Five hundred and four patients who had undergone hospital investigations were interviewed to find out how much information they had been given about the tests; their reactions before, during and after the test; and any after effects. In 74% of cases the tests had been satisfactorily explained. Patients were told more about complicated procedures such as cardiac catherisation than about routine ...

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is an antidiscrimination law that covers those persons with handicaps who are otherwise qualified to participate in and benefit from the programs or activities receiving Federal financial assistance. This article discusses the qualified handicapped applicant, especially individuals who have been identified as learning disabled, who meets the academi...

Reduced GABAergic inhibition of kidney-related PVN neurons in streptozotocin1 treated type 1 diabetic mouse 2 3 Yanyan Jiang, Hong Gao, Amanda M. Krantz, Andrei V. Derbenev, Andrea 4 Zsombok 5 6 7 Neuroscience Program, School of Science and Engineering, Tulane University and 8 Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans LA, 9 USA 10 11 12 Abbreviated title: Syna...

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the accuracy of automatic matching in cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) images relative to the reduction of total tube current-exposure time product (mAs) for the X-ray imaging (XI) system. The CBCT images were acquired with the Catphan 504 phantom various total mAs ratios such as 1.00, 0.83, 0.67, 0.57, and 0.50. For studying the automatic match-ing ...

This study examines the prevalence and characteristics of services reported by school staff for 543 high school students participating in the 8 year follow-up of the multi-site Multimodal Treatment study of ADHD (MTA). Overall, 51.6% of students with a history of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) were receiving services through an Individualized Educational Plan (IEP) or a 504 pla...