Care of the Patient Undergoing a Neurosurgical Procedure in an Intraoperative Magnetic Resonance Imaging Suite.

The intraoperative nursing care of a patient undergoing a neurosurgical procedure in an intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) suite requires an elevated level of planning and implementation of interventions for patient safety and the safety of the surgical team. Developing team guidelines, protocols, and competencies that take into account the specific safety and positioning requirements for an MRI scan (ie, identifying MRI zones, safe use of ferrous and nonferrous instruments, following MRI safety guidelines) is key to the success of these procedures. Personnel at two sites at the University of Utah Health in Salt Lake City have implemented a standardized intraoperative MRI program for a variety of neurosurgical procedures.

Mother-adolescent conflict types and adolescent adjustment: A person-oriented analysis.

This investigation was designed to identify dyadic differences in mother-adolescent conflict. In 2 studies (N = 131 and N = 147), adolescents (M = 13.88 and 14.

Best Friend Influence Over Adolescent Problem Behaviors: Socialized by the Satisfied.

The present study was designed to examine best friend influence over alcohol intoxication and truancy as a function of relative perceptions of friendship satisfaction. The participants were 700 adolescents (306 boys, 394 girls) who were involved in same-sex best friendships that were stable from one academic year to the next. Participants completed self-report measures of alcohol intoxication frequency and truancy at 1-year intervals.

Forms of Friendship: A Person-Centered Assessment of the Quality, Stability, and Outcomes of Different Types of Adolescent Friends.

Friendships differ in terms of their quality and participants may or may not agree as to their perceptions of relationship quality. Two studies ( = 230 and 242) were conducted to identify distinct and replicable categories of friendship among young adolescents ( = 11.6 years old) using self and partner reports of relationship quality.

Forest production predicted from satellite image analysis for the Southeast Asia region.

Background: The objective of this study was to demonstrate a new, cost-effective method to define the sustainable amounts of harvested wood products in Southeast Asian countries case studies, while avoiding degradation (net loss) of total wood carbon stocks. Satellite remote sensing from the MODIS sensor was used in the CASA (Carnegie Ames Stanford Approach) carbon cycle model to map forest production for the Southeast Asia region from 2000 to 2010. These CASA model results have been designed to be spatially detailed enough to support carbon cycle assessments in different wooded land cover classes, e.