Characteristics of mastery motivation and its relationship with parenting stress in toddlers with language delay.

Mastery motivation is a multifaceted, psychological force that stimulates a child to master skills or tasks and is positively associated with language-related competences. Children with developmental delay might have lower levels of motivation, and their parents might face escalated parenting stress as well. The aims of this study were to identify the characteristics of mastery motivation in toddlers with language delay by intergroup and intragroup comparison, and to investigate the associations between specific components of parenting stress and toddler's mastery motivation.

ISMAC: An Intelligent System for Customized Clinical Case Management and Analysis.

Clinical cases are primary and vital evidence for Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) clinical research. A great deal of medical knowledge is hidden in the clinical cases of the highly experienced TCM practitioner. With a deep Chinese culture background and years of clinical experience, an experienced TCM specialist usually has his or her unique clinical pattern and diagnosis idea.

Using surgical microscope for sclera buckling and transscleral cryopexy: an alternative procedure of treatment for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment.

Purpose. To observe the long-term effectiveness of scleral buckling and transscleral cryopexy conducted under a surgical microscope in the treatment of uncomplicated rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. Methods.

Activation of imidazoline I(2B) receptors by guanidine to increase glucose uptake in skeletal muscle of rats.

Guanidine is an active ingredient extracted from Galega officinalis. It is considered as ligand for imidazoline receptor due to the similarity of chemical structure. Previous studies showed that an activation of imidazoline I2 receptor (I2R) in adrenal gland lowered plasma glucose through releasing beta-endorphin to stimulate the opioid-mu receptor in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats (STZ rats).

A bent infusion cannula for vitreous surgery.

Purpose: To modify an infusion cannula for vitreous surgery and decrease cannula-related complications.

Design: New surgical instrument.

Methods: A conventional 20-gauge infusion cannula was modified by forming a 135-degree angle at the joint of the flange between the cannula adapter and the needle.

Bioptic significance of incarcerated contents at sclerotomy sites during vitrectomy.

Purpose: To study the clinical significance of incarcerated materials at sclerotomy sites during vitrectomy.

Methods: Fifty samples prolapsed from the entries to standard three-port pars plana vitrectomies were collected along the scleral surface. Samples from rhegmatogenous retinal detachments (RD) (n = 28), traumatic RD (n = 4), miscellaneous vitreous hemorrhages (n = 12), and intraocular foreign bodies (n = 6) were stained with hematoxylineosin and examined under light microscopy after being fixed in paraffin sections or smeared on slides.