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Biodiversity Quality: a paradigm for biodiversity [PDF]

, 2009
The internationally accepted definition of biodiversity creates difficulty in measuring difference and change. The authors suggest that well-sampled data can be used to generate a range of numerical indices reflecting species group characteristics ...
Alan Feest, Katrin Jedamzik, Timothy Aldred   +2 more
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Time operator in QFT with Virasoro constraints

, 2012
Time operator is studied on the basis of field quantization, where the difficulty stemming from Pauli's theorem is circumvented by borrowing ideas from the covariant quantization of the bosonic string, i.e., one can remove the negative energy states by ...
Aharonov, Atiyah, Bargmann, Bokes, Busch, Cai-Dong Xiong, Davies, Egusquiza, Fertig, Fujikawa, Galapon, Giannitrapani, Gour, Hegerfeldt, Herrmann, Hilgevoord, Kilbas, Kobe, Landauer, Muga, Muga, Olkhovsky, Olkhovsky, Olkhovsky, Olkhovsky, Olkhovsky, Olkhovsky, Pauli, Polchinski, Qi Qiu, Recami, Recami, Skulimowski, Skulimowski, Steinberg, Unruh, Wang, Wang, Wang, Yamada, Yu, Zhi-Yong Wang, Zwiebach   +42 more
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Developmental, Neuroanatomical and Cellular Expression of Genes Causing Dystonia

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Dystonia is one of the most common movement disorders, with variants in multiple genes identified as causative. However, an understanding of which developmental stages, brain regions, and cell types are most relevant is crucial for developing relevant disease models and therapeutics.
Darren Cameron, Nicholas E. Clifton, Daniel Cabezas de la Fuente, Peter Holmans, Nicholas J. Bray, Kathryn J. Peall   +5 more
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Determining Course Outcomes Achievement Through Examination Difficulty Index Measurement

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2012
AbstractCourse achievement evaluation is very important because it will determine students’ level of understanding with regards to the course. Each course offered at UniversitiKebangsaan Malaysia has its own pre-determined Learning Outcomes (LOs) which were published to students at the start of the semester.
Zainudin, Suhaila, Ahmad, Kamsuriah, Ali, Nazlena Mohamad, Zainal, Noor Faridatul Ainun   +3 more
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Comparison between Students’ Perception toward an examination and item analysis, reliability and validity of the examination

Sudan Journal of Medical Sciences, 2020
Introduction: While student's perception of an exam is a reflection of their feelings toward the exmination items, item analysis is a statistical analysis of their responses to examination items.
Assad Ali Rezigalla, Ali Mohammed Elhassan Eleragi, Masoud Ishag Elkhalifa, Ammar Mohammed Ali Mohammed   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Super‐Refractory Status Epilepticus (SRSE) in a Patient With Compound Heterozygous OPA1 Variants: Case Report and Literature Review

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Super‐Refractory Status Epilepticus (SRSE) is a rare, life‐threatening neurological emergency with unclear etiology in many cases. Mitochondrial dysfunction, often due to disease‐causing genetic variants, is increasingly recognized as a cause, with each gene producing distinct pathophysiological mechanisms.
Pouria Mohammadi, Lara Basovic, Christopher Michael McGraw   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Neuropsychiatric Symptoms Mimicking Dementia in a Patient Treated With Imatinib

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Tyrosine kinase inhibitors are the cornerstone of chronic myeloid leukemia treatment. Newer agents have more potency and a broader spectrum of action, but also a higher potential for neuropsychiatric side effects. We present a case of a patient on imatinib who developed progressive cognitive, mood, and behavioral alterations.
Ashley Jones, Samuele Bonomi, Keith E. Stockerl‐Goldstein, Randall J. Bateman   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The cognitive demands of second order manual control: Applications of the event related brain potential [PDF]

, 1981
Three experiments are described in which tracking difficulty is varied in the presence of a covert tone discrimination task. Event related brain potentials (ERPs) elicited by the tones are employed as an index of the resource demands of tracking. The ERP
Donchin, E., Gill, R., Kramer, A., Ross, W., Wickens, C.   +4 more
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Quality of final examination in students of Babol Medical University, 1999-2000

Majallah-i Dānishgāh-i ̒Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Bābul, 2003
Background and Objective: Planning of the exams with good quality in educational schedule of university lessons is important. Because the results of examination not only used for judgment about learners function but also is useful to survey effective ...
M Ashraf Pour, Z Beheshti, S Molook Zadeh   +2 more
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Adult‐Onset Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis Presenting With Subacute Cognitive Deficits

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We describe the case of a 41‐year‐old man diagnosed with adult‐onset subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE). The patient presented with subacute progressive cognitive deficits and a neuropsychological profile indicating predominant frontoparietal dysfunction. MRI showed only mild parietal‐predominant cerebral atrophy.
Dennis Yeow, Nicola McKern, Vincent Oxenham, Kate Ahmad, Omar Ahmad   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source