fluxes are used. The results hold tr...

The phase error, or the pollution effect in the finite element solution of wave propagation problems, is a well known phenomenon that must be confronted when solving problems in the high-frequency range. This paper presents a new method with no phase errors for onedimensional time-harmonic wave propagation problems. The method is constructed within the framework of the Discontinuous Petrov-Gale...

Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is the most common form of inherited mental retardation after Down syndrome. The expansion of a CGG repeat, located in the 5'-untranslated region (5'-UTR) of the FMR1 (fragile X mental retardation) gene, leads to the hypermethylation of the repeat and the upstream CpG island. Methylation is associated with transcriptional silencing of the FMR1 gene. The lack of FMR1 pro...

BACKGROUND Internal anal sphincter hypertonicity with nonrelaxation can cause persistent constipation and obstructive symptoms in children after surgery for Hirschsprung's disease. Intractable symptoms traditionally have been treated with anal myectomy, which may be ineffective or complicated by long-term incontinence. The authors evaluated prospectively the use of intrasphincteric botulinum to...

BACKGROUND To compare with a control group the frequency of psychiatric disorders and severity of psychiatric symptoms in preschool children with atopic eczema. METHODS The study included children between the ages of 3-5 who were diagnosed to have atopic eczema. The parents of the children with atopic eczema were interviewed in person and were asked to fill in "The Early Childhood Inventory-4...

OBJECTIVE To assess whether the components of the Healthy Kids Check (HKC), a preschool screening check recently added to the Australian Government's Enhanced Primary Care Program, are supported by evidence-based guidelines or reviews. DATA SOURCES Guideline and MEDLINE databases were searched for guidelines and systematic reviews published between 2000 and 2008 that were relevant to screenin...

PURPOSE To identify which independent variable would be strong predictor of febrile urinary tract infection (UTI) in children and adolescents with overactive bladder. MATERIALS AND METHODS A search was made of the institute's database for all patients diagnosed with overactive bladder over the preceding four years. Children and adolescents under 18 years of age with overactive bladder and no ...

The patient was a 10-year-old boy with no past history of interest, who was seen for a 2½-month history of perianal lesions and daily diurnal and nocturnal encopresis. After the condition developed, the child had become more withdrawn. The lesions had been seen previously in another center, being diagnosed as viral warts. The abdomen was slightly distended, soft, nontender, and dull to percussi...