A new oxidimetric titrant, bromamine-B (sodium salt of N-bromobenzenesulphonamide) is introduced for use in aqueous medium. Direct potentiometric and visual end-point titrations and back-titration procedures have been developed for the determination of typical reductants.

The article discusses the incidence of three categories of visual difficulties found in a learning disabled population seen at the Southern California College of Optometry. Four of the areas showing the largest incidence were also examined in a nonlearning disabled clinic population. The relationship between the two populations shows a ...

A report is given on attitudes to disability expressed by spouses of patients disabled by cerebrovascular accident. In a sample of 79 spouses overprotection and unrealistic attitudes were a more common response than rejection or retributive guilt feelings. Attitudes of retributive guilt, rejection, unrealistic aims and overprotection in the spouse ...

A total of 160 children were investigated to establish the role of ocular problems in children with learning disabilities. Thirty-eight per cent were found to have associated ocular problems. Eight per cent (8%) of these showed improvement in scholastic achievement after the elimination of the ocular defect. When there was ...

In this study of techniques for the operation of environmental control aids for disabled persons, 12 programmed input modes were investigated in a uniform typing task. A microprocessor-based electronic aid (MECON) developed for this project was operated in 1 mode at a time by the disabled subject using a joystick ...

Body-worn fluency aiming to relieve the disability of stammering during periods of use (just as spectacles correct defective vision only while worn, and make no claim to treat or cure the disability) have been envisaged for a quarter of a century. Most have been based on Auditory feedback Masking, but ...

This study investigated how young people with myelomeningocele see their situation, and defines some of their problems. 35 adolescents and young people with this condition were interviewed. The evidence suggests that the over-all problems of these young people are common to many with congenital physical disabilities, but neurogenic bowel and ...

The author explores the problems facing the chronic psychiatric patient in the community and discussed the response of federal and state governments to these problems. Errors of the past and present are delineated and corrective actions are suggested for the future. Finally, it is argued that if society is able ...

Microsurgery presents special problems of visual information and fine manipulation, including tremor control. These problems can be studied usefully through ergonomics, the science of man at work, already used widely in industry. This paper presents factors affecting visual feedback, normal hand tremor, and instrument design, and refers to the process ...

Two young women had painful ecchymoses of their extremities. In one, this purpuric syndrome followed a chronic course and resulted in severe joint disability. In the other woman, the problem was transient and relatively benign. Emotional factors in their disease were of major importance. No abnormalities of hemostasis or immune ...

This paper is a description of the nature of different forms of disability and their incidence in the general population. It deals with the problems of management and rehabilitation of the disabled, and emphasises the importance of taking consideration of the behavioural and social factors in assessing individual needs. It ...

The authors believe corpus cavernosography is an important aid in the evaluation of metastatic lesions, priapism, impotence, atrophy and fibrosis of the penis, and trauma to the penis. By visualizing the emptying of the contrast material from the cavernous spaces into the veins draining the penis, it is possible to ...

It is important to distinguish between the part played by possible pathological processes which can cause pain and those emotional problems which are often somatosized as pain. So much depends upon the patient's own ability to cope with his problem and communicate them effectively. The acceptance of his disability and ...

Eriochrome Blue SE, Eriochrome Red B, Naphthylazoxine 6S, SNAZOXS, and Zincon have been studied in order to find optimum conditions for their use as metallochromic indicators in direct visual chelometric titrations of zinc. The sharpness of the indicator transitions has been investigated by means of photometric titrations and the colour ...

In aiding the positioning of the incus in incus transposition, a hole, the incus window, is drilled completely through the body of the incus. Through the window the surgeon has a visual as well as a tactile reference to the head of the stapes. At one year results show that ...

Groups of thirteen hyperactive, learning disabled, and normal boys were observed interacting with their mothers in a structured problem-solving situation. Mothers of hyperactive boys showed a higher level of involement in task solution, and reported more behavior problems, than did mothers in comparison groups. Likewise, hyperactive boys interacted more than ...

A UK online shop for daily living aids aimed at the disabled community, the elderly, and those who look after people with mobility difficulties. Categories include mobility (such as wheelchairs, walking aids, ramps, stairlifts), orthopaedic, bathroom, kitchen, household, dressing, home health, work and leisure, children, and copmfort. A product index ...

Nutrition for people with learning disabilities living in the community is an aspect of care that should not be taken for granted. From clients who live virtually independently to those living in fully staffed homes, there is much to be gained from a thorough assessment of their eating patterns. This ...

People with learning disabilities who present challenging behaviours pose significant problems for staff who are keen to encourage in them a sense of community integration. This article relates the efforts of one group of staff in a community home who devised a programme that helped to transform the behaviours of ...

Obesity in people with learning disabilities should not be dismissed as untreatable. Such people have the same right to a healthy weight as the rest of the population. Equally, they should have the right to remain overweight if they so choose, provided their choice is an informed one. This paper ...

This article explores how the nursing profession has become more liberal in its attitudes towards sexuality as a consequence of and a response to HIV/AIDS. This liberal attitude has, however, failed to be generalized towards people with a learning disability. The continued use of labelling terms for people with a ...

The redefinition of disability from a medical problem inherent in the individual, to a socially constructed problem affected by the world in which that individual lives, has led to an emphasis and exploration of the interrelationship between disease/disorder, impairment, disability and handicap. It is clear that those who are disabled ...

PURPOSE: To assess expressive communication in individuals with Angelman syndrome. METHOD: Communicative functioning of individuals with Angelman syndrome (AS) (n = 109) was compared with individuals with mixed etiologies (n = 117) using the Verbal Behaviour Assessment Scale (VerBAS). RESULTS: Within-group analyses of those with AS revealed that the communicative ...

With the aid of the Julesz figures, we introduce the concept of the stereoscopic edge, an edge which exists visually in the absence of physical contours. This edge, as well as the full complex of normal stereoscopy, can be present in the complete absence of physical contours at the fovea ...

Tested in a two-choice situation, the painted turtle, Chrysemys picta picta, shows random probability-matching in visual problems and in confounded visual-spatial problems, but only maximizing or nonrandom matching (reward-following) in spatial problems. The results are compared with those of analogous experiments on fish, bird, and mammal.