introduction: stereotypy is one of the main features of children with autism. these behaviors are associated with deficit in learning processes, social skills acquisition, increased family stress, and self-injuries behaviors. the purpose of the present study was aimed to investigate the effectiveness of two selected karate-hand techniques on hand stereotypic movements in a boy with autism. mate...

In this essay I reflect on the ethical challenges of ethnographic fieldwork I personally experienced in a female gambling study. By assuming a covert research role, I was able to observe natural occurrences of female gambling activities but unable to make peace with disturbing feelings of my research concealment. By making my study overt, I was able to fulfill ethical obligations as a researche...

The monoclonal L3 antibody reacts with an N-glycosidically linked carbohydrate structure on at least nine glycoproteins of adult mouse brain. Three out of the L3 epitope-carrying glycoproteins could be identified as the neural cell adhesion molecules L1 and myelin-associated glycoprotein, and the novel adhesion molecule on glia. Expression of the L3 carbohydrate epitope is regulated independent...