This year's crop of interesting papers on electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) covers a wide range
of topics including efficacy, mechanism of action, technique, and prognosis. No stunning …

I n the United States there are 28,000 to 30,300 newly diagnosed cases of pancreatic cancer
and approximately an equal number of deaths per year from pancreatic cancer. 1, 2 Ductal …

… There is an almost perfect linear relation between T and log2D (r = .999). In fact, most of the
… Evidence supporting Weber's Law here has been reported by Abrams et al. (1989), Schmidt …

… Richard Abrams once again demonstrates his unique ability to … Abrams exposes the
scientific flaws in several widely-cited … Abrams' book remains the essential practical guide and …

The Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia is introduced. This is a 19-item clinician-administered
instrument that uses information from interviews with both the patient and a nursing …

Objective The authors reviewed the pathology, complications, and outcomes in a consecutive
group of 650 patients undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy in the 1990s. Summary …

PURPOSE: To compare survival and toxicity in adult patients treated with low-dose (50.4 Gy/28
fractions) versus high-dose (64.8 Gy/36 fractions) localized radiation therapy (RT) for …

This large-volume, single-institution review examines factors influencing long-term survival
after resection in patients with adenocarcinoma of the head, neck, uncinate process, body, or …

Objective The objective of this article is to introduce a simple method for classifying
cholangiocarcinomas and to apply this system to analyze a large number of patients from a single …

A stochastic optimized-submovement model is proposed for Fitts' law, the classic logarithmic
trade-off between the duration and spatial precision of rapid aimed movements. According …