The impact of strategies on young children's saving for the future.

The ability to save resources for future use, or saving, begins to emerge around 3 years of age, but children show low rates of saving during the preschool years. Thus, several strategies have been used to improve preschoolers' saving, such as providing a prompt, budgeting, increasing psychological distance, and simulating the future. The current study investigated (a) the development of saving in early childhood, (b) the impact of several saving strategies on children's saving (i.

Peroxymonosulfate activation by superparamagnetic mixed-valent Cu/N-(-cysteine)-O-(carboxymethyl)chitosan/cobalt ferrate-rice hull hybrid nanocomposite for efficient degradation of naproxen: Synergetic adsorption-catalysis, kinetics, pathway, and relevant mechanism.

Naproxen (NPX) as an emerging anthropogenic contaminant was detected in many water sources, which can pose a serious threat to the environment and human health. Peroxymonosulfate (PMS) decomposed by Cu(I) has been considered an effective activation method to produce reactive species. However, this decontamination process is restricted by the slow transformation of Cu(II)/Cu(I) by PMS.

Some young adults hyper-bind too: Attentional control relates to individual differences in hyper-binding.

Hyper-binding - the erroneous encoding of target and distractor information into associative pairs in memory - has been described as a unique age effect caused by declines in attentional control. Previous work has found that, on average, young adults do not hyper-bind. However, if hyper-binding is caused by reduced attentional control, then young adults with poor attention regulation should also show evidence of hyper-binding.

Activate hydrogen peroxide for facile and efficient removal of aflatoxin B by magnetic Pd-chitosan/rice husk-hercynite biocomposite and its impact on the quality of edible oil.

Due to the high heat and chemical stability of aflatoxin B1 (AFB) with significant impacts on humans/animals and thus it needs to develop a practical and efficient approach for its removal. Herein, we fabricated a magnetic Pd-chitosan/glutaraldehyde/rice husk/hercynite (Pd@CRH-x) composite for efficient detoxification of AFB. The Pd@CRH-x was obtained by a simple wet-impregnation procedure of CRH complexes followed by pyrolysis.

Electroconvulsive Therapy and Risk of Road Traffic Accidents: A Danish Register-Based Cohort Study.

Objective: The aim of the study is to examine whether electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) was associated with the subsequent risk of being involved in a road traffic accident.

Methods: A cohort of all 375,435 patients older than 18 years with their first psychiatric hospital contact between 2003 and 2017 in the Danish National Patient Registry was followed for road traffic accidents until December 2018. Associations between ECT and road traffic accidents were examined using Cox regression analyses with multiple adjustments and using propensity score matching on sociodemographic and clinical variables.

Response to sertraline is influenced by GNβ3 gene G-350A variant in patients with major depressive disorder.

Purpose: Heterotrimeric guanine nucleotide-binding proteins (G proteins) are a major group of human genome membrane protein receptors. Genetic variation in the β3 subunit (GNβ3) associated with gene splicing and increased activity is associated with major depressive disorder (MDD). However, the effect of G-350A GNβ3 genetic polymorphism and therapeutic outcome of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) in MDD has not yet been studied.

A Subspace Approach to the Structural Decomposition and Identification of Ankle Joint Dynamic Stiffness.

Objective: The purpose of this paper is to present a structural decomposition subspace (SDSS) method for decomposition of the joint torque to intrinsic, reflexive, and voluntary torques and identification of joint dynamic stiffness.

Methods: First, it formulates a novel state-space representation for the joint dynamic stiffness modeled by a parallel-cascade structure with a concise parameter set that provides a direct link between the state-space representation matrices and the parallel-cascade parameters. Second, it presents a subspace method for the identification of the new state-space model that involves two steps: 1) the decomposition of the intrinsic and reflex pathways and 2) the identification of an impulse response model of the intrinsic pathway and a Hammerstein model of the reflex pathway.

Ovarian stimulation for emergency fertility preservation in cancer patients: A case series study.

•We used Random-Start for the IVF cycle in urgent settings of gynecological cancer.•Oocytes can be obtained at any time before cancer treatment efficiently.•Oocyte maturity rates were comparable with conventional antagonist protocol.

Identification of ankle joint stiffness during passive movements--a subspace linear parameter varying approach.

This paper describes a novel method for the identification of time-varying ankle joint dynamic stiffness during large passive movements. The method estimates a linear parameter varying parallel-cascade (LPV-PC) model of joint stiffness consisting of two pathways: (a) an LPV impulse response function (IRF) for intrinsic mechanics and (b) an LPV Hammerstein cascade with time-varying static nonlinearity and a time-invariant linear dynamics for the reflex pathway. A subspace identification technique is used to estimate a statespace representation of the reflex stiffness dynamics.

Effects of acupuncture on the outcome of in vitro fertilisation and intracytoplasmic sperm injection in women with polycystic ovarian syndrome.

Background: Different mechanisms have been described for the effects of acupuncture on fertility. Acupuncture may mediate neurotransmitter release, which results in the stimulation of gonadotrophin-releasing hormone secretion. The production of neurotransmitters such as endogenous opioids may also inhibit central nervous system outflow and biological stress response.

[The effect of vitamin D on neuropsychiatric conditions].

Vitamin D receptors have recently been identified in immune cells as well as various parts of the brain. Vitamin D deficiency seems to be involved in the patho-immunological process of multiple sclerosis. Hypovitaminosis D has also been associated with different psychiatric conditions, including depression and schizophrenia.

[Patients at a psychiatric residential institution in Djursland].

Introduction: Due to a reduction in the number of psychiatric hospital beds and the establishment of places at residential institutions, a large number of patients with severe mental illness receive limited attention from psychiatrists and psychiatric nurses. This situation mandates an investigation whether this leads to health-related problems.

Material And Methods: All patients at the social-psychiatric residential institution Tangkaercentret were offered an extensive health check, and use of medication as well as somatic and psychiatric morbidity were recorded.

Localization of white-matter lesions and effect of vascular risk factors in late-onset major depression.

Background: Several studies suggest that patients with late-onset major depression (MD) have an increased load of cerebral white-matter lesions (WMLs) compared with age-matched controls. Vascular risk factors such as hypertension and smoking may confound such findings. Our aim was to investigate the association between the localization and load of WMLs in late-onset MD with respect to vascular risk factors.

[Imaging techniques and proposed implementation of a neuropsychiatric assessment program for patients with depression].

Studies have shown increased prevalence of brain white matter lesions (WML) in patients with late-onset depression. WML are associated with cardio-vascular risk factors, cognitive dysfunction and poor treatment response. Until now, systematic neuropsychiatric assessment with MRI and psychological tests has mainly been used in research, but may also be helpful in clinical work.

Epidemiological aspects of rotavirus infection in Ahwaz, Iran.

Rotavirus is the major cause of diarrhoea in children worldwide. In this study, conducted in the city of Ahwaz, Iran, during November 2001-March 2002, stool samples from 200 inpatient (n=63) and outpatient (n=137) children aged 1-24 month(s) were analyzed. Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis was used for isolating rotavirus.

The effect of HMG and recombinant human FSH on oocyte quality: a randomized single-blind clinical trial.

Objective: To compare the effect of HMG and rhFSH on oocyte quality in ICSI cycle.

Setting: Vali-e-Asr university teaching hospital.

Method: Prospective single-blind randomized clinical trial.

Dropping out of psychiatric treatment: a prospective study of a first-admission cohort.

This study examined patient and treatment variables associated with patients dropping out of psychiatric treatment, drop-outs' reasons for terminating treatment, and the relationship between drop-out and patient satisfaction. The term "drop-out' was defined as termination of treatment despite therapeutic need. In a cohort of 131 first-admission psychiatric patients, 26% of these subjects dropped out of treatment during the first year.

[Quality of psychiatric treatment. Determined by patient satisfaction].

Patient satisfaction with inpatient and outpatient psychiatric treatment in a community-oriented care organization was studied. The study included 155 psychiatric patients, who were invited to participate in a semi-structured interview one year following their first admission to a psychiatric hospital. The response rate was 65%.

[Postoperative synergistic infection].

Two cases of synergist postoperative infection are described. The importance of radical wound toilet and broad-spectrum antibiotic treatment is emphasized. Synergist infection should be borne in mind in cases where postoperative wound infection continues to spread despite thorough wound toilet.