Family therapy or child therapy: An open or shut case.

Discusses treatment disposition for child and adolescent patients and their families from the perspectives of family systems therapy and psychoanalytically oriented child psychotherapy. A review of the literature pertaining to treatment matching reveals that, although rapprochement between the 2 theories represents a significant advance in theory and practice, there are certain clinical situations in which only one approach is warranted. Careful assessment of each client's situation is recommended. Guidelines are provided to assist in modality selection. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Advances in the diagnosis and treatment of childhood disorders.

Clinicians today face difficulties in appropriately assisting children with mood disorders, whose parents may challenge diagnostic and treatment decisions based on potentially faulty information obtained from unregulated sources (e.g., the Internet, commercial books, other media). In light of this problem, as well as the U.S. Surgeon General's recent call for increases in evidence-based diagnosis and treatment of childhood disorders, it is important that psychologists educate themselves and their clients about evidence-based practices. Evidence-based assessment and psychosocial and psychopharmacological treatment procedures for childhood unipolar and bipolar mood disorders are reviewed, and specific practice recommendations are provided. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Ferrate(VI) oxidation of glycine and glycylglycine: Kinetics and products

Amino acids and peptides may form potentially harmful disinfection byproducts during the conventional treatment of water and wastewater. Removal of these parent compounds by the use of the environmental-friendly oxidant, ferrate(VI) (Fe^VIO₄²⁻, Fe(VI)) was assessed by studying the kinetics of the oxidation of glycine (NH₃⁺CH₂COOH, Gly) and glycylglycine (NH₃⁺CH₂CONHCH₂COOH, Gly-Gly) as a function of pH (4.0-12.4) at 25 °C. This study with Gly-Gly represents an initial investigation of oxidation of peptides by Fe(VI). Generally, the second-order rate constant (k) increased with decreased pH in the basic pH region, but this trend was reversed in the acidic pH range. Consideration of the reactivity of three oxidants (H₂FeO₄, HFeO₄⁻, and FeO₄²⁻) with three species of Gly and Gly-Gly (positive, neutral, and negative) reasonably explained the pH dependence of the rates. At pH 9.0, the molar consumption of Fe(VI) was nearly equal to that of Gly. The reaction of Fe(VI) with Gly at molar ratios of 1.0 and 2.0 ([Fe(VI)]:[Gly]) produced ammonia, carbon dioxide, and acetate. A reaction scheme is proposed which explains the formation of these products. The values of k for oxidation of iminodiacetate and nitriloacetate at pH 7.0 were also determined in order to compare oxidation of amines by Fe(VI). The calculated half-lives at neutral pH for the oxidation of primary and secondary amines were in seconds while decomposition of tertiary amines would occur in minutes. Overall, the reactivity of Fe(VI) with Gly and Gly-Gly indicates the significant potential of Fe(VI) to remove amine- and peptide-containing pollutants in water and wastewater.     

Non-Catalyzed and Pt/γ-Al2O3 Catalyzed Hydrothermal Cellulose Dissolution-Conversion: Influence of the Reaction Parameters

The dissolution of cellulose under 5 MPa of H₂ in the absence of catalyst is temperature and time dependant. The presence of Pt/γ-Al₂O₃ increases the initial rate of dissolution. The presence of H₂/Pt is essential although its exact role has not been well elucidated.     

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Extended Scope and Understanding of Zinc-Dependent Alcohol Dehydrogenases for Reduction of Cyclic α-Diketones

Alcohol dehydrogenases (ADH) are important tools for generating chiral α-hydroxyketones. Previously, only the ADH of Thauera aromatica was known to convert cyclic α-diketones with appropriate preference. Here, we extend the spectrum of suitable enzymes by three alcohol dehydrogenases from Citrifermentans bemidjiense (CibADH), Deferrisoma camini (DecADH), and Thauera phenylacetica (ThpADH). Of these, DecADH is characterized by very high thermostability; CibADH and ThpADH convert α-halogenated cyclohexanones with increased activity. Otherwise, however, the substrate spectrum of all four ADHs is highly conserved. Structural considerations led to the conclusion that conversion of diketones requires not only the expansion of the active site into a large binding pocket, but also the circumferential modification of almost all amino acid residues that form the first shell of the binding pocket. The constellation appears to be overall highly specific for the relative positioning of the carbonyl functions and the size of the C-ring.     

Field Test to Restore Original Geochemical Conditions in a Flooded Mine Area-An Essential Milestone for the Complete Remediation of the Königstein Uranium Mine

Mine Water and the Environment - Uranium was extracted in the Königstein uranium mine by in-situ leaching with sulfuric acid until 1990. The originally anoxic conditions in the ore body became...     

Nonlinear magnetic field solutions based on a vector magnetic potential

The earlier successful techniques for numerical solution of magnetic field problems required defining a field quantity and magnetic permeability over the problem grid model. Later improved but limited techniques were introduced whereby it was necessary to define only a field quantity, usually a potentia function, over the grid because the magnetic material characteristics were incorporated directly into the equations. The work presented in this paper represents a culmination of these latter efforts in that technique is presented whereby the general three-dimensional magnetic field boundary value problem with current regions can be solved numerically.