This article traces the phenomenon of facilitated communication (FC) from its introduction to the United States in 1990 to its use in recent court proceedings. FC is an alleged breakthrough technique that enables nonverbal individuals with developmental disabilities to communicate via a form of assisted typing. Widespread use of FC resulted in miraculous communications and surprising allegation...

Sequence-specific DNA binding proteins must quickly bind target sequences, despite the enormously larger amount of nontarget DNA present in cells. RNA polymerases (or associated general transcription factors) are hypothesized to reach promoter sequences by facilitated diffusion (FD). In FD, a protein first binds to nontarget DNA and then reaches the target by a 1D sliding search. We tested whet...

Functional hydrogels show great potential for promoting the structural integration and signal transduction at bio/electronic interfaces.

OBJECTIVE The aim of the paper is to offer a comprehensive approach to establishing the validity of allegations of sexual abuse by nonverbal autistic children and adults produced through facilitated communication (FC). This approach is offered as an alternative to existing methodology that relies exclusively on the "message passing" task, and has been used to advantage in the courts. METHOD T...

Multi-shelled Mn2O3 hollow microspheres have been achieved through a pH-regulated method and used as supercapacitor electrodes. The designed unique architecture allows efficient use of pseudo-capacitive Mn2O3 nanomaterials for charge storage with facilitated transport for both ions and electrons, rendering them high specific capacitance, good rate capability, and remarkable cycling performance.

The kinetics of Cu(II) transport through a bulk liquid membrane with different membrane materials was investigated in this work. Three types of membrane materials were used: fresh cooking oil, waste cooking oil and kerosene, each of which was mixed with di-2-ethylhexylphosphoric acid (carrier) and tributylphosphate (modifier). Kinetic models derived from the kinetic laws of two consecutive irre...

A new class of redox-switched anthraquinone derived lariat ethers 1-(1-anthraquinonyloxy) 3, 6, 9 trioxaundecane 11-ol (M(1)), 1-(1-anthraquinonyloxy) 3, 6 dioxaoctane 9-ol (M(2)), 1-(1-anthraquinonyloxy) 3 oxapentane 5-ol (M(3)), 1-(1-anthraquinonyloxy) 3 oxapentane 5-butane (M(4)), 1-(1-anthraquinonyloxy) 3, 6 dioxaoctane 9-methane (M(5)) and 1-(1-anthraquinonyloxy) 3 oxapentane 5-methane (M(...