Sensor-Integrated Chairs for Lower Body Strength and Endurance Assessment.

This paper describes an automated method and device to conduct the Chair Stand Tests of the Fullerton Functional Test Battery. The Fullerton Functional Test is a suite of physical tests designed to assess the physical fitness of older adults. The Chair Stand Tests, which include the Five Times Sit-to-Stand Test (5xSST) and the 30 Second Sit-to-Stand Test (30CST), are the standard for measuring lower-body strength in older adults.

Examining the Spatial Varying Effects of Sociodemographic Factors on Adult Cochlear Implantation Using Geographically Weighted Poisson Regression.

Objective: To (i) demonstrate the utility of geographically weighted Poisson regression (GWPR) in describing geographical patterns of adult cochlear implant (CI) incidence in relation to sociodemographic factors in a publicly funded healthcare system, and (ii) compare Poisson regression and GWPR to fit the aforementioned relationship.

Study Design: Retrospective study of provincial CI Program database.

Setting: Academic hospital.

Targeting PAR2 with Pepducins.

Itch, inflammation, and atopic dermatitis are associated with activation of PAR2. Affecting PAR2 activity presents a number of challenges. Here, a cell-penetrating peptide, termed a pepducin, circumvents these challenges by preventing the receptor from coupling to G proteins.

Isolated sulfite oxidase deficiency: a case report with a novel mutation and review of the literature.

Isolated sulfite oxidase deficiency is a rare but devastating neurologic disease that usually presents in early infancy with seizures and alterations in muscle tone. Only 21 cases have been reported in the literature. We report a case of a newborn infant boy with isolated sulfite oxidase deficiency who presented with generalized seizures on his fourth day of life.

Immunizations, neonatal jaundice, and animal-induced injuries.

Purpose Of Review: To concisely review data published over the past year on three topics pertinent to the practicing pediatrician: immunizations, neonatal jaundice, and animal-induced injuries.

Recent Findings: Updates on immunizations, including varicella and pneumococcus in the post-vaccine era, use of a polyvalent conjugated meningococcal vaccine, and influenza vaccination during a vaccine shortage are discussed. Mortality and morbidity from varicella, and risk of invasive disease from pneumococcal infections have declined.