Cognitive-Behavioral Profile in Pediatric Patients with Syndrome 5p-; Genotype-Phenotype Correlationships.

(1) Background: 5p minus Syndrome (S5p-) is a neurodevelopmental disorder caused by a deletion in the short arm of chromosome 5. Among the phenotypic characteristics of S5p-, the most characteristic and representative element is a monochromatic cry with a high-pitched tone reminiscent of a cat's meow. Individuals may also show great phenotypic heterogeneity and great genetic variability.

Technical Factors Contributing to Nonunion in Supracondylar Distal Femur Fractures Treated With Lateral Locked Plating: A Risk-Stratified Analysis.

Objective: To identify technical factors associated with nonunion after operative treatment with lateral locked plating.

Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Setting: Ten Level I trauma centers.

Risk Factors for Reoperation to Promote Union in 1111 Distal Femur Fractures.

Objectives: To identify modifiable and nonmodifiable risk factors for reoperation to promote union after distal femur fracture.

Design: Multicenter retrospective cohort study.

Setting: Ten Level-I trauma centers.

Predictors of Deep Infection After Distal Femur Fracture: A Multicenter Study.

Objectives: To identify potentially modifiable risk factors for deep surgical site infection after distal femur fracture.

Design: Multicenter retrospective cohort study.

Setting: Ten Level-I trauma centers.

Deep Phenotyping and Genetic Characterization of a Cohort of 70 Individuals With 5p Minus Syndrome.

Chromosome-5p minus syndrome (5p-Sd, OMIM #123450) formerly known as syndrome results from the loss of genetic material at the distal region of the short arm of chromosome 5. It is a neurodevelopmental disorder of genetic cause. So far, about 400 patients have been reported worldwide.

UNDERSTANDING triggering skills for ENTREPRENEURS: The case of ESIC.

The aim of this paper is to present the methodology and results of a study on the role played by an institution in higher education, the ESIC Business & Marketing School, in teaching different master's degree programmes to examine whether they respond to the demands of potential entrepreneurs who are seeking to acquire the tools and develop the skills necessary to eventually become successful. The main conclusions were that the students with the intention of achieving a higher level of entrepreneurial skills were enroled in the Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) programme without omitting other master's degree programmes also chosen by students with entrepreneurial concerns. It was also found that the variable with the highest impact on entrepreneurial motivation was family environment.

Stability and visual outcomes yielded by three intraocular trifocal lenses with same optical zone design but differing material or toricity.

Purpose: To compare rotational stability, centration and visual outcomes provided by three trifocal lens models that have the same optical zone design but different material, composition, and/or toricity.

Methods: The study included 78 patients with symmetric bilateral intraocular lens implantation. The lenses under evaluation were trifocal intraocular lenses made of hydrophilic acrylic material: a spherical lens 26% hydrophilic acrylic (POD FineVision), a similar lens but having a toric design (POD Toric FineVision), and a trifocal lens 25% hydrophilic acrylic material (FineVision/MicroF).

Active Living Logan Square: joining together to create opportunities for physical activity.

Background: The Active Living Logan Square target audience is the community of the southwest corner of Logan Square, an urban Chicago community of 84,466 residents, mostly Latinos. Through the Active Living by Design (ALbD) initiative, the Logan Square Neighborhood Association leveraged its 48 years of existence in the neighborhood to create opportunities and build partnerships.

Intervention: Activities addressed three primary goals: (1) enhance school environments and practices to support physical activity before, during, and after the school day; (2) encourage individuals and families to enjoy outdoor activities in their own communities; and (3) create safe, inviting places for activity that connect to surrounding communities.

Confident interpretation of Bayesian decision tree ensembles for clinical applications.

Bayesian averaging (BA) over ensembles of decision models allows evaluation of the uncertainty of decisions that is of crucial importance for safety-critical applications such as medical diagnostics. The interpretability of the ensemble can also give useful information for experts responsible for making reliable decisions. For this reason, decision trees (DTs) are attractive decision models for experts.

Identification and Small Sample Estimation of Thurstone's Unrestricted Model for Paired Comparisons Data.

The interpretation of a Thurstonian model for paired comparisons where the utilities' covariance matrix is unrestricted proved to be difficult due to the comparative nature of the data. We show that under a suitable constraint the utilities' correlation matrix can be estimated, yielding a readily interpretable solution. This set of identification constraints can recover any true utilities' covariance matrix, but it is not unique.

A Multidimensional Ideal Point Item Response Theory Model for Binary Data.

We introduce a multidimensional item response theory (IRT) model for binary data based on a proximity response mechanism. Under the model, a respondent at the mode of the item response function (IRF) endorses the item with probability one. The mode of the IRF is the ideal point, or in the multidimensional case, an ideal hyperplane.