美国奥利夫布兰奇卫理公会医院

项目地处美国密西西比州的德索托郡,位于田纳西州和密西西比州两州分界线以北,所在地近20年来经历了巨大的发展变化.其附近孟菲斯中部地区的大量人口迁至德索托郡郊区,比如南海文市和奥利夫布兰奇市.为了让近4.7万穿越州界线到达密西西比州北部的居民能够享受到医疗保健服务,总部在孟菲斯的卫理公会乐泊雅医疗机构(Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare)决定在迅速发展的奥利夫布兰奇市建设一座100床可提供全面医疗服务的教会医院. 为了兴建一个能够满足社区居民对安全、高质量医疗服务需求并且收费不高的医院,这座面积为1.97万m2能够提供全面服务的医疗设施非常关注患者的舒适度和满意度.因此医院的整个设计和建设都围绕着这个重点和可持续发展的理念来进行的,并获得了医疗建筑LEED金奖认证.这是美国获得此级别认证的首个住院设施.     

"What's wrong in this picture?": Response to Motta et al.'s review of human figure drawings.

Comments on R. W. Motta et al's (see record 1994-04005-001) conclusion that human figure drawings have little use in describing personality and predicting behavior and intellectual functioning. This conclusion is supported, and it is suggested that the continued use of human figure drawings by school psychologists is due to illusory correlation, false belief in incremental validity, and impossibility of disconfirmation. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Sociometric differences between mildly handicapped and nonhandicapped Black and White students.

We investigated sociometric differences between mainstreamed mildly handicapped and nonhandicapped Black and White students in a factorial design by using three indexes of peer acceptance. Results indicated differential patterns of peer acceptance between Black and White mildly handicapped children. We noted no main effects for race or sex; there was, however, a significant multivariate Sample?×?Race interaction effect. Race accounted for little variance in the sociometric status of mildly handicapped and nonhandicapped students. We discuss the implications of this study in terms of the degree of disparity between White and Black mildly handicapped and nonhandicapped students. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Hydrolysis of VX on concrete: rate of degradation by direct surface interrogation using an ion trap secondary ion mass spectrometer

The nerve agent VX (O-ethyl S-2-diisopropylaminoethyl methylphosphonothiolate) is lethal at very low levels of exposure, which can occur by dermal contact with contaminated surfaces. Hence, behavior of VX in contact with common urban or industrial surfaces is a subject of acute interest. In the present study, VX was found to undergo complete degradation when in contact with concrete surfaces. The degradation was directly interrogated at submonolayer concentrations by periodically performing secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) analyses after exposure of the concrete to VX. The abundance of the [VX + H]+ ion in the SIMS spectra was observed to decrease in an exponential fashion, consistent with first-order or pseudo-first-order behavior. This phenomenon enabled the rate constant to be determined at 0.005 min(-1) at 25 degrees C, which corresponds to a half-life of about 3 h on the concrete surface. The decrease in [VX + H]+ was accompanied by an increase in the abundance of the principal degradation product diisopropylaminoethanethiol (DESH), which arises by cleavage of the P-S bond. Degradation to form DESH is accompanied by the formation of ethyl methylphosphonic acid, which is observable only in the negative ion spectrum. A second degradation product was also implicated, which corresponded to a diisopropylvinylamine isomer (perhaps N,N-diisopropyl aziridinium) that arose via cleavage of the S-C bond. No evidence was observed for the formation of the toxic S-2-diisopropylaminoethyl methylphosphonothioic acid. The degradation rate constants were measured at four different temperatures (24-50 degrees C), which resulted in a linear Arrhenius relationship and an activation energy of 52 kJ mol(-1). This value agrees with previous values observed for VX hydrolysis in alkaline solutions, which suggests that the degradation of submonolayer VX is dominated by alkaline hydrolysis within the adventitious water film on the concrete surface.     

A compact manufacturable 76-77-GHz radar module for commercial ACCapplications

The design and measured results of a single-substrate transceiver module suitable for 76-77-GHz pulsed-Doppler radar applications are presented. Emphasis on ease of manufacture and cost reduction of commercial millimeter-wave systems is employed throughout as a design parameter. The importance of using predictive modeling techniques in understanding the robustness of the circuit design is stressed. Manufacturing techniques that conform to standard high-volume assembly constraints have been used. The packaged transceiver module, including three waveguide ports and intermediate-frequency output, measures 20 mm×22 mm×8 mm. The circuit is implemented using discrete GaAs/AlGaAs pseudomorphic high electron mobility transistors (pHEMTs), GaAs Schottky diodes, and varactor diodes, as well as GaAs p-i-n and pHEMT monolithic microwave integrated circuits mounted on a low-cost 127-μm-thick glass substrate. A novel microstrip-to-waveguide transition is described to transform the planar microstrip signal into the waveguide launch. The module is integrated with a quasi-optical antenna. The measured performance of both the component parts and the complete radar transceiver module is described     

Fundamental agreements and epistemological differences in differentiating what was said from what was done in behavioral consultation.

T. R. Kratochwill, et al (see record 1998-02259-004) raise a number of points of disagreement with 2 previous critiques of the behavioral consultation literature (G. H. Noell and J. C. Witt, see record 1996-06717-001; Witt, et al, see record 1997-02988-004). The purpose of this article is to clarify the role of differing epistemologies in creating the current controversy and to reiterate the substantial areas of agreement expressed across the several papers contributing to this discussion. The current controversy derives in part from differing epistemological standards applied to verbal reports about behavior by consultees. The use of differing definitions of behavioral consultation, broad theoretical vs specific operational, has also contributed to the current controversy. The numerous areas of agreement include the need for effective procedures to deliver consultation services in schools, the emphasis on implementing empirically derived interventions, and the need for additional data regarding procedures to obtain treatment implementation. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

ApoE and CYP2D6 polymorphism with and without parkinsonism-dementia complex in the people of Chamorro, guam

Parkinsonism-dementia complex (PDC), a neurodegenerative disorder in the Chamorro, Guam population, has been epidemiologically ascribed to the ingestion of the neurotoxin cycasin. This disease is characterized neuropathologically by the presence of abundant neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs). We analyzed a genetic risk factor of Alzheimer's disease (AD), apolipoprotein E, hypothesized to be linked to NFT formation, and a genetic risk factor of Parkinson's disease (PD), CYP2D6 mutation, linked to slower metabolism of exogenous toxins, in Chamorro, Guam individuals with and without PDC. The representation of the G-to-C mutation in exon 9 of the CYP2D6 gene was higher in Chamorro and Filipino than in Caucasian individuals, but this mutant allele had similar high frequencies in both PDC patients and healthy Chamorro individuals. We found no alleles of these genes associated with AD or PD to be overrepresented among those with PDC.     

"Children's Depression Inventory: Construct and discriminant validity across clinical and nonreferred (control) populations": Correction to Carey et al.

Reports an error in "Children's Depression Inventory: Construct and discriminant validity across clinical and nonreferred (control) populations" by Michael P. Carey, Michael E. Faulstich, Frank M. Gresham, Laurie Ruggiero and Patience Enyart (Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1987[Oct], Vol 55[5], 755-761). An error occurred in Table 3. Specifically, for the three-factor solutions, the coefficient of congruence between the first factor of the combined sample and the first (rather than the second) factor of the nonreferred sample should read "93." (The following abstract of the original article appeared in record 1988-06332-001.) The construct and discriminant validity of the Children's Depression Inventory (CDI) was evaluated for a large child and adolescent sample of clinical inpatients (n?=?153) and demographically comparable nonreferred subjects (n?=?153). Principal component analyses of the overall sample, using separate groups of clinical and nonreferred samples, found two- and three-factor models with optimal simple structure and clinical meaningfulness. These factors characterized Depressive Affect, Oppositional Behavior, and Personal Adjustment. The first two factors exhibited adequate internal consistency and correspondence across samples, whereas the third factor was strongest for nonreferred subjects. All three factor scores entered a significant discriminant function and correctly classified most nonreferred and clinical subjects. However, only Depressive Affect and Oppositional Behavior entered into the discriminant function that distinguished depressive and conduct-disorder subjects from nonreferred subjects. The percentage of nonreferred subjects who were correctly categorized ranged from 70.4 to 71.6, whereas the percentage of correctly classified clinical subjects ranged from 25 to 60. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Validity of social skills measures for assessing social competence in low-status children: A multivariate investigation.

Investigated the validity of the 3 types of measures that are frequently used to measure social competence in children. Data were collected on 40 3rd- and 4th-grade low-sociometric-status Ss using 2 sociometric rating scales, 3 peer nomination measures, and 4 categories of behavioral observations. All of the measures were collected 3 times. Findings support previous claims that rating-scale measures and nomination measures assess different dimensions of sociometric status. Behavioral measures emerged as a separate factor suggesting that these measures assess a dimension of social competence that is independent from popularity or peer acceptance. (40 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)