Spastic Paraparesis in Young Men With Spinal Meningioma and Spinal Arteriovenous Malformation: A Case Report by Leonard Christianto Singjie, Ivan Jeremia, Esdras Ardi Pramudita

“…Case Report: A 22-year-old male patient with complaints of pain in the back (NPRS 8-9), followed by difficulty moving the lower limb accompanied by a burning sensation, problem in defecation, and urination. We found motor weakness in the lower extremities (1/1), positive pathological reflexes, and sensibility disorders on physical examination. …”
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The efficacy of an allosteric modulator of the alpha 7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor in a murine model of stroke by Katherine Hernandez, Nathan Jones, Sterling B. Ortega

“…Seventy-two hours later, behavior function and infarct area were assessed.ResultsIn contrast to previous rat studies that demonstrated improvements in clinical outcomes, a single administration of PNU following stroke induction led to a reduction in acute neuropathology but did not produce a significant improvement in motor outcomes. Prolonged treatment showed no significant changes in acute neuropathology or sensorimotor function. …”
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Endovascular intervention in patients with blunt traumatic thoracic aortic injury: Early results by Hasan Toz, Yusuf Kuserli, Gulsum Turkyilmaz, Saygin Turkyilmaz, Ali Aycan Kavala

“…The most common cause of injury was motor vehicle accidents (81.4%, n=57). No statistically significant difference was found between patients regarding the locations of the landing zones (p>0.05). …”
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Una aproximación a los efectos sociales de la agricultura de regadío by Guadalupe Ortiz, Antonio Aledo, Pablo Aznar-Crespo, José Javier Mañas-Navarro

“…Los resultados se dividen en tres subapartados: a) demografía, que muestra las transformaciones poblacionales asociadas al desarrollo de la agricultura de regadío; b) empleo y distribución de la riqueza, que señala el papel del sector como motor de generación de empleo, y la persistencia de condiciones laborales precarias; c) responsabilidad y legitimidad social, que aborda la crisis de reputación del sector y las medidas de responsabilidad empresarial aplicadas para contrarrestarla. …”
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Dissociative experiences alter resting state functional connectivity after childhood abuse by Claudius von Schröder, Richard O. Nkrumah, Traute Demirakca, Gabriele Ende, Christian Schmahl

“…CTQ-N (childhood neglect) indicated that both the right supplementary motor area and right insula related positively to the raMFG. …”
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Analysis of vehicle carbon emission characteristics on expressways in mountainous plateau areas based on the coupled simulation of CarSim/TruckSim and MOVES. by Jianping Gao, Xin Huang, Yunyong He, Enhuai He, Lu Sun, Changfeng Yang

“…To study the carbon emission characteristics of expressways in the western Sichuan Plateau mountainous area, a coupling simulation analysis method combining CarSim/TruckSim simulation software and the Motor Vehicle Emissions Simulator (MOVES) was employed to analyze the spatial distribution characteristics of vehicle-specific power (VSP). …”
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Physiological value of intestinal microflora by S. Yu. Kuchumova, Ye. A. Poluektova, A. A. Sheptulin, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Microbiocenoses are characterized by complex hierarchical structure, various interspecies attitudes and carry out set of functions beyond GIT, i.e. immunomodulating, synthetic, absorptive, detoxifying, anticancerogenic, alimentiry, motor and protective. Now there are essentially two various approaches for assessment of intestinal microflora – direct and indirect. …”
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Temporal Analysis of Changes in Anthropogenic Emissions and Urban Heat Islands during COVID-19 Restrictions in Gauteng Province, South Africa by Lerato Shikwambana, Mahlatse Kganyago, Paidamwoyo Mhangara

“…Waste heat and exhaust emissions from motor vehicles and industrial combustion cause the warming of cities, resulting in microclimates’ changes. …”
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Carvacrol attenuated haloperidol-induced Parkinson’s disease via TNF/NFκβ-NLRP3-mediated pyroptosis by Faisal Albaqami, Khawaja Waqas Ahmad, Fawad Ali Shah

“…Results Our results showed that haloperidol-induced motor deficits, changed endogenous antioxidant enzymes, along with higher levels of inflammasome (NLRP3) and other inflammatory mediators. …”
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Hepatic encephalopathy: pathogenesis, clinical presentation, diagnostics, treatment by Ch. S. Pavlov, I. V. Damulin, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Cognitive (varying from the minimal changes to coma) and motor (muscles stiffness, baryphonia, tremor, etc.) disorders prevail in the clinical presentation. …”
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Síndrome de Millard-Gubler de etiología traumática: caso clínico by Alex Mauricio Altamirano, Macarena Brigitte Martínez Basantes, Evelyn Carolina Guananga Chico, Maybrith Fernanda Cárdenas Balarezo

“…Se instauraron medidas de soporte y administración de glucocorticoides, con lo cual hubo una disminución de la debilidad muscular en la extremidad y la cara, con persistencia de la parálisis ocular motora durante la fase aguda. Discusión: los síndromes alternos de tallo cerebral constituyen un reto diagnóstico en la práctica diaria, dentro de las causas más comunes se ha observado el ataque cerebrovascular, los tumores de tallo cerebral y la desmielinización, pero existen escasos reportes sobre la etiología traumática y su evolución clínica. …”
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Pollution Characteristics and Key Reactive Species of Volatile Organic Compounds in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Area, China by Yanan Guan, Yihao Zhang, Yisen Zhang, Xiaoli Wang, Jing Han, Wenbo Song, Li’an Hou, Erhong Duan

“…Based on the diagnostic ratios of propane/n-butane, propane/i-butane, cis-2-butane/trans-2-butane, toluene/benzene and xylene/ethylbenzene, motor vehicle emissions contributed significantly to the ambient VOCs in the area.…”
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Transient ocular hypertension remodels astrocytes through S100B. by Weiran Huang, Kenji Matsushita, Rumi Kawashima, Susumu Hara, Yuichi Yasukura, Kaito Yamaguchi, Shinichi Usui, Koichi Baba, Andrew J Quantock, Kohji Nishida

“…In the RNA-seq analysis, genes downregulated by more than fivefold were predominantly enriched in terms related to nutrient metabolism, motor proteins and morphogenesis. Meanwhile, genes upregulated by more than fivefold were primarily associated with terms related to histone modification and visual perception. …”
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Efficient Feature Selection and Hyperparameter Tuning for Improved Speech Signal-Based Parkinson’s Disease Diagnosis via Machine Learning Techniques by Deepak Painuli, Suyash Bhardwaj, Utku Kose

“…Symptoms of PD include visual hallucinations, depression, autonomic dysfunction, and motor difficulties. Conventional diagnostic methods often rely on subjective interpretations of movement, which can be subtle and challenging to assess accurately, potentially leading to misdiagnoses. …”
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A four-compartment controller model of muscle fatigue for static and dynamic tasks by James Yang, Ritwik Rakshit, Shuvrodeb Barman, Yujiang Xiang

“…This new 4CCr model can be extended to various domains such as individual muscle fatigue, motor units’ fatigue, and joint-based fatigue.…”
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Changes of Air Pollutants in Urban Cities during the COVID-19 Lockdown-Sri Lanka by Buddhi Pushpawela, Sherly Shelton, Gayathri Liyanage, Sanduni Jayasekara, Dimuthu Rajapaksha, Akila Jayasundara, Lesty Das Jayasuriya

“…Abstract In response to the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, Sri Lanka underwent a nationwide lockdown that limited motor vehicle movement, industrial operations, and human activities. …”
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Brain plasticity associated with prolonged shooting training: a multimodal neuroimaging investigation from a cross-sectional study by Keying Zhang, Tao Zhao, Yu Ding, Jia Cheng, Chunmei Cao

“…Prolonged shooting training may contribute to enhancing the brain’s functional and structural plasticity related to motor control, attentional focus, and emotion regulation in male shooters; however, similar changes have not been observed in female shooters.…”
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High mortality rates and long-term complications in children with infectious brainstem encephalitis: A study of sixteen cases. by Yuanyuan Zhou, Yi Zhu, Lingfeng Cao, Yingyan Shi, Jun Shen

“…Among the surviving patients, 50.0% (7/14) of them had follow-up records, 85.7% (6/7) of the survivors suffered from sequelae such as motor disorders.<h4>Conclusion</h4>Fever, consciousness disorders and seizures were the major clinical manifestations in patients with infectious BE visited our Medical Center. …”
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Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation as a modality of treatment in patients with fibromyalgia by Rawan M. El Shahat, Mona A. El Sebaie, Sahar F. Ahmed, Shereen I. Fawaz, Marwa A. Kamel, Marwa A. Nassef

“…Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is an emerging nonpharmacological therapeutic option for fibromyalgia. rTMS involves an electromagnetic coil placed on the scalp that is rapidly turned on and off to generate short magnetic pulses to the brain (2). rTMS can reduce chronic pain by triggering inhibitory neural pathways at the level of the dorsal horn of the spinal cord. It can improve motor function and alleviate psychiatric symptoms, including depression and anxiety, in many diseases (7). …”
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Modelling the Current and Future Pollutant Emission from Non-Road Machinery: A Case Study in Shanghai by Rui Chen, Xuerui Yang, Lei Xi, Huajun Zhen, Guangli Xiu

“…Abstract With the effective control of air pollutants from industrial sources and motor vehicles, non-road machinery has become the major pollutant source with a total emission accounting for more than 65% of non-road mobile sources in China. …”
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