Predictors of getting a residency interview: Differences by medical specialty.

Objectives: Gaining medical residency interviews has become more competitive and costly for medical students. Although limited evidence from residency programme directors indicates predictors for successfully matching into a programme, past research has not sufficiently explored the application components necessary to receive an interview offer. The present study will identify which application components are most helpful in obtaining interview offers for different medical specialties.

Extracardiac Fontan Fenestration Device Closure with Amplatzer Vascular Plug II and Septal Occluder: Procedure Results and Medium-Term Follow-Up.

The objective of this study was to determine medium-term morbidity and mortality of patients who have undergone device closure of an extracardiac Fontan fenestration with an Amplatzer Vascular Plug II (AVPII) or Septal Occluder (ASO). A secondary objective was to compare medium-term morbidity and mortality between these patients and other fenestrated Fontan patients. A retrospective chart review was performed on patients who underwent an extracardiac fenestrated Fontan procedure between 1992 and 2015 at Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center.

School health class associated with reduced odds of eating disorder symptoms in American adolescents.

Objective: Eating disorder symptoms, including eating disorder diagnosis, binge eating, and unhealthy weight loss, are associated with health risks, and adolescence may be an optimal time to provide education on healthy alternatives. This research explored whether in-school health information during adolescence is associated with eating disorder symptoms in young adulthood.

Method: Data were used from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health, a nationally representative study of American youth, including information from Wave I, when participants were in Grades 7-12, and from Wave III, when participants were aged 18-26.

Discordance in Reporting of Maternal Aggression: Exploring Differences by Characteristics of Children, Mothers, and Their Environments.

This study investigated discordant reports of maternal aggression using the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study ( = 1,606). Multinomial logistic regression models predicted discordant reports of hitting and shouting from child, mother, and environmental characteristics. Compared to dyads in which both mothers and children reported aggression, mothers with a college degree had higher child-only and mother-only reports of both hitting and shouting versus mothers with less than a high school diploma.

Immigrant Youth Have Significantly Lower Rates of Externalizing Behavior than Native-Born Americans: Differences by Region of Birth.

A large proportion of Americans have the opinion that immigrants increase crime. Although past research has not found immigrant status to be associated with criminal behavior, American immigration policy has historically discriminated against certain groups based on their region of birth due to safety concerns. The purpose of the present study was to examine differences in externalizing behavior by immigrant's region of birth.

Breastfeeding Is Associated with Decreased Childhood Maltreatment.

Purpose: Child maltreatment has serious implications for youth outcomes, yet its associations with early parenting practices are not fully understood. This study investigated whether breastfeeding practices are correlated with childhood maltreatment.

Materials And Methods: Data were utilized from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health, a nationally representative and longitudinal study of adolescents.

Dynamometer-based measure of spasticity confirms limited association between plantarflexor spasticity and walking function in persons with multiple sclerosis.

The literature shows inconsistent evidence regarding the association between clinically assessed plantar-flexor (PF) spasticity and walking function in ambulatory persons with multiple sclerosis (pwMS). The use of a dynamometer-based spasticity measure (DSM) may help to clarify this association. Our cohort included 42 pwMS (27 female, 15 male; age: 42.

Plantarflexor weakness negatively impacts walking in persons with multiple sclerosis more than plantarflexor spasticity.

Objectives: To determine whether plantarflexor (PF) spasticity or ankle strength best predicts variance in walking capacity or self-perceived limitations in walking in persons with multiple sclerosis (MS) and whether persons with MS with PF spasticity are weaker and have greater walking dysfunction than do persons with MS without PF spasticity.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Setting: University research laboratory.