Respite care needs for families of children with life-limiting conditions.

The Framework for Respite in Partnership with Parents (FRiPP), developed by the Jessie May Trust is a tool to enable a standardised and equitable allocation of a limited resource. FRiPP reduces the opportunity for subjective allocation of respite-based care stemming from the professional-led model of telling families what they need. The tool is aimed at engaging families in identifying and articulating the support they require.

Three-dimensional facial characteristics of Caucasian infants without cleft and correlation with body measurements.

Objective: The aim of this study was to characterize the soft tissue facial features of infants without cleft and to report on the correlation between these with weight, length, and head circumference.

Design: This was a prospective study using a noninvasive three-dimensional (3D) stereophotogrammetry (C3D) system to capture the images of the participants. Landmarks were identified on the 3D facial images.

Sorption of the natural endocrine disruptors, oestrone and 17 beta-oestradiol in the aquatic environment.

Adsorption of hydrophobic contaminants at the particle/water interface is one of the key processes controlling their fate in the aquatic environment. The sorption of the natural female hormones oestrone and 17 beta-oestradiol has been studied under simulated riverine conditions. Both the kinetics and the effects of varying fundamental environmental parameters (e.

3D stereophotogrammetric image superimposition onto 3D CT scan images: the future of orthognathic surgery. A pilot study.

The aim of this study was to register and assess the accuracy of the superimposition method of a 3-dimensional (3D) soft tissue stereophotogrammetric image (C3D image) and a 3D image of the underlying skeletal tissue acquired by 3D spiral computerized tomography (CT). The study was conducted on a model head, in which an intact human skull was embedded with an overlying latex mask that reproduced anatomic features of a human face. Ten artificial radiopaque landmarks were secured to the surface of the latex mask.