Cognitive deficits in children with gelastic seizures and hypothalamic hamartoma.

OBJECTIVE: To characterize the cognitive deficits in children with gelastic seizures and hypothalamic hamartoma and investigate the relationship of seizure severity to cognitive abilities. METHODS: Eight children with gelastic seizures and hypothalamic hamartoma completed a neuropsychological battery of standardized and age-normed tests, including the Woodcock-Johnson Psycho-Educational Battery-Revised: Tests of Cognitive Ability, Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-III, and initial-letter word fluency measure. RESULTS: All children displayed cognitive deficits, ranging from mild to severe. Gelastic/complex partial seizure severity was correlated with broad cognitive ability standard scores (r = -0.79; r2 = 0.63; (F[1,6] = 10.28; p = 0.018]. Frequency of gelastic/complex partial seizures was also correlated with broad cognitive ability standard scores (r = -0.72; r2 = 0.52; F[1,6] = 6.44; p = 0.044). Significant intracognitive standard score differences were found, with relative weaknesses in long-term retrieval (mean = 64.1; SD = 13.3) and processing speed (mean = 67.7; SD = 21.6) and a relative strength in visual processing (mean = 97.6; SD = 12.8). Performance in visual processing differed from performance in long-term retrieval (p = 0.009) and processing speed (p = 0.029). CONCLUSION: These findings are consistent with cognitive functions and affective/emotional states associated with conduction pathways of the hypothalamus involving cortical association areas and amygdala and hippocampal formation. These abnormalities can account for the prominent deficit found in integrating information in the processing of memories

MONITORING THE MOVEMENT OF ST. CATHERINE’S POINT LIGHTHOUSE USING THE UNITED KINGDOM’s ACTIVE GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM NETWORK

This report provides a study of the statistical data extracted from the United Kingdom’s National Global Positioning System (GPS) Network, specifically Station SCP1 at St. Catherine’s Point Lighthouse on the Isle of Wight. The entire network consists of 30 continuously operating GPS reference stations located throughout Great Britain. These stations are permanently installed, precisely coordinated active GPS stations. The station at Saint Catherine’s Point on the Isle of Wight appears to have shifted from its original position. This was attributed to the extensive rainfall in the autumn and winter of 2000, which could have caused soil erosion at the base of the lighthouse. This perceived movement has impacted the initial coordinates of the site. The receivers used in the network are designed to provide users with their relative location to within a few centimetres. All stations record dual-frequency GPS data 24 hours a day at a 15 second epoch rate. The receiver at Saint Catherine’s Point (SCP1), a Trimble 4000 SSI with a Model 33429.00 antenna, is affixed upon a lighthouse. Between September 2000 and March 2001 the lighthouse moved in a southern direction and produced GPS residuals outside of the accepted 95% confidence level. There is a strong correlation between the amount of rainfall experienced at Saint Catherine’s Point and the rate of change of movement south of the lighthouse. The results are based upon the GPS data provided by the Ordnance Survey and the data gathered in the field by the author. The analysis indicates St. Catherine’s Lighthouse has moved approximately 10 centimetres south over the past seven months. A future cumulative rainfall total equivalent to that of the autumn of 2000 could potentially produce an additional southward shift of 2 centimetres

All That You Can Be: Stereotyping of Self and Others in a Military Context

The authors tested the shifting standards model (M. Biernat, M. Manis, & T. E. Nelson, 1991) as it applies to sex- and race-based stereotyping of self and others in the military. U.S. Army officers attending a leadership training course made judgments of their own and their groupmates\u27 leadership competence at 3 time points over a 9-week period. We examined the effects of officer sex and race on both subjective (rating) and objective/common-rule (ranking/Q-sort) evaluations. Stereotyping generally increased with time, and in accordance with the shifting standards model, pro-male judgment bias was more evident in rankings than in ratings, particularly for White targets. Self-judgments were also affected by sex-based shifting standards, particularly in workgroups containing a single ( solo ) woman. Differential standard use on the basis of race was less apparent, a finding attributed to the Army\u27s explicit invocation against the use of differential race-based standards.https://digitalcommons.usmalibrary.org/books/1059/thumbnail.jp

Percentage of Extra-Base Hits

The authors use the percentage of extra-base hits (PXBH) to describe a player’s power. The PXBH is a player’s number of base hits divided by his total number of hits. This statistic shows the hitter’s potential to influence the game offensively. The top five career extra-base hits leaders are Hank Greenberg (.4797), Babe Ruth (.4720), Mike Schmidt (.4543), Dave Kingman (.4489), and Lou Gehrig (.4373). There are three tables: career extra-base hits leaders, PXBH leaders for individual seasons, and PXBH leaders

Cullum Memorial Hall

White paper exploring the architectural characteristics of Cullum Memorial Hall at West Point, New York. The building was designed by McKim, Mead, and White and constructed from 1896–98