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The effects of antihistamines on cognition and performance [PDF]

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 2000
Allergic diseases are responsible for substantially more disability than is generally realized. Allergic rhinitis alone results in 3.5 million lost workdays and 2 million missed school days in the United States each year. Comorbid conditions such as asthma and sinusitis can be disabling as well, resulting each year in more than 10 million missed school
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Impact of Radiation Therapy on Physical and Psychosocial Health of Adolescents and Young Adults: A Joint Report From the Children's Oncology Group AYA and Radiation Oncology Committees

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rates of cancer among adolescents and young adults (AYA), age 15–39 years, are increasing. Consequently, radiation oncologists are treating more AYAs who have diagnoses spanning both pediatric and adult practices. Compared to pediatric and older adult patients, AYAs face a unique set of challenges.
Hesham Elhalawani, Rachel K. Peterson, Avani D. Rao, Laurie J. McKenzie, Ahmed Magdy Elmotayam, Leslie Chang, Michael Roth, Susan L. McGovern   +7 more
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Picture naming test through the prism of cognitive neuroscience and linguistics: adapting the test for cerebellar tumor survivors—or pouring new wine in old sacks?

Frontiers in Psychology
A picture naming test (PNT) has long been regarded as an integral part of neuropsychological assessment. In current research and clinical practice, it serves a variety of purposes.
Olga Morkovina, Olga Morkovina, Piruza Manukyan, Anastasia Sharapkova, Anastasia Sharapkova   +4 more
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Social Functioning Within the First Years After Pediatric Brain Tumor Diagnosis and the Relationship With Family Psychosocial Risk

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Survivors of pediatric brain tumors (PBTs) can experience long‐term social difficulties, impacting quality of life. Beyond medical and environmental factors, family psychosocial risk may play a role in social outcomes by shaping the caregiving environment and may provide intervention options.
Renske H. Houben, Marisa H. Huisman, Martha A. Grootenhuis, Femke K. Aarsen, Marita Partanen   +4 more
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Effects of noise on cognitive performance of workers based on physiological indicators

Meikuang Anquan, 2021
In order to study the influence of different noise levels on the physiological and cognitive performance of workers in the working environment, the physiological indicators such as diastolic blood pressure, systolic blood pressure, heart rate and heart ...
JING Guoxun, WANG Min
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The effect of masks on cognitive performance

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2022
The use of face masks has been a key response to the COVID-19 pandemic in almost every country. However, despite widespread use of masks in classrooms and offices around the world, almost nothing is known about their effects on cognitive performance.
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Updating the Cognitive Performance Scale

Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology, 2015
This study presents the first update of the Cognitive Performance Scale (CPS) in 20 years. Its goals are 3-fold: extend category options; characterize how the new scale variant tracks with the Mini-Mental State Examination; and present a series of associative findings.
Morris, John N., Howard, Elizabeth P., Steel, Knight, Perlman, Christopher, Fries, Brant E., Garms-Homolova, Vjenka, Henrard, Jean-Claude, Hirdes, John P., Ljunggren, Gunnar, Gray, Len, Szczerbinska, Katarzyna   +10 more
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Comparative Evaluation of Hemodiafiltration, Hemoperfusion, and Standard Hemodialysis on Efficacy, Inflammatory Control, Dialysis Adequacy, and Safety in End‐Stage Renal Disease: A Prospective Observational Study

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Chronic micro‐inflammation in patients with end‐stage renal disease (ESRD) is a significant driver of cardiovascular complications and diminished quality of life. While standard hemodialysis (SHD) effectively manages small‐molecule clearance, its ability to remove medium‐to‐large uremic toxins—the primary catalysts of systemic ...
Hongwei Zuo, Weisi Dai, Jie Mao, Mei Ye, Xingshan Lu, Xiaocui Zhang   +5 more
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Nonparametric Problem-Space Clustering: Learning Efficient Codes for Cognitive Control Tasks

Entropy, 2016
We present an information-theoretic method permitting one to find structure in a problem space (here, in a spatial navigation domain) and cluster it in ways that are convenient to solve different classes of control problems, which include planning a path
Domenico Maisto, Francesco Donnarumma, Giovanni Pezzulo   +2 more
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A Comparison of sleep deprivation and Narcolepsy in terms of complex cognitive performance and subjective sleepiness [PDF]

, 2002
Objectives: (i) To expose 'normal sleepers' to a thirty two hour sleep deprivation protocol and evaluate the impact of this deprivation on a complex performance task i.e.
Bruck, Dorothy, Hood, Bernadette
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