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Response To Immunization With Haemophilus Influenzae Type B Polysaccharide-Pertussis Vaccine And Risk Of Haemophilus Meningitis In Children With The Km(1) Immunoglobulin Allotype, Dan M. Granoff, Janardan P. Pandey, Eyla Boles, Janet Squires, Robert S. Munson Jr., Brian Suarez

MUSC Faculty Journal Articles

In experimental animals, immune responses to certain antigens are regulated by immunoglobulin allotype-linked genes. In an effort to detect such genes in humans, we examined the antibody responses of 74 healthy children with different Km(l) or Gm(23) allotypes to a Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine (type b polysaccharide capsule-pertussis vaccine). The anticapsular antibody responses of black or white children with the Km(1) allotype were 4.6- to 9.5-fold higher than those of children who lacked this determinant (P < 0.004). No significant differences were found in antibody response with respect to the Gm(23) allotype. The frequencies of Km(l) and Gm(23) also were examined in 170 patients with Haemophilus meningitis, 71 patients with epiglottitis, and 173 control children. Km(1) was detected less frequently in black patients with meningitis (38%) than in those with epiglottitis (81%, P < 0.002) or in controls (66%, P < 0.0007). The relative risk of meningitis thus was 3.2-fold lower among black children with the Km(1) allotype than in those who lacked this allotype (odds ratio = 0.3, 95% confidence interval 0.2 to 0.6). However, the risk of meningitis was not decreased in white children with the Km(l) allotype (odds ratio = 1.0). There were no significant differences in the frequency of Gm(23) among the patient groups and controls. The Km(l) allotype but not the Gm(23) thus defines a subpopulation of children of both races who are high responders to this vaccine, and black children but not white children with the Km(l) allotype are at decreased risk of developing Haemophilus meningitis. These data indicate that in blacks, genes associated with Km(l) may affect immune response to a prototype type b Haemophilus vaccine, and perhaps interact with another factor related to race to affect susceptibility to Haemophilus meningitis.

Parent-Child Interaction Variables Related To The Moral Reasoning Of High School Senior Males, Bruce R. Johns

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship of parent-child interaction variables to moral reasoning and to identify those variables that best predict moral reasoning.

Subjects were 51 high school senior males and their parents from intact families. Parents and sons completed separate questionnaires designed to measure the following variables: moral reasoning, induction, power-assertion, love-withdrawal, authoritarian attitudes, intrusiveness, support, communication, socio-economic status and academic achievement. The instruments used to measure these variables were the Defining Issues Test, Parent-Child Relationship II Questionnaire, Child-Rearing Questionnaire, Child-Rearing Practices Report, Traditional Family Ideology Scale, the Two Factor …

An Investigative Study Detailing Statutes, Policies, And Regulations For The Secondary Administrator When Dealing With The Abused Or Neglected Child, Barbara Jean Chilson

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This study compared and contrasted administrative duties and responsibilities within six Western states when confronted with the problem of child abuse or neglect. Investigated were statutes, policies, and preventive and post-traumatic measures within the five largest school districts from each of the six states; To conduct the investigation, six states which represented the Western region of the United States were selected. The five districts were chosen based upon student enrollment. Individuals within each district were contacted ranging from a school nurse to the director of pupil personnel. A series of five questions were presented: (1) What were the current district …

The Oil-Child, Carla Thomas

Inscape

No abstract provided.

Florida's Dependent Child: The Continuing Search For Realistic Standards, Christina A. Zawisza, Mary K. Williams

Nova Law Review

The Florida Legislature in 1984 will once again revisit the state's

juvenile dependency laws in their entirety.

The Sleeping Child Burn - 21 Years Of Postfire Change, United States Department Of Agriculture, Forest Service

Forestry

In early August 1961, more than 26,000 acres (10,500 ha) of upper montane and subalpine forest on the Bitterroot National Forest burned in a lightning-caused wildfire. At the time, the Sleeping Child Burn represented the single largest forest fire in the Northern Rocky Mountains in more than 20 years. Historically, large wildfires have not been uncommon in this region: but after two decades of successful forest fire suppression, the Sleeping Child was treated as an event almost without precedent. Not only was reseeding and rehabilitation an immediate concern, a substantial effort was invested in attempting to return the burned area …

The Use Of Videotape In Child Abuse Cases, Dennis A. Haas

Nova Law Review

Child abuse investigations typically involve a myriad of social and

criminal justice agencies, each on an independent fact-gathering mission.

Accreditation Of Florida's Child Welfare Services: An Idea Whose Time Has Come, Monsignor Bryan O. Walsh

Nova Law Review

One has only to look in the yellow pages of any metropolitan area

telephone book under "social services" to be faced with a bewildering

selection of agencies, public and voluntary, non-profit and proprietary.

Dealing With Child Abuse And Neglect: A Prosecutor's Viewpoint, Janet Reno, James Smart

Nova Law Review

Child abuse and neglect are among the most critical problems social

service and law enforcement agencies face in Florida. Abuse and

neglect take many different forms and arise from a wide range of

causes.

Wrongful Death Of The Fetus: Viability Is Not A Viable Distinction, Sheryl Anne Symonds

Seattle University Law Review

This Comment reviews the history of tort law treatment of the fetus who is wrongfully injured or killed. The Comment discusses case history and wrongful death statutes, with a focus on Washington law. Finally, the Comment concludes that courts should ignore viability when deciding cases of fetal wrongful death.

Oncolog, Volume 29, Number 03, July-September 1984, Jesus E. Medina Md

OncoLog MD Anderson's Report to Physicians (All issues)

• Clinician Relates Thickness of Stage I Melanoma to Prognosis and Treatment
• Researcher Associates High Potassium, Low Sodium Intake with Decreased Cancer Rates
• Gene Probes Used in Leukemia Diagnosis
• MOPP Chemotherapy Proves Effective for Infants and Children with Brain Tumors