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...looking at an auspicious start or negative perception in the consumer psyche" after seeing Black Friday's heavy traffic, he says. "But the biggest question is, Will they have the momentum to keep this going...
...study, conducted at the University of Washington and funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, involved 48 children ages 18 to 30 months. Half were randomly assigned to receive an intensive intervention called the Early Start Denver Model, which involved 15 hours a week of one-on-one work with trained therapists and another 16 hours a week with parents, who were taught how to continue the treatment during everyday activities such as eating, bathing and getting dressed. (See "Six Tips for Traveling with an Autistic Child...
...tested head to head. The Pediatrics report "brings the methodological rigor that's often been lacking," says psychologist Tony Charman, an autism researcher and professor at the Institute of Education in London, who was not involved in the study. Charman was further impressed with two features of the Early Start Denver Model: it deeply involves parents in their children's treatment - an approach "for which there is good evidence" - and it combines the two kinds of autism therapy for which there is the most research data...
Whether the Early Start Denver Model will prove to be more effective than other therapies remains to be seen. Leading autism researcher Tristram Smith, an ABA expert at the University of Rochester, who lauds the new study for its methodological rigor, notes that the gains made by children in the intervention group were similar to those reported in studies of ABA models. "I do think there is a need for head-to-head studies," says Smith. Also needed is high-quality research on how to match individual children with the therapy that suits them best...
...agrarian West was isolated from the international economy and lagged badly behind the booming east coast in progress and prosperity. Nine years ago, Beijing sought to begin closing this development gap by investing heavily in highways, airports and other infrastructure across the western region. This has helped to kick-start growth. So has geography: Xi'an's lack of exposure to crashing global markets means it has barely been singed by the crisis. In fact, the city has benefited. It's received $230 million of Beijing's $585 billion stimulus package, which helped accelerate the construction of a new subway...