meet the needs of handicapped children. In its almost poetic statement of goals, Public Law 94142 reflects a movement to develop programs designed to meet each handicapped child’s unique educational needs, &dquo;in order to help each child become all he is capable of being.&dquo; The thrust of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act is to provide each youngster, with the &dquo;least rest...

Congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries is a rare heart defect that can be associated with systemic ventricular dysfunction and conduction disturbances. The use of cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with congenital heart disease is not fully established. The authors report a case of cardiac resynchronization therapy in a 31-year-old woman with a history of congenit...

Cholecystectomy is the most common digestive tract surgery performed worldwide and injury to the bile duct leads to both acute and chronic sequelae. The incidence of bile duct injury is increased in the presence of severe inflammation and is compounded by congenital abnormalities of the biliary tract. Congenitally absent cystic duct is one such rare anomaly with significant surgical implication...

The dynamics of self-confidence are modelled in an environment where rational individuals optimally choose educations and occupations with the aim to acquire productive skills while learning about ability. It is shown how the presence of uninformative options can trap individuals below their potential. Furthermore, the trade-off between probability of success and value of skills may induce unce...

In the fast-paced life of 21st century, computerization plays a crucial part in mortal life. Home allows us to control home electrical appliances like lights, doors, AC, etc. It also provides security and an emergency system be activated. refers not only reducing fatal attempts but increasing energy efficiency saving time. The main idea is help handicapped elderly people by enabling them warn c...

This article examines the serious potential for a clash between two sets of values: (1) the stated values of the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988, that persons handicapped within its terms should not be denied access to decent housing on that account, and that mentally handicapped tenants, especially those who may have, but do not necessarily possess, a propensity for violence, have privacy ...

brampton and Kowell, both ot Teachers' College, Columbia University, U.S.A. Volume One?History, 260 pages, price 7s. 6d. Volume Two?Problems, 440 pages, price 9s. Published in Britain by Harrap & Co., Ltd. These transatlantic editors set themselves an ambitious task in dealing with a subject that rarely receives the attention it deserves. In Volume One they aimed at defining the various groups ...

Lozzio et al,(1,2) reported on the successful transplantation of human myelogenous leukemic cells by the use of the hereditarily asplenic-athymic (Lasat) mouse produced by mating the congenitally asplenic mouse impaired of its antibody production and the hereditarily athymic mouse deficient of its cellular immunity. On the other hand, we(3) reported hereditarily asplenic-athymic mouse by mating...