Injuries of the spine are rare in children (Jaki 1930, Arendt 1958, Gelehrter and Vitalli 1960, Howarth and Petrie 1964, Vinz 1964, Broger 1968), amounting to only 25 per cent (Gelehrter 1957) or 33 per cent (Forni 1947) of all spinal injuries. During eight years we have observed twelve ofa total of 100 spinal injuries in subjects between the ages ofnothing and eighteen years coming to necropsy...

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) is committed to improving the justice system’s response to crimes against children. OJJDP recognizes that children are at increased risk for crime victimization. Not only are children the victims of many of the same crimes that victimize adults, they are subject to other crimes, like child abuse and neglect, that are specific to ...

BACKGROUND There is an almost total lack of empirical research on stalking among juveniles. AIMS To examine the characteristics, nature and impacts of stalking by juveniles. METHOD Analysis of consecutive court applications for a restraining order against a juvenile because of stalking behaviours. RESULTS A total of 299 juvenile stalkers were identified. The majority were male (64%) and t...

BACKGROUND Trunk asymmetry (TA) is a common phenomenon in children, but its incidence in juveniles is not known. The present cross sectional study reports TA in normal juveniles and provides data which describe the evolution of TA from early childhood to adolescence. MATERIALS AND METHODS The scoliometer readings in both standing and sitting forward bending position (FBP) of 3301 children, (1...

Juveniles ofBakernema inaequale and the male of Ogma cobbi are described and illustrated for the first time. Juveniles of Bakernema inaequale lack the cuticular spines characteristic of the adults. The annules of first-stage and fourth-stage juveniles are smooth, whereas those of the second-stage and third-stage juveniles have faint, bead-like ornamentation either throughout the body or in the ...

This study examined the effectiveness of a directed lie polygraph test in a juvenile population (9-15 years of age). Eighty-four juveniles were tested regarding their possible involvement in the tearing of a page from a book. A computer model for classifying adults as truthful or deceptive used physiological measures to determine the participant’s involvement in the “crime.” The adult-based mod...

Juveniles of five species of nematodes, Caenorhabditis elegans, Panagrellus redivivus, Pratylenchus agilis, Pristionchus pacificus, and Distolabrellus veechi, were added to solutions with (treatment) and without (control) a commercial ice-nucleating activity (INA) agent. Ten-microliter droplets of the solutions containing the juveniles were placed on glass microscope slides and transferred to a...

Various concentrations of aqueous leaf extract of Lantana camara were assessed in vitro conditions against second stage juveniles (J2) of Meloidogyne incognita. The standard concentration ‘S’ of leaf extract was found to be highly nematostatic, where nematodes were completely paralyzed after 12 h and after 48 h of exposure, 96% of juveniles were killed at same concentration. However, the mortal...