Exploring Developmental Connections: Sleep Patterns, Self-Locomotion, and Vocabulary Growth in Early Childhood.

Current research indicates likely developmental connections between the evolution of sleep patterns, motor skills progression, and the expansion of vocabulary. These connections are grounded in the well-established role of sleep in memory and learning, as well as in the cascading effects on language development of the acquisition of new motor skills. However, no study has so far undertaken a comprehensive and systematic examination of these connections or explored their developmental trajectory over time.

Word form generalization across voices: The role of infant sleep.

Infant sleep plays a crucial role in various aspects of language development, including the generalization of visual and auditory stimuli. The relative role of daytime naps and nocturnal sleep in these memory generalization processes is debated, with some studies observing significant generalization following a post-encoding nap and others observing it following nocturnal sleep, but only in cases where a post-encoding nap had occurred on the previous day. We conducted an online experiment with 8-month-old infants to determine whether a nap immediately following auditory exposure to words spoken by one talker enhances infants' recognition of the same word forms produced by a different talker (i.

Prognostic Impact of Serum β-Microglobulin Levels in Hodgkin Lymphoma Treated with ABVD or Equivalent Regimens: A Comprehensive Analysis of 915 Patients.

The significance of serum beta-2 microglobulin (sβm) in Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) is controversial. We analyzed 915 patients with HL, who were treated with ABVD or equivalent regimens with or without radiotherapy. Sβm levels were measured by a radioimmunoassay (upper normal limit 2.

Growth of Intestinal Neomucosa on Pedicled Gastric Wall Flap, a Novel Technique in an Animal Model.

Short bowel syndrome (SBS) remains an unsolved issue in modern medicine. Numerous experimental surgical techniques have been proposed in the attempt to increase the intestinal absorptive capacity. Ten female Landrace pigs, divided in two groups of 5 (A and B), were explored through a midline incision.

Serum ferritin levels in previously untreated classical Hodgkin lymphoma: correlations and prognostic significance.

Serum ferritin (SF) is frequently elevated in classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL). We report on its prognostic significance in an unselected series of 529 cHL patients treated with state-of-the-art therapy. Higher baseline levels correlated with markers of advanced/aggressive disease.

Successful reversal of severe liver function impairment with Brentuximab vedotin in multiply relapsed/refractory classical Hodgkin lymphoma.

Purpose: To present our experience on the use of Brentuximab Vedotin (BV) in patients with relapsed/refractory classical Hodgkin Lymphoma (cHL) and severe liver function impairment with marked jaundice.

Methods: Two patients with relapsed/refractory cHL were evaluated. BV was administered in the presence of liver dysfunction and severe jaundice due to liver infiltration by cHL, as confirmed by PET-CT.

Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura: a multimodality model of treatment including plasma exchange, i.v. immunoglobulin, prednisone, antiplatelet agents, vincristine and splenectomy.

Thirteen patients with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura were treated at our facility between 1985 and 1991. All patients were treated with plasma therapy (both plasma exchange and plasma infusions), prednisone, intravenous immunoglobulin, and antiplatelet agents. Twelve patients achieved remission (92.

Primary extranodal non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the head and neck.

Among 387 cases of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) treated in our units between January 1977 and December 1990, 52 (13.4%) had primary extranodal (PE) NHL of the head and neck. The median age was 55 years with a M:F ratio of 1.