Recent research results (Moody, 1988) have suggested that the Spiritual Weil-Being Scale (SWBS)
may have ceiling effects. This study evaluated 17 selected religious and non-…

The construct validity of the Spiritual Wall-Being Scale (SWBS) was examined utilizing
Confirmatory Factor Analysis (LISREL). One- and two-dimensional models were investigated in …

… Address reprint requests to James D. Fischer, MD, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Loma
Linda University Children's Hospital, 11234 Anderson St, Room 2416, Loma Linda, CA 92354. …

Conclusion: Idiopathic intussusception commonly presents as an ileo-colic type but is
uncommon in our institution. The clinical features are classical, rectal bleeding being the most …

Laparoscopic surgery is becoming widely accepted as an alternative to conventional
procedures. It is becoming more and more evident that laparoscopic techniques can be applied …

A case of Poland's syndrome--the association of congenital thoracic abnormalities with
ipsilateral syndactyly--in a newborn infant is described. The infant demonstrated unusual …

Pediatric -20000205 Page 1 horacic trauma is relatively uncommon in children. The most
frequent cause of pediatric thoracic injury is blunt trauma, which accounts for 85% of cases …

Fewer than 20 cases of bronchobiliary fistula have been reported in the literature. In this report
a newborn female infant was referred for investigation of gastroesophageal reflux. Upper …

The Calpoly intelligent NIC (CiNIC) Project offloads TCP/IP stack processing from an i686-based
(Pentium) host system running either Microsoft Windows 2000 or Redhat Linux 7.1, and …

The current goal of exoplanetary science is not only focused on detecting but characterizing
planetary systems in hopes of understanding how they formed, evolved, and relate to the …