The Relationship between maternal education and mental retardation in 10-year-old children

We conducted a case-control study of mental retardation (MR) in which case children (aged 10 years) were identified from existing records at multiple sources, primarily the public school systems. Control children were drawn from a roster of public school students not receiving special education services. We found that maternal educational level at the time of delivery was strongly and inversely related to a form of MR not accompanied by other serious neurologic conditions. For this isolated form of MR, maternal educational level was by far the most important predictor from among seven sociodemographic variables examined. There was a significant race-education interaction that indicated a steeper gradient in risk among white mothers than among black mothers. Relative to children of white mothers with 12 years of education, all children of black mothers, except those whose mothers had 16 or more years of education, were at increased risk. The results may be useful as a guide for selecting high-risk groups as candidates for early childhood intervention programs.     

Mating ability in laboratory-adapted and field-derivedDrosophila melanogaster: The stress of domestication

Mating ability differences between flies of different alcohol dehydrogenase (Adh) genotypes have been assessed in the temperature range 15 to 29°C for laboratory-adapted and field-derivedDrosophila melanogaster. Significant differences amongAdh genotypes were detected principally for the laboratory-adapted strains due to departures from random mating associated with heterozygote superiority at the relatively extreme temperature of 29°C, although mating ability differences could not be attributed directly to theAdh locus. The difference between the laboratory and the field populations can be explained by the effects of genetic back-ground manifested in the form of fitness differences, being enhanced for the laboratory-adapted flies as a consequence of the stress of laboratory culture. In contrast with larval survival and development time, laboratory and field flies do not differe appreciably in their overall abilities to obtain mates, which indicates that mating ability is a direct fitness character not greatly affected by laboratory culture. It follows that direct fitness traits are the least amenable to change under domestication.     

Genetic Structure of Spatial and Verbal Working Memory

Working memory (WM) encompasses both short-term memory (storage) and executive functions that play an essential role in all forms of cognition. In this study, the genetic structure of storage and executive functions engaged in both a spatial and verbal WM span task is investigated using a twin sample. The sample consists of 143 monozygotic (MZ) and 93 dizygotic (DZ) Japanese twin pairs, ages 16 to 29 years. In 155 (87 MZ, 62 DZ) of these pairs, cognitive ability scores from the Kyodai Japanese IQ test are also obtained. The phenotypic relationship between WM and cognitive ability is confirmed (r = 0.26–0.44). Individual differences in WM storage and executive functions are found to be significantly influenced by genes, with heritability estimates all moderately high (43%–49%), and estimates for cognitive ability comparable to previous studies (65%). A large part of the genetic variance in storage and executive functions in both spatial and verbal modalities is due to a common genetic factor that accounts for 11% to 43% of the variance. In the reduced sample, this common genetic factor accounts for 64% and 26% of the variance in spatial and verbal cognitive ability, respectively. Additional genetic variance in WM (7%–30%) is due to modality specific factors (spatial and verbal) and a storage specific factor that may be particularly important for the verbal modality. None of the variance in cognitive ability is accounted for by the modality and storage genetic factors, suggesting these may be specific to WM.     

What impairs subitizing in cerebral palsied children?

The goal of this study was to investigate the factors responsible for the low subitizing limit of cerebral palsied (CP) children. For this purpose, 44 CPs were tested on two tasks involving the rapid recognition of dot configurations. The answer was either a number (subitizing task) or the name of a pattern (pattern recognition task). The CPs were compared to controls of the same age. All children were evaluated for visual and visuospatial short-term memory. The results showed that CPs with a low subitizing limit did not do better with a canonical arrangement than the random one, were impaired to the same extent on the pattern recognition task as on the subitizing task, and had a short visuospatial short-term memory span. These results suggest that the low subitizing limit of CPs stems from a (non-number-dependent) lesser capacity to perceive a dot configuration as a gestalt. A low subitizing limit was almost always associated with a right-hemisphere lesion.     

早期康复护理对脑卒中患者日常生活能力的影响

目的：为了检验早期康复护理对脑卒中患日常生活能力（ＡＤＬ）的影响,本对比观察了早期介入康复护理和一般临床护理（以下简称对照组）两组病例。结果：发现早期介入康复护理患的肩痛、肩手综合症的发生率较一般护理组明显降低（Ｐ〈０．０１）,Ｂ指数康复护理组较一般护理组明显提高（Ｐ〈０．０１）,而肩关节脱位发生率两组之间无明显差异（Ｐ〉０．０５）。结论：说明早期介入康复护理能明显提高脑卒患的日常生活能力     

鼻咽癌放射治疗后听力的变化

目的 探讨鼻咽癌患者放疗前后听力的变化。方法 对63例鼻咽癌患者放疗前后采用纯音测听检测听觉功能。结果 鼻咽癌初次放疗对内耳感音功能无明显影响，对中耳传音功能有明显的改善作用。结论 鼻咽癌所致听力下降通过放疗可使听力得以不同程度的恢复。     

保和咀嚼片成型处方的研究

目的: 选择保和咀嚼片的最佳成型处方.方法: 采用正交试验进行筛选,以多指标综合评分法对成型的保和咀嚼片进行评分.结果: 本片剂最佳成型处方为:原料药与填充剂的用量比例为1∶3,蔗糖∶乳糖∶甘露醇=3∶1∶1,加1‰硬脂酸镁.结论: 多指标综合评分法对理性评价处方和工艺是十分可行的.     

Can Young People with Autism Refer to Knowledge States? Evidence from Their Understanding of "Know" and "Guess"

A number of studies have reported that most individuals with autism have difficulty in attributing mental states. The primary aim of the present study was to compare the ability of children with autism to refer to knowledge states with that of mainstream school children and children with Down's syndrome. The second aim was to investigate the role of verbal mental age in referring to knowledge states. The third aim was to compare the ease with which the children referred to their own mental state and to that of others. The results suggest that some individuals with autism are able to attribute knowledge to themselves and others but that they need to have higher verbal skills than is necessary in normal individuals. The level of language skill predicted the performance of the individuals with autism, but not that of the children in the other groups. There was no good evidence that referring to one's own mental states was easier than referring to another person's, a finding which supports representational theory rather than the simulationist position.     

化工工人肌肉骨骼功能及其与工作能力的关系

目的 研究化工工人肌肉骨骼功能状况及其与工作能力的关系。方法 对101名化工作业工人进行肌肉骨骼功能(背肌耐力、手握力、躯干柔韧性、腹肌力和肌肉骨骼功能指数)测定和工作能力指数(wAI)测定。结果男性握力显著高于女性(P＜O.01)，腹肌力、背肌耐力和肌肉骨骼功能指数(MSFI)均男性较高，躯干柔韧性女性较高；年龄与MSFI呈负相关(r=O．489，P＜O．01)，随年龄增加，肌肉骨骼功能下降；不同劳动类型化工职工肌肉骨骼功能差异无显著性；肌肉骨骼功能与工作能力之间存在密切的关系，MSFI与WAI的相关系数为O.215(P＜O．05)，MSFI分级和WAI分级间有较好的一致性，完全一致率为56．7％。结论 肌肉骨骼功能的测定对于评价化工工人工作能力可能具有重要的意义。     

Orem自理学说在脑卒中患者临床护理中的应用与探讨

目的:分析护理方式对脑卒中患者自护能力的影响.方法:采用随机分组的方法,观察组以 Orem自理学说为理论框 架,依据马斯洛的需要层次论,针对疾病作用于人体所引起的生理、心理、社会的反应,运用护理程序,围绕护理目 标、实施护理计划;与同期住院按分级护理标准,实施护理计划的对照组比较.结果:两组的并发症有高度显著性差 异( P<0.01)两组的后遗症有显著性差异 (P<0.05).结论:自我护理具有较强的针对性,有利于实现护患双方共同的目标,降低并发症和致残率.