Concurrent validity in language and motor domains on the Vineland-3 and Mullen Scales of Early Learning in young children with Down syndrome.

Background: Obtaining information about individual's abilities in specific areas of development can be used to monitor early developmental progress in young children with Down syndrome (DS). Two commonly used measures which assess specific areas of development are the Mullen Scales of Early Learning (MSEL) and the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales-3rd Edition (VABS-3 parent interview). In DS, previous work found a positive association and moderate agreement between overall composite scores of these two measures.

Early Outcomes of Endoscopic Spring-Assisted Repair of Metopic Craniosynostosis.

Introduction: Metopic craniosynostosis is often treated with endoscopic repair with helmeting in younger patients due to its safety profile. Spring-assisted open repair has shown utility in correcting hypotelorism in metopic craniosynostosis. This study presents the first report and early outcomes of endoscopic spring-assisted repair for metopic craniosynostosis.

Benchmarking Automatic Speech Recognition Technology for Natural Language Samples of Children With and Without Developmental Delays.

Natural language sampling (NLS) offers rich insights into real-world speech and language usage across diverse groups; yet, human transcription is time-consuming and costly. Automatic speech recognition (ASR) technology has the potential to revolutionize NLS research. However, its performance in clinical-research settings with young children and those with developmental delays remains unknown.

Environmental Health and Societal Wealth Predict Movement Patterns of an Urban Carnivore.

How societal, ecological and infrastructural attributes interact to influence wildlife movement is uncertain. We explored whether neighbourhood socioeconomic status and environmental quality were associated with coyote (Canis latrans) movement patterns in Los Angeles, California and assessed the performance of integrated social-ecological movement models. We found that coyotes living in more anthropogenically burdened regions (i.

A Mechanistic Approach to Animal Dispersal-Quantifying Energetics and Maximum Distances.

Dispersal is a fundamental process driving many ecological patterns. During transfer, species often make large-scale displacements resulting in significant energy losses with implications for fitness and survival, however generalising these losses across different taxonomic groups is challenging. We developed a bioenergetic dispersal model based on fundamental processes derived from species traits.