Attitudes toward Adults with Intellectual Disability: A Survey of Ontario Occupational and Physical Therapy Students.

Purpose: To examine attitudes of students in Ontario master's degree programmes in occupational therapy (MScOT) and physical therapy (MScPT) toward adults with intellectual disability (ID).

Methods: A quantitative cross-sectional survey study was conducted. An electronic questionnaire was distributed to 1,255 MScOT/PT students at five Ontario universities via email, using a modified Dillman approach.

Illness attribution of patients with medically unexplained physical symptoms in China.

The illness behavior of patients with medically unexplained physical symptoms (MUS) depends largely on what the patient believes to be the cause of the symptoms. Little data are available on the illness attributions of patients with MUS in China. This cross-sectional study investigated the illness attributions of 96 patients with MUS in the outpatient departments of Psychosomatic Medicine, biomedicine (Neurology, Gynecology), and Traditional Chinese Medicine in Shanghai.

The treatment of patients with medically unexplained physical symptoms in China: a study comparing expectations and treatment satisfaction in psychosomatic medicine, biomedicine, and traditional Chinese medicine.

Objective: Little is known about treatment for patients with medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) in China. This study investigates the treatment expectations and treatment satisfaction of patients with MUS in psychosomatic medicine, biomedicine, and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM).

Method: In a cross-sectional survey, n = 96 (10.

Four-wavelength Bragg mirror using GaAs/AlAs.

We report on the design and growth by molecular beam epitaxy of a GaAs/AlAs Bragg mirror with four reflectivity bands. High reflectivity is achieved in all the bands, and there is good agreement between measured and simulated results.

Nd:YAG laser in treatment of seriously ill patients with gastrointestinal bleeding.

Nd:YAG (neodymium:yttrium aluminum garnet) laser coagulation was used to treat 30 seriously ill patients with massive or prolonged gastrointestinal bleeding. An average of 7.5 units of blood was given prior to Nd:YAG laser treatment.