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This paper presents the results of the study which examined the effects of carefully designed physical exercise programs on the development of physical fitness in children with ID. The study sample consisted of 42 children with ID and 45 typically developing children. All the participants were assessed using Eurofit Test Battery. The results were analyzed in terms of participation in the exercise program and level of intellectual functioning. While ID children scored significantly lower on fitness tests when compared with typically developing children, the study revealed an association between degree of ID and physical fitness. (Contains 4 tables.)

We describe the design, fabrication, measurement, and performance of a set of cryogenic millimeter-submillimeter wavelength filters used in a balloonborne bolometric radiometer. The set contains single resonant mesh grids used as dichroic beam splitters, resonant meshes in a double quarter-wave configuration, a commercial inductive grid filter, and high-frequency blocking filters. The resultant system has passbands at Lambda = 1.73, 1.05, 0.61, 0.44 mm with DeltaLambda/Lambda = 0.23, 0.23, 0.12, 0.06. Limits on high-frequency leakage are deduced from laboratory measurements and from the analysis of flight data. The filter set response to three different sources of radiation is presented to show the method and limitations of our characterization. The key element of the filter system is a resonant periodic array of cross- shaped holes etched in thin aluminum. We give an empirical scaling law for the resonant wavelength as a function of structure parameters for aluminum on 25-micrometer-thick Mylar. Plots of the transmittance for normally incident radiation and the transmittance and reflectance for a 45 degrees incident radiation are presented.

This study is aimed at identifying the incidence as well as clinical and socio-demographic correlates of aggression in hospitalized schizophrenic patients. We prospectively recruited participants with Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed., text rev.) diagnosis of schizophrenia presenting to the Clinic for Psychiatry during a 2-year period. We used the Modified Overt Aggression Scale to assess the aggression and Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) to assess the clinical characteristics of participants. One out of three patients with schizophrenia (31%) was aggressive and hostile at the time of presentation. Socio-demographic variables (such as gender, age, duration of illness, and number of hospitalizations) were poor predictors of aggression for schizophrenic patients. The level of aggression was not associated with the clinical characteristics in aggressive and hostile hospitalized schizophrenic patients. However, there was a weak negative association between the level of aggression and the PANSS Negative Scale (p < .01). In conclusion, socio-demographic variables and clinical characteristics seem to be not such good predictors of aggressive behavior in hospitalized schizophrenic patients. Nevertheless, the results of our study contribute to the understanding of the prediction and treatment of aggression in a well-defined cohort of schizophrenic patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Investigates the spectral hole burning effects in the gain region of InGaAs/AlGaAs strained layer single quantum well diode lasers. Use of the heterodyne nondegenerate pump probe technique; Measurement of the femtosecond dynamics and spectral dependence of transient gain in semiconductor lasers; Observation of spectral hole burning effects.

The purpose of the study was to understand the impact of using antipsychotics in the treatment of schizophrenic and schizoaffective disorders related to the quality of life and overall social functioning of schizophrenic patients. In addition to this, the study monitored and compared the efficacy of classical, commonly used antipsychotics to that of atypical antipsychotic drugs with respect to the velocity and degree of reduction in symptoms of the primary disease. The 160 respondents who participated in this research were divided into two groups of 80. The respondents in the first group (A) were treated with atypical antipsychotics, whereas the respondents in the second group were treated with classical antipsychotics. The respondents were observed over a one-year monitoring period. Therapeutic effect of the used medicamentous therapy was monitored by means of a PANSS and CGI scales, while the velocity and degree of reduction in social functioning was monitored using the Quality of Life scale (QLS) - Heinrich-Hanlon-Carpenter-scale. The results show a remarkably improved social rehabilitation and a better quality of life, as well as higher reduction in symptoms among the respondents treated with atypical antipsychotics compared to the ones treated with classical antipsychotics.