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Relationship of cognitive decline with glucocerebrosidase activity and amyloid‐beta 42 in DLB and PD

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and Parkinson's disease (PD) share clinical, pathological, and genetic risk factors, including GBA1 and APOEε4 mutations. Biomarkers associated with the pathways of these mutations, such as glucocerebrosidase enzyme (GCase) activity and amyloid‐beta 42 (Aβ42) levels, may hold potential as predictive ...
Maria Camila Gonzalez   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Developmental Democracy in Africa: A Review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Democracy is one of the virtues we ache for, as many now observe an undemocratic society as a savage society. Richard L. Sklar built up a hypothesis called developmental democracy in which he opines that democracy will essentially prompts the improvement
Bassey, Samuel Akpan   +1 more
core  

Pandora's Ballot Box: Electoral Politics of Direct Democracy [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2022
We study how office-seeking parties use direct democracy to shape elections. A party with a strong electoral base can benefit from using a binding referendum to resolve issues that divide its core supporters. When referendums do not bind, however, an electorally disadvantaged party may initiate a referendum to elevate new issues in order to divide the ...
arxiv  

Assessment of concurrent neoplasms and a paraneoplastic association in MOGAD

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
Abstract Cases of myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) antibody‐associated disease (MOGAD) co‐occurring with neoplasms have been reported. In this international, retrospective cohort study in South Korea and the USA, 16 of 445 (3.6%) patients with MOGAD had concurrent neoplasm within 2 years of MOGAD onset, resulting in a standardized incidence ...
Young Nam Kwon   +24 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Pain of Modern Life: The Misery of Modern Existence

open access: yesResearch on Ageing and Social Policy
Social isolation and loneliness are posing more problems than ever. There are concerns that the long-term effects of loneliness will be felt when the COVID-19 outbreak reaches its third year.
Meltem Ince Yenilmez   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Examining the Role of Online Uncivil Discussion and Ideological Extremity on Illegal Protest

open access: yesMedia and Communication, 2022
In recent years, there has been an increased academic interest revolving around the beneficial or pernicious effects of ideological extremity and (uncivil) political discussion over democracy.
Bingbing Zhang   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

No Global Demos, No Global Democracy? A Systematization and Critique [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
A globalized world, some argue, needs a global democracy. But there is considerable disagreement about whether global democracy is an ideal worth pursuing.
Valentini, Laura
core   +2 more sources

Flavor Democracy in Particle Physics [PDF]

open access: yesAIPConf.Proc.899:49-52,2007, 2006
The flavor democracy hypothesis was introduced in seventies taking in mind three Standard Model (SM) families. Later, this idea was disfavored by the large value of the t-quark mass. In nineties the hypothesis was revisited assuming that extra SM families exist.
arxiv   +1 more source

High‐Fat and Low‐Carbohydrate Dietary Environments Are Linked to Reduced Idiopathic Epilepsy Incidence and Prevalence

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Dietary manipulations like ketogenic diets are established interventions for recalcitrant epilepsy. However, it remains unknown whether specific macronutrient exposure through dietary environments could possibly extend to primary preventive qualities, associated with changes in epilepsy disease burden (prevalence and incidence).
Duan Ni   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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