Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia Mediates Links Between Borderline Personality Disorder Symptoms and Both Aggressive and Violent Behavior.

Although emotion dysregulation (ED) is a core symptom of borderline personality disorder (BPD), tests of associations between ED and aggression and violence-which are common to BPD-are sparse. The authors evaluated mediating effects of an autonomic vulnerability to ED on links between BPD symptoms and (a) reactive aggression, (b) proactive aggression, and (c) histories of interpersonal violence in a sample of young adults ( = 104), ages 18-22 years. Low baseline respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) mediated the association between BPD symptoms and reactive aggression.

Continuous positive airway pressure: Physiology and comparison of devices.

Nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is increasingly used for respiratory support in preterm babies at birth and after extubation from mechanical ventilation. Various CPAP devices are available for use that can be broadly grouped into continuous flow and variable flow. There are potential physiologic differences between these CPAP systems and the choice of a CPAP device is too often guided by individual expertise and experience rather than by evidence.

At the crossroads of anthropology and epidemiology: current research in cultural psychiatry in the UK.

Cultural psychiatry research in the UK comprises a broad range of diverse methodologies, academic disciplines, and subject areas. Methodologies range from epidemiological to anthropological/ethnographic to health services research; mixed methods research is becoming increasingly popular, as are public health and health promotional topics. After briefly outlining the history of cultural psychiatry in the UK we will discuss contemporary research.

Neonatal hypotension: dopamine or dobutamine?

Controversy surrounds the assessment of perfusion and the methods currently utilised to define hypotension, especially blood pressure. There is growing agreement to assess heart function when selecting inotropic therapy and use bedside tools such as echocardiography for assessing at-risk infants. Both dopamine and dobutamine have comparative efficacy, and in certain disease states with immature myocardium there could be potential advantages in using dobutamine.

Solid-State (199)Hg MAS NMR and Vibrational Spectroscopic Studies of Dimercury(I) Compounds.

The solid-state (199)Hg MAS NMR spectra of Hg(2)X(2) (X = Cl, SCN, NCO, CH(3)CO(2), CF(3)CO(2)) have been measured, and the infrared and Raman spectra of these compounds have been recorded and analyzed to further characterize them and to assist in the interpretation of the NMR data. Spinning-sideband analysis has been used to determine the (199)Hg shielding anisotropy and asymmetry parameters Deltasigma and eta from the solid-state (199)Hg MAS NMR spectra. In contrast to the case of the corresponding mercury(II) compounds, the shielding anisotropy is found to be relatively insensitive to the nature of the X group.

Spiral Dinuclear Complexes of Tetradentate N(4) Diazine Ligands with Mn(II), Fe(II), Fe(III), Co(III), and Ni(II) Salts.

A series of dinuclear complexes of the tetradentate dipyridyl-diazine ligand PAHAP with Mn(II), Fe(II), Fe(III), Co(III), and Ni(II) salts is reported in which three ligands wrap themselves around the six-coordinate metal centers in a rare spiral-like fashion. A similar Fe(II) complex is found for the dipyrazinyl-diazine ligand PZHPZ. The ligands are severely twisted with dihedral angles between the metal chelate ring mean planes on each ligand in the range 50-70 degrees, values close to the expected twist angle for orthogonality between the bridging nitrogen atom p orbitals.