School psychology at the University of Texas at Austin.

Describes the development of a university school psychology (SP) program, which began in 1962 as a component of a counseling psychology program. In 1965, the author became director of the SP program. Objectives were to have a leadership role in the field of SP, facilitate both school- and non-school-based career opportunities for nontraditionally educated and trained school psychologists, contribute to the upgrading of doctoral SP, and push for more extensive institutionalization of doctoral SP in public schools. The curriculum has come to encompass more eclectic theoretical foundations. Three reasons are noted for why the program has been successful: its attraction of outstanding students and preparation of graduates for leadership roles, departmental support and breadth, and financial support from the National Institute of Mental Health. (23 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Neurosurgery at the State University of New York at Buffalo

We treated five patients with auricular deformities (microtia in microform and group IIB or III constricted ears) using the following procedure: nearly all of the contralateral conchal cartilage was resected, grafted, and sutured to supplement a cartilaginous deficit and to keep the supporting frame of conchal cartilage expanded by the double banner flap method. After this, a soft tissue deficit was reconstructed by our newly developed method of covering the defect with a triangular flap superior to the auricle by making a skin incision and a rhomboid flap anterior to the auricle. So far, we have obtained satisfactory results using this one-stage procedure.     

梅钢高炉炉役后期的护炉实践

对梅钢1号、3号高炉炉役后期存在的问题以及在高炉长寿方面所做的一系列工作进行了总结分析。通过采用加钒钛矿护炉、优化操作制度以及合理维护等操作技术措施,2座高炉在炉役后期实现了稳定顺行生产,延长了高炉寿命。     

天铁4#高炉炉役后期生产实践

介绍了天津天铁冶金集团有限公司炼铁厂4□高炉在炉役后期的生产与维护实践.通过稳定操作制度,控制煤气流分布,加强冷却系统监控,保证铁口深度并及时出净渣铁,精料入炉等措施,是高炉处于良好的运行状态,取得了较好的技术经济指标.     

包钢炼铁厂3#高炉操作实践

包钢炼铁厂三高炉坚持以精料为基础，以稳定顺行为前提的方针，通过采取上下部调剂相结合，加强基础管理工作等措施，2000年11月份高炉利用系数达到1．915t/(m^3.d)。     

Visual outcome at 5 years of newborn infants at risk of cerebral visual impairment

Among some 7500 respondents with known place of birth who had completed a nationwide questionnaire survey for multiple sclerosis (MS) in France in 1986, there were 260 born in former French North Africa (Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia). They had migrated to France between 1923 and 1986, but 66% came between 1956 and 1964. Two-thirds were from Algeria, where virtually the entire European population had emigrated in 1962 at the end of the Algerian war for independence. The migrants were younger at prevalence day (mean 43.4 years) and at onset (29.4 years) than the French-born MS (46.6; 31.3 years). Eight migrants lacked age information. The 225 migrants with onset more than 1 year after immigration presumably acquired their MS in France. They provided an age adjusted (US 1960) MS prevalence rate 1.54 times that for all France. If the latter is taken at 50 per 100,000 population their estimated adjusted rate is 76.8 with 95% confidence interval of 67.1 to 87.5. The other 27 with presumed acquisition in North Africa gave an estimated adjusted prevalence of 16.6 per 100,000 (95% CI 10.9-24.1). For those migrants with acquisition in France there was a mean interval of 13 years between immigration or age 11 and clinical onset, with a minimum of 3 years. This series provides further support for the theses: 1) that MS is primarily an environmental disease acquired after childhood; 2) that acquisition requires prolonged or repeated exposure (here 3 years for these medium-to-high MS risk migrants) followed by a prolonged latent or incubation period between acquisition and symptom onset (here 10 years); and 3) that this disease is most likely a widespread but unknown persistent infection which results in clinical MS in only a small proportion of those affected.     

Effects of sibling relationships on preschoolers' behavior at home and at school.

Observed the social behavior of 34 36–64 mo olds (17 males and 17 females) both in their homes and in their preschools to determine the patterning of interactions among siblings and the consistency in children's interactions with siblings and peers. Results show that at home, preschoolers with older siblings received more aggressive and prosocial behavior than did preschoolers without older siblings; they also played frequently with their older siblings. Preschoolers with younger siblings were more dominant in their interactions than were preschoolers without younger siblings, but they displayed certain types of verbal behavior less often, probably because their young siblings had limited language skills. Indicators of sibling status were not strongly related to behavior at school, but girls who did not have any brothers spent more time unoccupied or as onlookers. Few of the correlations between home and school behaviors were significant, but Ss who were more aggressive toward siblings and Ss who were more often onlookers or unoccupied at home showed similar behavior with peers. (25 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Aggradation at Bridges

Aggradation at bridges causes the bridge waterway opening to be reduced, possibly resulting in upstream flooding and increased contraction scour. Aggradation results when the sediment load supplied to a reach of river from upstream exceeds its capacity to transport sediment. Solutions to aggradational problems at bridges are often complex and expensive. Solutions include increasing sediment transport through the bridge by modifying the channel, constructing an upstream sediment trap, redesigning the bridge, dredging, and treating the cause of the aggradation. At many bridges, aggradation problems can be severe. As an example, aggradation at a bridge in northern Pennsylvania is described. The benefits, disadvantages, and costs for various possible solutions to the example problem are compared and the most cost-effective solution is presented.