Objective: The present study examines the diagnostic accuracy of abdominal ultrasonography and urinalysis test in children with blunt abdominal trauma, compared with CT scan. The aim of this study was to compare the diagnostic value of ultrasound and urinalysis test with CT scan as a golden standard diagnostic method in predicting abdominal peritoneal injury in these patients.Methods: Thi...

Background: Major attention has been drawn to the prognostic value of plasma/serum neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) in detection of acute kidney injury (AKI) in children, but still no consensus has been reached. Accordingly, the present study aimed to assess the diagnostic value of this biomarker in detection of acute kidney injury in children through a systematic review and me...

AIM The aim of this study was to evaluate the presence and degree of depressive symptoms in mothers of disabled children and to assess the correlation between maternal major depression risk and son/daughter oral health. MATERIALS AND METHODS A prospective study was conducted in 51 disabled children and their 51 mothers. In children dmft/DMFT values, food and/or sugar- sweetened consumption le...

According to one view, government welfare programs of the last two decades (principally Aid to Families with Dependent Children, AFDC) have succeeded in aiding some groups but have left a residue of persons destined to perennial dependence on public support. Made up for the most part of the adult children of "welfare mothers," this subgroup has sometimes been portrayed as deficient not only in ...

We consider the estimation of nonlinear models with mismeasured explanatory variables, when information on the marginal distribution of the true values of these variables is available. We derive a semi-parametric MLE that is is shown to be √ n consistent and asymptotically normally distributed. In a simulation experiment we find that the finite sample distribution of the estimator is close to t...

Results: The results showed significant differnces between working memory capacity in the intellectually disabled children and normal ones (p-value <0.00001). After using the computerized working memory training, Visual-spatial WM, auditory WM, and speaking were improved in the trained group. The mentioned four tests showed significant differences between pre-test and post-test. The trained gro...

This paper illustrates negotiations around risk between lay people and clinicians in relation to gastrostomy interventions for disabled children. These negotiations centre on differing interpretations of what constitutes risk in relation to the safety of oral feeding and a child’s need for a feeding tube between parents, carers and clinical specialties. Drawing on Heyman’s distinction between r...

We explore some geometric aspects of compensation compactness associated to Jacobian determinants. We provide the optimal constant in Wente's inequality-the original motivation of this work-and go on to give various extensions to geometric situations. In fact we improve Wente's inequality somewhat, making it more appropriate for applications in which optimal results are required. This is demons...

Congress implemented the children’s component of the 551 program in 1974 in recognition that disabled children who live in low-income households are among the most disadvantaged of all Americans and therefore deserve special assistance. The cost of caring for a child with special needs is an especially heavy burden for families with limited resources. The intent of the 551 program is to reduce ...