Research has shown that motor and vocal tics fluctuate in frequency, intensity, and form in response to environmental and contextual cues. Behavioral models have proposed that some of the variation in tics may reflect context-dependent interactive learning processes such that once tics are performed, they are influenced by environmental contingencies. The current study describes the results of ...

Although tics are the defining feature of chronic tic disorders (CTD), many children experience comorbid internalizing and externalizing problems that contribute to impairment across several domains, including family functioning. The current study examined clinical correlates and predictors of caregiver strain in parents of children with CTD. Participants were 123 children and adolescents diagn...

The microstructure, mechanical properties, and hydrogen permeation behavior of hot rolled enamel steel were investigated. Three coiling temperatures were adopted to gain different sizes of ferrite grain and TiC precipitates. The results show that a large number of interphase precipitates of nano-sized TiC can be obtained at coiling temperatures of 650 and 700 °C, while a few precipitates are fo...

Motor and vocal tics are the core symptom of Tourette syndrome (TS). Tic generation seems to develop throughout the known motor pathways. This review focuses on functional neuroimaging in order to check this assumption. Also it elucidates the alterations and interactions of motor networks in TS depending on different contexts and circumstances like resting state, spontaneous tic movements, supp...

Fourteen patients with classic tic douloureux were treated with neurovascular decorapression of the trigeminal nerve at its zone of entry into the pons. In addition, selective rhizotomy of the portio major was performed in each patient. This combined procedure gave excellent relief of pain with no recurrences in a 23-month postoperative period. Technical observations and postoperative complicat...

1 Currently affiliated with Intel Corporation ABSTRACT This paper presents the results for very detailed studies of pattern and timing-dependent failures from the 309 dies in the retest of an experimental test chip. 22 out of the 50 CUTs with pattern-dependent failures had test escapes if the test sets were reordered. Some timing-dependent failures became timing-independent combinational (TIC) ...

53 persons suspected to alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency detection (aatd) were investigated for zz, mz, zs, ss, and ms alleles analysis by serum protein electrophoresis (spe), measurement of trypsin inhibiting capacity (tic), isoelectric focusing (ief), polymerase chain reaction (pcr), and ief/pcr-rflp techniques. the result clearly shows by using spe and tic techniques only 35.85 % and 50.08% of ...

Titanium carbide-graphite (TiC/C) composite was successfully synthesized from Ti and C starting elemental powders using self-propagating high-temperature synthesis technique in an ultra-high plasma inert medium in a single stage. The TiC was exposed to a high-temperature inert medium to allow recrystallization. The product was then characterized using field emission scanning electron microscopy...

Trauma-induced coagulopathy (TIC) is present soon after injury and is associated with increased transfusion requirements and worse outcomes. The pathophysiological mechanisms, which result in the widespread derangements of hemostasis following major trauma hemorrhage, are as yet not fully defined. Profound activation of fibrinolytic pathways and fibrinogen depletion appear to be fundamental pro...

Traumatic events (including sexual abuse, domestic violence, elder abuse, and combat trauma) are associated with long-term physical and psychological effects. These events may influence patients' health care experiences and engagement in preventative care. Although the term trauma-informed care (TIC) is widely used, it is not well understood how to apply this concept in daily health care practi...