Michael Hoffmann, Craig Hilton‐Taylor, Ariadne Angulo, Monika Böhm et al.
Assessing Biodiversity Declines Understanding human impact on biodiversity depends on sound quantitative projection. Pereira et al. (p. 1496 , published online 26 October) review quantitative scenarios that have been developed for four main areas of concern: species extinctions, species abundances a...
Sonja E. Leonhard, Melissa R. Mandarakas, Francisco de Assis Aquino Gondim, Kathleen Bateman et al.
Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is a rare, but potentially fatal, immune-mediated disease of the peripheral nerves and nerve roots that is usually triggered by infections. The incidence of GBS can therefore increase during outbreaks of infectious diseases, as was seen during the Zika virus epidemics i...
Alex Y. Doets, Christine Verboon, Bianca van den Berg, Thomas Harbo et al.
Guillain-Barré syndrome is a heterogeneous disorder regarding the clinical presentation, electrophysiological subtype and outcome. Previous single country reports indicate that Guillain-Barré syndrome may differ among regions, but no systematic comparative studies have been conducted. Comparative st...
Kate S. Baker, Timothy J. Dallman, Philip Ashton, Martin Day et al.
Background Shigellosis is an acute, severe bacterial colitis that, in high-income countries, is typically associated with travel to high-risk regions (Africa, Asia, and Latin America). Since the 1970s, shigellosis has also been reported as a sexually transmitted infection in men who have sex with me...
Christine Verboon, Alex Y. Doets, Giuliana Galassi, Amy Davidson et al.
OBJECTIVE: To define the current treatment practice of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). METHODS: The study was based on prospective observational data from the first 1,300 patients included in the International GBS Outcome Study. We described the treatment practice of GBS in general, and for (1) sever...
Alex Y. Doets, Hester F. Lingsma, Christa Walgaard, Badrul Islam et al.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The clinical course and outcome of the Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) are diverse and vary among regions. The modified Erasmus GBS Outcome Score (mEGOS), developed with data from Dutch patients, is a clinical model that predicts the risk of walking inability in patients wit...
Christine Verboon, Bianca van den Berg, David R. Cornblath, Esmée Venema et al.
OBJECTIVE: To compare disease course in patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) with a poor prognosis who were treated with one or with two intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) courses. METHODS: From the International GBS Outcome Study, we selected patients whose modified Erasmus GBS Outcome Score ...
Helle Al-Hakem, Alex Y. Doets, Amro Stino, Sasha Živković et al.
<h3>Objective:</h3> To investigate cerebrospinal fluid findings in relation to clinical and electrodiagnostic subtypes, severity, and outcome of Guillain-Barré syndrome based on 1500 patients in the International GBS Outcome Study. <h3>Methods:</h3> Albuminocytological dissociation was defined as an...
R.C. Hughes, J. G. Polgar, Andrew Weightman, J. N. Walton
A double-blind cross-over trial over 24 weeks (10 weeks on the active remedy, 4 weeks off treatment, and 10 weeks on placebo) of the effect of L-dopa on idiopathic Parkinsonism (paralysis agitans) has shown no difference in the response obtained in patients who had undergone previous stereotaxic ven...
R.C. Hughes, J. G. Polgar, Andrew Weightman, J. N. Walton
The results are reported of a trial in which 34 patients receiving a stable dose of levodopa for the treatment of idiopathic Parkinsonism, as well as anticholinergic drugs which they had been taking before the introduction of levodopa, underwent withdrawal of their anticholinergic remedies. Withdraw...
O. Njoya, T. Tsang, M. Tarka, W. M. Fairbank et al.
Measurements of electron drift properties in liquid and gaseous xenon are reported. The electrons are generated by the photoelectric effect in a semi-transparent gold photocathode driven in transmission mode with a pulsed ultraviolet laser. The charges drift and diffuse in a small chamber at various...
Willard R. Chappell, Charles O. Abernathy, Rebecca L. Calderon
Occurrence & Exposure. Groundwater arsenic exposure in India (D. Chakraborti, M.K. Sengupta et al.). Groundwater arsenic contamination in Nepal: A new challenge for water supply sector (R.R. Shrestha, M.P. Shrestha et al.). Environmental impacts, exposure assessment and health effects related to ars...
Sadiqul Awal, P Ng, K Lim, M Mollah et al.
The murrel or striped snakehead Channa striatus, a carnivorous air breather, is one of the valuable food fish, which deserves immediate attention for commercial scale seed production and grow-out farming. It is one of the best and excellent table-size fish in Bangladesh, India as well as in South Ea...
Hugo Critchley, Derek K. Tracy, Gin S. Malhi, Laith Alexander et al.
This editorial considers the value and nature of academic psychiatry by asking what defines the specialty and psychiatrists as academics. We frame academic psychiatry as a way of thinking that benefits clinical services and discuss how to inspire the next generation of academics.
Bashir Ishaku Yakubu, S. M. Quamrul Hassan, Sallau Osisiemo Asiribo
Rapid urbanization rates impact significantly on the nature of Land Cover patterns of the environment, which has been evident in the depletion of vegetal reserves and in general modifying the human climatic systems (Henderson, et al., 2017; Kumar, Masago, Mishra, & Fukushi, 2018; Luo and Lau, 20...
Danai Kasambira Fannin
No AccessSIG 12 Augmentative and Alternative CommunicationArticle31 Mar 2016The Intersection of Culture and ICF-CY Personal and Environmental Factors for Alternative and Augmentative Communication Danai Kasambira Fannin Danai Kasambira Fannin School of Allied Health and Communicative Disorders, Nort...
Asifa Afrin Jamim, Ahmed Feroz, Shahanaz Akter, N Abdinoor et al.
In the Indian subcontinent, students pay utmost importance to choosing a career as it determines people’s status in society. The notion of the research was to explore the influence of socioeconomic status on students’ career choices. A survey was administered among tertiary level students of Banglad...
Rick Plumb, Paul Hamilton, Derrick J. Rea, Stephen Wright et al.
Microvascular changes occur early in diabetes mellitus. Doppler ultrasound enables non-invasive identification of ocular microvascular haemodynamics through interrogation of blood flow velocity waveforms. Wave decomposition permits the spectrum of sinusoidal components comprising flow velocity wavef...
Afsana Amin, Mishkatul Nanjiba, Md Hassan, Swapan Kumar Das et al.
In general, genetic testing can help patients with hereditary disorders make crucial decisions related to prevention, treatment, and early detection. However, insufficient awareness about its significance is a contributing factor to the rising incidence of such disorders. To address this issue, the ...
Iqbal Hossain, Rabib Kamal Preom, Sojon Miah, M Azim et al.
The purpose of this paper is to predict the financial position and possibility of the ceramic industry in Bangladesh. This paper uses Altman’s Original Z-Score model for predicting the financial status of the companies. The study begins with a literature review of secondary data from articles, annua...