BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to evaluate the factors that influence residual angulation after treating pediatric distal tibial diaphyseal fractures. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the records of 75 children under the age of ten who were treated at two referral centers for distal tibial diaphyseal fractures. The mean patient age was 6.8 ± 2.3 years, and the mean follow-up dura...

1 adresse actuelle: PDD/Zakum, ADMA-OPCO, P.O.Box303, Abu Dhabi, UnitedArab Emirates ([email protected]); adresse permanente: Le Clair Côteau, 14-A Rue de la Guaize, 28130 Maintenon, France. 2 Institute of Geology, Sachsova 2, P.O.Box 268, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia. Abstract The present work enlists as comprehensively as possible the Permian and Triassic Dasyclad algae. For each species, local...

Introduction: We present here the next level of detail for the general calculation of top-down melting on supply-limited ice sheets for the Late Noachian Icy Highlands (LNIH) [1], in this case looking specifically at the spatial distribution of meltwater produced by PositiveDegree-Day melting at the ice sheet surface that results from a single-year warming. Knowledge as to where this meltwater ...

This study examines the motor skills and executive functioning (EF) of 28 children diagnosed with pervasive developmental disorder-not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS; mean age: 10 years 6 months, range: 7–12 years; 19 boys, 9 girls) in comparison with ageand gender-matched typically developing children. The potential relationship between motor performance and EF in children with PDD-NOS is invest...

The pine shoot beetle, Tomicus piniperda (L.), is an exotic pest that has become established in North America. Discovered in Ohio in 1992, it has since been found in at least 13 states and parts of Canada. The beetle can cause significant growth loss in pines, and it represents a potential threat to trees in areas where it has not yet become established. To evaluate this threat to native pines,...

CONTEXT Prevalence rates of autism-spectrum disorders are uncertain, and speculation that their incidence is increasing continues to cause concern. OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of pervasive developmental disorders (PDDs) in a geographically defined population of preschool children. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Survey conducted July 1998 to June 1999 in Staffordshire, England. T...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Previous neuropathologic studies in chronic hydrocephalus have suggested the presence of white matter damage, presumably from mechanical pressure due to ventricular enlargement and metabolic derangement. This study aimed to investigate the diffusional properties of the CST in patients with iNPH by using DTI and to determine whether this method could be used as a new diagn...

Standard-length porous-coated tapered femoral stems perform exceedingly well in primary total hip arthroplasty (THA) at long-term follow-up. Nevertheless, there are multiple reasons to strongly consider the relatively new concept of short tapered stems. First, there is already a wide variation in the lengths of "standard" components and the ideal length is unknown. The goal of tapered stems is ...

Although conservative management of humeral diaphyseal fractures has shown good results in about 90% of cases [1, 2], there are both absolute and relative indications for surgical treatment, such as polytrauma, open fractures, bilateral fractures, floating elbow, etc [3]. Minimally invasive surgical techniques in diaphyseal fractures of long bones have shown advantages over the open conventiona...

The aim of this study was to investigate whether children with high-functioning autism (HFA), Asperger's syndrome (AS), and pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified (PDDNOS) can be differentiated from each other and from normal controls on their neurocognitive executive functioning (EF) profile. Children with HFA and AS showed the most EF deficits. The EF profile of the PDDNOS g...