We examined developmental and individual differences in 6th and 8th graders' fraction arithmetic and overall mathematics achievement and related them to differences in understanding of fraction magnitudes, whole number division, executive functioning, and metacognitive judgments within a cross-sectional design. Results indicated that the difference between low achieving and higher achieving chi...

The authors selected 8 ordered quantities from smallest (1st) to largest (8th) from each of 36 domains, such as population of countries and production of commodities. Given the 1st and 8th (broad domain boundaries), 2nd and 7th (medium boundaries), 3rd and 6th (narrow boundaries), 2nd and 3rd, 6th and 7th, or none of the quantities, participants estimated the 4th and 5th quantities from each do...

Journals in the social sciences typically require manuscripts to be formatted according to the American Psychological Association’s Publication Manual, which is now in its 6th Edition. The apa6 class is an update of the popular apa class (often referred to as “apa.cls”), bringing it into compliance with 6th Edition requirements and adding a few new features. This article describes the major fea...

AIM Evaluation of the effectiveness of the renal sympathetic denervation (RSD) in reducing lesions of target organs such as the heart and kidneys, in resistant hypertensive CKD patients. METHODS AND RESULTS Forty-five patients were included and treated with an ablation catheter with open irrigated tip. RSD was performed by a single operator following the standard technique. Patients included ...

BACKGROUND Though electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has been used in Nepal for last twenty years, researches regarding its use, its efficacy and other data are non-existent. AIMS The objective of this study was to know about diagnostic variability and therapeutic efficacy of the use of ECT in hospitalized patients. METHODS This is a prospective comparative study between patients who received ...

BACKGROUND The aims of the present study were to compare staging between the old (6th edition) and new (7th edition) TNM classifications, and to evaluate the prognostic impact of extended lymph node dissection according to the new nodal staging in advanced gastric cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS A total of 609 patients with advanced gastric cancer who had undergone curative gastric resection com...