Patterns of left and right ventricular dysfunction and their clinical outcomes in septic patients by Hongmin Zhang, Beijun Gao, Ye Liu, Qing Zhang, Xiaoting Wang

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Anticipatory reaching motor behavior characterizes patients within the Alzheimer’s disease continuum in a virtual reality environment by Alessia de Nobile, Ilaria Borghi, Paolo De Pasquale, Denise Jennifer Berger, Antonella Maselli, Francesco Di Lorenzo, Elena Savastano, Martina Assogna, Andrea Casarotto, Daniele Bibbo, Silvia Conforto, Francesco Lacquaniti, Giacomo Koch, Andrea d’Avella, Marta Russo

“…MCI patients showed an intermediate pattern, with more anticipatory responses than HC but comparable success rates. …”
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Features of Visual Dysfunctions in Patients with Primary Hypothyroidism and Thyrotoxicosis by V. G. Likhvantseva, V. N. Trubilin, E. V. Korosteleva, S. G. Kapkova, V. A. Vygodin

“…Reliably high sensitivity (92.6 %) and specificity (50.0 %) of short-wave infrared perimetry in relation to static automated perimetry were revealed. In thyroid dysfunctions, the prevalence of optic neuropathy reaches 93 % according to the data of short-wave infrared perimetry versus 7 % of static automated perimetry. …”
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A New Way to Treat Central Nervous System Dysfunction Caused by Musculoskeletal Injuries Using Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation: A Narrative Review by Stéphane Perrey

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Epidemiological trends and burden of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease in the Middle East and North Africa region: a 32-year analysis of health impact by Zahra Sarkoohi, Mohammad-Mahdi Bastan, Mohammad Amin Khajuei Gharaei, Mahsa Iranmanesh, Arya Adinepour, Reyhane Khajezade, Faegheh Bahri, Fatemeh Akhlaghi, Azin Kadkhodamanesh, Hossein Pourghadamyari, Hamid Sharifi, Omid Eslami, Seyed Aria Nejadghaderi

“…Abstract Background Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is a condition marked by excess liver fat, ranging from simple steatosis to non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. …”
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Estudio comparativo de las funciones ejecutivas entre pacientes con enfermedad de Parkinson y pacientes con enfermedad degenerativa cerebelosa Comparison study of executive functio... by Carlos G. Abel, Gustavo Stein, Silvia Pereyra, Gabriela Ñano, Tomoko Arakaki, Nélida Garretto, Carlos Mangone, Osvaldo Genovese, Roberto E.P. Sica

“…On the other hand the PD group showed a selective increase of non perseverative errors, without reaching significant between group difference. CONCLUSION: The CD group appears to have greater deficits in EF with a pattern of prefrontal dysfunction.…”
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Health status and disability in persons with spinal cord injuries in South Africa and Kenya by Conran Joseph, Brenda Lijodi, Adnil Titus, Lucian Bezuidenhout

“…Results: In both countries, sexual dysfunction (55% – 57%), pain (48% – 49%), spasticity (41% – 42%) and bladder dysfunction (27% – 60%) emerged as the predominant secondary medical complications, with sexual dysfunction and pain showing overlap. …”
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Social-demographic factors and nursing diagnosis in patients with kidney transplant by Ana Luisa Brandão de Carvalho Lira, Marcos Venícios de Oliveira Lopes, Lúcia de Fátima da Silva, Thelma Leite de Araujo

“…Ten diagnosis presented frequency above the 75th percentile: risk of Infection; disturbed sensory perception; visual; hearing; Sleep pattern disturbance; Imbalanced nutrition; fatigue; sexual dysfunction; disturbed sensory perception: acute pain, more than body requirements; The nursing diagnosis study contributes to increasing the knowledge of realty of these patients, which is a necessary step for the establishment of nursing assistance to the renal transplanted, as well as for the direction of outcomes to be reached aiming the improvement of life quality.  …”
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Multiple kernel learning captures a systems-level functional connectivity biomarker signature in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. by Tomer Fekete, Neta Zach, Lilianne R Mujica-Parodi, Martin R Turner

“…Intra- as well as inter-motor functional networks in the 0.03-0.06 Hz frequency band were derived from 40 patients and 30 healthy controls of similar age, and used as features for pattern detection, employing multiple kernel learning. …”
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Impairment of neuronal activity in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex occurs early in parkinsonism by Noah Hjelle, Biswaranjan Mohanty, Tanner Hubbard, Matthew D. Johnson, Jing Wang, Luke A. Johnson, Jerrold L. Vitek

“…Little is known, however, regarding how neuronal activity in the executive control network of the brain changes in the parkinsonian condition.ObjectiveInvestigate the impact of parkinsonism on neuronal activity in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC), a key region in executive control, during a go/nogo reaching task.MethodsUsing a within-subject design, single and multi-unit neuronal activity was recorded in the DLPFC of a nonhuman primate (n = 1) before and after the induction of mild parkinsonism using the neurotoxin 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP).ResultsCoincident with development of mild parkinsonian motor signs, there was a marked reduction in the percentage of DLPFC cells with significant task-related firing rate modulation during go and nogo conditions.ConclusionThese results suggest that DLPFC dysfunction may occur early in parkinsonism and contribute to cognitive impairments and disrupted executive function often observed in PD patients.…”
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Neck and mind: exploring emotion processing in cervical dystonia by Federico Carbone, Marina Peball, Philipp Ellmerer, Beatrice Heim, Wolfgang Nachbauer, Elisabetta Indelicato, Matthias Amprosi, Philipp Mahlknecht, Anna Hussl, Anna Hotter, Roberta Granata, Klaus Seppi, Klaus Seppi, Atbin Djamshidian, Sylvia Boesch

“…ObjectiveA wide range of non-motor symptoms such as pain, mood disorders, insomnia, and executive dysfunction may occur in focal dystonia. Little is known, however, about emotional processing. …”
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Long-term Patient-reported Functional Outcome after Pelvic Ring Injuries: Analysis using Two Different Types of Outcome Scores by Sameer Aggarwal, Lav Mehta, Sandeep Patel, Vishal Kumar, Prasoon Kumar

“…Patient’s demographic profile, mode and pattern of injury, associated injuries, management, and complications were recorded. …”
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Case Report: A 55 kg retroperitoneal liposarcoma by Ren Yingzheng, An Junjie, Wang Guifei, Yang Yang, Dong Long, Jiang Linlin, Fang Zhiqiang, Bi Xiaogang, Dong Yonghong

“…The peak value of the abdominal circumference reached 165 cm. Abdominal and pelvic CT examination indicated that there was a huge mass with mixed density in the abdominal and pelvic cavity, which contained lipid, calcification, and soft tissue density shadows. …”
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Clinical and Laboratory Features, Treatment and Prognosis in Children with Guillian-Barre Syndrome by N. A. Suponeva, A. K. Shakaryan, A. V. Rakhteenko, M. A. Piradov, I. V. Mitrofanova, M. I. Prytkova, I. Ya. Leont’ieva, S. V. Shakhgildyan, N. S. Morozova

“…Cranial nerve dysfunction at nadir was observed in a greater percentage of patients (51%) compared to that of 23% cases at the onset, with the facial palsy increasing from 10 to 32% and the bulbar palsy from 12 to 19%. …”
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Social Media and Men’s Health: Separating Science from Speculation in Andrology by Michael George, Vaibhav Modgil, Ian Pearce, Theodora Stasinou

“…Key men’s health topics such as infertility, erectile dysfunction, testosterone supplementation and semen retention are popular amongst social media posts, amassing millions-to-billions of views depending on the platform. …”
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The impact of armed conflict on maternal morbidity and mortality at a teaching hospital in the Tigray region of Ethiopia: a pre-war and wartime comparative analysis by Hale Teka, Mohamedawel Mohamedniguss Ebrahim, Rahel Nardos, Awol Yemane Legesse, Yibrah Berhe, Haileselassie Berhe, Mulugeta Gebregziabher, Gebre-Egziabher Kiros

“…Key indicators of severe maternal outcomes and patterns of organ dysfunction and critical interventions were examined. …”
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<i>Exophiala</i> Bloodstream Infections in Humans—A Narrative Review by Afroditi Ziogou, Alexios Giannakodimos, Ilias Giannakodimos, Stella Baliou, Andreas G. Tsantes, Petros Ioannou

“…<b>Objectives:</b> This review seeks to examine all documented human cases of <i>Exophiala</i> spp. fungemia, with particular focus on aspects such as epidemiology, microbiological features, resistance patterns, therapeutic approaches and associated mortality rates. …”
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Syntactic Analysis of Spatial Structure Characteristics of Traditional Villages Along the Yellow River in Western Shanxi Province by Chenge GAO, Fang WANG

“…This research explores the intrinsic connections between the spatial form and structure of traditional village settlements and between relevant cognitive and behavioral patterns, and explains the generation and evolution of landscape patterns, in an effort to enhance the understanding of the integration and centripetal degree of local and overall spatial functions within the village domain, the perceptibility of the spatial system, the consistency of behavioral experiences among residents and visitors, and the potential of local spaces to contribute to the overall spatial construction.MethodsThis research uses cluster sampling to select 33 national-level traditional villages in the four counties along the Yellow River in Lyuliang City, Shanxi Province, located on the eastern side of the Jin-Shaan Gorge in the middle reaches of the Yellow River. …”
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Family Life Experiences of Children After Divorce: A Qualitative Research Parental Alienation by Sümeyra Ceylan Dolanbay, Aslıhan Aykara

“…The findings indicate that dysfunctional interaction patterns within the family witnessed prior to the before divorce period are related to the grounding of alienation experiences. …”
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Chemogenetic tools for modulation of spatial learning in dopamine transporter deficient rats by Arina A. Gromova, Arina A. Gromova, Taisiia S. Shemiakova, Mikhail G. Khotin, Evgeniia N. Petrunina, Anastasia D. Belskaya, Raul R. Gainetdinov, Raul R. Gainetdinov, Natalia P. Kurzina, Anna B. Volnova, Anna B. Volnova

“…Variables such as the distance traveled, time taken to reach the goal box, number of errors and the perseverative patterns of activity were analyzed.ResultsNorepinephrine release from the LC to the PFC reduced hyperactive behavioral patterns in rats lacking the dopamine transporter (DAT-KO rats) with spontaneously elevated dopamine transmission. …”
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