Stable improvement in classical B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia with dietary interventions: A personal experience.

If the lymphocyte count is still low enough, the first part of the wait-and-see approach for asymptomatic Rai stage 0 classical B-CLL can be used to find out if the lymphocyte counts follow an exponential growth curve. If they do, the whole food, plant-based (WFPB) diet intervention can be started.

An archive of longitudinal recordings of the vocalizations of adult Gombe chimpanzees.

Studies of chimpanzee vocal communication provide valuable insights into the evolution of communication in complex societies, and also comparative data for understanding the evolution of human language. One particularly valuable dataset of recordings from free-living chimpanzees was collected by Frans X. Plooij and the late Hetty van de Rijt-Plooij at Gombe National Park, Tanzania (1971-73). These audio specimens, which have not yet been analysed, total over 10 h on 28 tapes, including 7 tapes focusing on adult individuals with a total of 605 recordings. In 2014 the first part of that collection of audio specimens covering the vocalizations of the immature Gombe chimpanzees was made available. The data package described here covers the vocalizations of the adult chimpanzees. We expect these recordings will prove useful for studies on topics including referential signalling and the emergence of dialects. The digitized sound recordings were stored in the Macaulay Library and the Dryad Repository. In addition, the original notes on the contexts of the calls were translated and transcribed from Dutch into English.

Longitudinal recordings of the vocalizations of immature Gombe chimpanzees for developmental studies.

Many researchers are interested in chimpanzee vocal communication, both as an important aspect of chimpanzee social behavior and as a source of insights into the evolution of human language. Nonetheless, very little is known about how chimpanzee vocal communication develops from infancy to adulthood. The largest dataset of audiorecordings from free-living immature chimpanzees was collected by the late Hetty van de Rijt-Plooij and Frans X. Plooij at Gombe National Park, Tanzania (1971-1973). These recordings have not yet been analysed. Therefore, the most extensive effort to study the development of chimpanzee vocalizations remains unfinished. The audiospecimens total over 10 h on 28 tapes, including 20 tapes focusing on 17 specific immature individuals with a total of 1,136 recordings. In order to make this dataset available to more researchers, the analogue sound recordings were digitized and stored in the Macaulay Library and the Dryad Repository. In addition, the original notes on the contexts of the calls were translated and transcribed from Dutch into English.

The temporal relation between regression and transition periods in early infancy.

According to the literature about developmental changes, periods of instability and disorganization in the social and emotional behavior in both human and non-human primate, infancy precedes major developmental achievements or transitions (Heimann, 2003; Sparrow & Brazelton, 2006). Developmental investigators have observed a more frequent and prolonged crying, clinging and bids for physical contact with mother during these periods of instability and disorganization. Some authors, according to Horwich (1974), called these periods regression periods. Rijt-Plooij and Plooij (1992) claimed that 10 regression periods could be identified during the first 20 months of human life. In an early study, Sadurní and Rostan (2002) confirmed the presence of 8 such regression periods during the first year of life of 18 Catalan babies. Their 8 regression periods were comparable to the first 8 of the 10 regression periods found by Van de Rijt Plooij and Plooij. The aim of the present study is to see whether the regression periods that we found are temporally related to some transition. We define a transition as the occurrence of a new developmental change in a child. In the present study we have used non-analyzed data from the same 18 Catalan babies (10 boys and 8 girls) as mentioned in our earlier published study on regression periods. The age of these babies was between 3 weeks and 14 months. Using a microgenetic methodology we have found 8 transitions periods in the first year of life. We have also observed a temporal relation between the regressions periods found earlier and the transition periods reported here.

The temporal relation between regression and transition periods in early infancy

According to the literature about developmental changes, periods of instability and disorganization in the social and emotional behavior in both human and non-human primate, infancy precedes major developmental achievements or transitions (Heimann, 2003; Sparrow & Brazelton, 2006). Developmental investigators have observed a more frequent and prolonged crying, clinging and bids for physical contact with mother during these periods of instability and disorganization. Some authors, according to Horwich (1974), called these periods regression periods. Rijt-Plooij and Plooij (1992) claimed that 10 regression periods could be identified during the first 20 months of human life. In an early study, Sadurní and Rostan (2002) confirmed the presence of 8 such regression periods during the first year of life of 18 Catalan babies. Their 8 regression periods were comparable to the first 8 of the 10 regression periods found by Van de Rijt Plooij and Plooij. The aim of the present study is to see whether the regression periods that we found are temporally related to some transition. We define a transition as the occurrence of a new developmental change in a child. In the present study we have used non-analyzed data from the same 18 Catalan babies (10 boys and 8 girls) as mentioned in our earlier published study on regression periods. The age of these babies was between 3 weeks and 14 months. Using a microgenetic methodology we have found 8 transitions periods in the first year of life. We have also observed a temporal relation between the regressions periods found earlier and the transition periods reported here (AU)

La literatura científica acerca de los cambios en el desarrollo, sostiene que existen períodos de desorganización e inestabilidad en el comportamiento emocional y social de las crías de primate tanto humanas como no humanas que preceden a los cambios evolutivos o transiciones (Heimann, 2003; Sparrow & Brazelton, 2006). Las investigaciones revelan un llanto más prolongado y un aumento de la necesidad de aferramiento y contacto físico con la madre durante estos períodos de inestabilidad. Algunos autores, siguiendo a Horwich (1974) han denominado a esos períodos, periodos de regresión. Van de Rijt-Plooij & Plooij (1992) afirman que 10 períodos de regresión pueden ser identificados durante los primeros 20 meses de vida humana. En un estudio anterior, Sadurní and Rostan (2002) confirmaron la presencia de 8 de estos períodos durante el primer año de vida en 18 bebés pertenecientes a la Comunidad Autónoma de Cataluña, que coincidieron con los 8 primeros encontrados por Van de Rijt Plooij and Plooij. El objetivo del presente estudio es comprobar si estos períodos de regresión hallados están temporalmente relacionados con alguna transición. Definimos una transición como la emergencia de un nuevo cambio en el desarrollo de un niño/a. En el presente estudio hemos utilizado datos no analizados de los mismos 18 bebés (10 niños y 8 niñas) que formaron parte del estudio anterior. Los bebés tenían entre 3 semanas y 14 meses. Utilizando un análisis microgenético hemos hallado 8 períodos de transición en el primer año de vida. Asimismo hemos observado una relación temporal entre los períodos de regresión hallados previamente y los períodos de transición presentados en este estudio (AU)