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Response to Suffering of the Seriously Ill Child: A History of Palliative Care for Children
Most pediatric clinicians aspire to promote the physical, emotional, and developmental well-being of children, hoping to bestow a long and healthy life. Yet, some infants, children, and adolescents confront life-threatening illnesses and life-shortening conditions. Over the past 70 years, the clinician's response to the suffering of these children has evolved from veritable neglect to the development of pediatric palliative care as a subspecialty devoted to their care. In this article, we review the history of how clinicians have understood and responded to the suffering of children with serious illnesses, highlighting how an initially narrow focus on anxiety eventually transformed into a holistic, multidimensional awareness of suffering. Through this transition, and influenced by the adult hospice movement, pediatric palliative care emerged as a new discipline. Becoming a discipline, however, has not been a panacea. We conclude by highlighting challenges remaining for the next generation of pediatric palliative care professionals to address
Parents' Perspectives on the School Experiences of Children with Cancer
Interviews with 59 parents of school age children with cancer indicate problems children encountered in returning to school: missing significant amounts of school due to illness and treatments, teasing by classmates and peers, and strained relations with teachers. Most parents report that despite missing much school their child was caught up with schoolwork, suggesting that academic difficulties are not paramount. Most parents also report receiving substantial help from sympathetic and competent educators. However, parents also indicate that some teachers were insensitive to their child's condition, while others were overprotective, suggesting the need for a delicate balance in defining appropriate teacher behavior. A responsive yet normalizing school environment can be facilitated by vigorous and proactive partnerships among the medical staff, family, and school system.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/68682/2/10.1177_027112148600500405.pd
Constraining Galactic cosmic-ray parameters with Z<=2 nuclei
The secondary-to-primary B/C ratio is widely used to study Galactic
cosmic-ray propagation processes. The 2H/4He and 3He/4He ratios probe a
different Z/A regime, therefore testing the `universality' of propagation. We
revisit the constraints on diffusion-model parameters set by the quartet (1H,
2H, 3He, 4He), using the most recent data as well as updated formulae for the
inelastic and production cross-sections. The analysis relies on the USINE
propagation package and a Markov Chain Monte Carlo technique to estimate the
probability density functions of the parameters. Simulated data are also used
to validate analysis strategies. The fragmentation of CNO cosmic rays (resp.
NeMgSiFe) on the ISM during their propagation contributes to 20% (resp. 20%) of
the 2H and 15% (resp. 10%) of the 3He flux at high energy. The C to Fe elements
are also responsible for up to 10% of the 4He flux measured at 1 GeV/n. The
analysis of 3He/4He (and to a less extent 2H/4He) data shows that the transport
parameters are consistent with those from the B/C analysis: the diffusion model
with delta~0.7 (diffusion slope), Vc~20 km/s (galactic wind), Va~40 km/s
(reacceleration) is favoured, but the combination delta~0.2, Vc~0, and Va~80
km/s is a close second. The confidence intervals on the parameters show that
the constraints set by the quartet data are competitive with those brought by
the B/C data. These constraints are tighter when adding the 3He (or 2H) flux
measurements, and the tightest when further adding the He flux. For the latter,
the analysis of simulated and real data show an increased sensitivity to
biases. Using secondary-to-primary ratio along with a loose prior on the source
parameters is recommended to get the most robust constraints on the transport
parameters.Comment: 17 pages, 7 tables, 20 figures (submitted to A&A
Inhibition of hepatic protein synthesis by α-methyl-DL-tryptophan in vivo. Glyconeogenic action of α-methyltryptophan
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Differential cross sections for p + /sup 3/He scattering from 19. 5 to 47. 5 MeV
Differential cross sections for /sup 3/He(p,p)/sup 3/He elastic scattering have been measured at 11 energies from 19.5 to 47.5 MeV. The most forward center-of-mass angle for the angular distributions varies from 10.1 to 13.4/sup 0/, and the most backward angle varies from 163.2 to 173.4/sup 0/. The relative errors are usually less than 2%, and the scale error is 1.5%. The present data and the existing vector-analyzing power and total-reaction cross-section data are being analyzed in this energy range using the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory R-matrix code EDA
Parallel variation of ventricular CSF tryptophan and free serum tryptophan in man.
Tryptophan was measured in the ventricular CSE and serum and the neutral amino acids leucine, isoleucine, valine, phenylalanine, and tyrosine were measured in the serum of two cases with ventricular drains. Samples were taken every two hours for 24 hours in one case and for 16 hours in the other. The CSF tryptophan was correlated significantly with the free--that is, non-albumin-bound--serum tryptophan but not with the total serum tryptophan. CSF tryptophan was not correlated significantly with the ratio of free serum tryptophan to the sum of the neutral amino acids. These data suggest that, in man, brain tryptophan concentrations are influenced by the free and not the total serum tryptophan and that physiological variations of the neutral amino acids do not appreciably influence the concentration of brain trytophan
Elastic and inelastic scattering of protons from Mg with coupled channels analysis for the energy range 17-185 MeV
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