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Digital Cognitive Testing in Mitochondrial Disease: Validity and Challenges for Clinical Trial Use. [PDF]

open access: yesAnn Clin Transl Neurol
ABSTRACT Background Primary mitochondrial disease is a group of genetic disorders caused by pathogenic variants in nuclear or mitochondrial DNA, often resulting in progressive neurodegeneration and cognitive decline. Current management is primarily supportive, though recent research offers hope for disease‐modifying treatments in the future.
Pogoryelova O   +9 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Can Special Light Glasses Reduce Sleepiness and Improve Sleep of Nightshift Workers? A Placebo-Controlled Explorative Field Study

open access: yesClocks & Sleep, 2020
Nightshift workers go against the natural sleep–wake rhythm. Light can shift the circadian clock but can also induce acute alertness. This placebo-controlled exploratory field study examined the effectiveness of light glasses to improve alertness while ...
Mariëlle P. J. Aarts   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rest breaks – a countermeasure for work-related injuries?

open access: yesScandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2014
The main idea behind supplementary rest breaks within a work shift is to promote recovery from work, a process known to be important for health in the long-run (1). Supplementary rest breaks are also used to promote occupational safety.
Mikael Sallinen
doaj   +1 more source

Light and Cognition: Roles for Circadian Rhythms, Sleep, and Arousal

open access: yesFrontiers in Neurology, 2018
Light exerts a wide range of effects on mammalian physiology and behavior. As well as synchronizing circadian rhythms to the external environment, light has been shown to modulate autonomic and neuroendocrine responses as well as regulating sleep and ...
Angus S. Fisk   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Body Mobility and Attention Networks in 6- to 7-Year-Old Children

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2021
Learning in 6- to 7-year-old children is strongly influenced by three functions of attention: alertness, orienting, and executive control. These functions share a close relationship with body mobility, such as the posture adopted or a request to stay ...
Joëlle Rosenbaum   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Newborn Neurobehavior Is Related to Later Neurodevelopment and Social Cognition Skills in Extremely Preterm-Born Children: A Prospective Longitudinal Cohort Study

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2021
Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the ability of the neonatal neurobehavioral characteristics to act as an indicator for later neurodevelopment and neurocognitive performance.Methods: Sixty-six infants born extremely preterm (<28 ...
Leena Aho   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The impact of marketing agility on crisis management stages at five and four-star hotels in Jordan [PDF]

open access: yesProblems and Perspectives in Management, 2021
This paper aims to examine the impact of marketing agility on decision-making during crisis management stages in five-star and four-star hotels in Jordan. The study included 71 top management staff members from Jordan’s five- and four-star hotels.
Hamza Khraim, Tayseer AL Afaishat
doaj   +1 more source

Blue-Enriched White Light Enhances Physiological Arousal But Not Behavioral Performance during Simulated Driving at Early Night

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2017
Vigilance usually deteriorates over prolonged driving at non-optimal times of day. Exposure to blue-enriched light has shown to enhance arousal, leading to behavioral benefits in some cognitive tasks.
Beatriz Rodríguez-Morilla   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Revealing the functional neuroanatomy of intrinsic alertness using fMRI: methodological peculiarities. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2011
Clinical observations and neuroimaging data revealed a right-hemisphere fronto-parietal-thalamic-brainstem network for intrinsic alertness, and additional left fronto-parietal activity during phasic alertness. The primary objective of this fMRI study was
Benjamin Clemens   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparative Analysis of Memory and Alertness in the Perioperative Period of Operative Delivery in Pregnant Women With Preeclampsia and Without it With Different Kinds of Anesthesia

open access: yesНеотложная медицинская помощь, 2021
Relevance. The article investigates the choice of anesthesia technique during a caesarean section, which would minimally affect such components of cognitive functions as memory and alertness.The aim of the study is to increase the safety of anesthetic ...
A. V. Shchegolev   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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