Implementation of the Patient-Centered Medical Home Model in Facilities Providing Comprehensive Care to Medically Underserved Populations.

During the three-year Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) Advanced Primary Care Practice (APCP) Demonstration, 393 FQHCs (78.6% of the original 500 and 90.6% of the 434 continually-enrolled FQHCs) achieved patient-centered medical home (PCMH) recognition.

Overwintering and establishment of Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in an urban La Crosse virus enzootic site in Illinois.

In 1997, Aedes albopictus (Skuse) was discovered in Peoria, IL, a known focus of La Crosse (LAC) virus transmission. This accidental introduction provided an opportunity to determine whether Ae. albopictus would reemerge in the spring or summer and, if successful overwintering occurred, to follow changes in the geographic range of Ae.

Introduction of Aedes albopictus into a La Crosse virus--enzootic site in Illinois.

In late summer and fall 1997, Aedes albopictus mosquitoes were found in Peoria, Illinois, a long recognized focus of La Crosse virus transmission. Larvae were found in tires and other artificial containers, biting adults were recovered, and eggs were collected in oviposition traps within a 25-ha area. One chipmunk trapped < 0.

Binaural release from masking for a speech sound in infants, preschoolers, and adults.

Binaural masked thresholds for a speech sound [ba] were estimated under two interaural phase conditions (NoSo and NoS pi) in three age groups (infants, preschool children, and adults). A computer-based head-turn with visual reinforcement procedure was used to test the infants. Preschoolers were tested using a modified play audiometry task, and adults were tested conventionally with the same apparatus as used with the infants.