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Objectives: Sensory processing patterns refer to a person's ability to receive and respond to sensory events which are important to succeed in daily routine activities. This study aims to determine the sensory processing patterns in infants/toddlers. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study. A total of 518 infants/toddlers participated in this study. Their ages ranged from birth to 36 months. Parents completed the infant/toddler sensory profile for all participants. Results: No significant difference was observed between girls and boys in sensory processing from birth to 6 months; however, there is a significant difference between girls and boys in low registration, sensory sensitivity, and sensory avoidance from 7-36 months. In addition, no significant difference was detected between children born by cesarean and those born through natural childbirth in terms of sensory processing (quadrants and scores) from birth to 6 months and 7-36 months. There is a significant difference between preterm and full-term children (birth to 6 months) in auditory processing. The findings also indicate only a significant difference in oral sensory processing between the preterm and full-term children (7-36 months). Discussion: We discussed sensory processing patterns in children and their differences based on different factors. The results of this study can provide considerations for Iranian occupational therapists and psychologists. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Metal sulfides (MSs) with porous structures are highly desirable materials for supercapacitor (SC) applications, due to their good electrical conductivity and electrochemical activity. Herein, a facile hydrothermal strategy is introduced to fabricate spinel FeCo2S4 nanosheet (FCSNS) arrays as a promising binder-free electrode for SC applications. The FCSNS electrode indicated significant properties with a good capacity of 260.5 mAh g−1 at 1 A g−1, excellent rate performance of 71.2%, and exceptional durableness of 95.4%. Most importantly, an asymmetric device (FCSNS//AC (active carbon)) was then established, indicating a good capacitance of 143.6 F g−1 at 1 A g−1 and a satisfactory energy density (EnDe) of 44.87 Wh kg−1. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Electrode materials with unique nanoarchitecture, great conductivities, and desirable mechanical stabilities are essential for developing nearly all energy storage devices (ESDs). Herein, a low‐cost route for the fabrication of double‐layer CuCo2S4@Ni−Mo−S (CCS@NMS) nanosheet arrays as an advanced binder‐free positive electrode for supercapattery is presented. The CCS@NMS porous nanoarchitecture has the advantages of good ion diffusion and excellent electronic transport. Accordingly, when employed as battery‐type electrode in supercapattery device, the CCS@NMS electrode reflects amazing capacity (Cs) of 446.3 mAh g−1 (3213.6 F g−1) at 1 A g−1 and 375.8 mAh g−1 (2705.85 F g−1) at 18 A g−1, and 98.2 % of the Cs was still maintained at 6 A g−1 after 5000 cycles, which are higher than that of CCS electrode. Most importantly, using the CCS@NMS electrode as the positive electrode and active carbon (AC) as the negative electrode, the device indicates notable Cs of 66.8 mAh g−1 (160.4 F g−1), the considerable specific energy of 50.125 Wh kg−1 at a specific power of 750.04 W kg−1 and outstanding robustness of 96.8 %. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this study, a platinum wire coated with poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophen) was used as an electro-assisted solid-phase microextraction fiber for the quantification of tricyclic antidepressant drugs in biological samples by coupling to GC employing a flame ionization detector. In this study, an electric field increased the extraction rate and recovery. The fiber used as a solid phase was synthesized by the electropolymerization of 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophen monomers onto a platinum wire. The ability of this fiber to extract imipramine, desipramine, and clomipramine by using the electro-assisted solid-phase microextraction technique was evaluated. The effect of various parameters that influence the extraction efficiency, which include solution temperature, extraction time, stirring rate, ionic strength, time and temperature of desorption, and thickness of the fiber, was optimized. Under optimized conditions, the linear ranges and regression coefficients of calibration curves were in the range of 0.5-250 and 0.990-0.998 ng/mL, respectively. Detection limits were in the range of 0.15-0.45 ng/mL. Finally, this method was applied to the determination of drugs in urine and wastewater samples and recoveries were 4.8-108.9%., (© 2013 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.)