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Cognitive deficits in children with gelastic seizures and hypothalamic hamartoma.
No full textOBJECTIVE: 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
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No full textAll That You Can Be: Stereotyping of Self and Others in a Military Context
Full text linkThe 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
Full text linkThe 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
Full text linkWhite 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