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Developing the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0.

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2010
OBJECTIVE To describe the development of the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 (WHODAS 2.0) for measuring functioning and disability in accordance with the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health ...
T. B. Üstün, Somnath Chatterji, N. Kostanjsek, Jürgen Rehm, C. Kennedy, J. Epping-jordan, S. Saxena, M. Von Korff, Charles Pull   +8 more
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The MSA Atrophy Index (MSA‐AI): An Imaging Marker for Diagnosis and Clinical Progression in Multiple System Atrophy

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Reliable biomarkers are essential for tracking disease progression and advancing treatments for multiple system atrophy (MSA). In this study, we propose the MSA Atrophy Index (MSA‐AI), a novel composite volumetric measure to distinguish MSA from related disorders and monitor disease progression. Methods Seventeen participants with an
Paula Trujillo, Kilian Hett, Amy Cooper, Amy E. Brown, Jessica Iregui, Manus J. Donahue, M. Erik Landman, Italo Biaggioni, Margaret Bradbury, Cynthia Wong, David Stamler, Daniel O. Claassen   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Career-focused Mentoring for Youth: The What, Why, and How? [PDF]

, 2007
[Excerpt] When asked to describe an ideal employee, attributes such as being a hard worker, a team player, and a good communicator are frequently cited by employers as being even more important than technical expertise.
Office of Disability Employment Policy
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Mechanical Thrombectomy for TRACE‐III‐Eligible Patients With Ischemic Stroke: A Multicenter Retrospective Study Compared to TRACE‐III and TIMELESS Trials

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective The results of the TRACE‐III trial demonstrated that tenecteplase (TNK) might be comparable to TNK combined with mechanical thrombectomy (MT) for large vessel occlusion (LVO) stroke within 4.5 to 24 h of onset, as tested in the TIMELESS trial.
Chongyang Huang, Yanru Liu, Jiangang Zhang, Sheng Guan, Tao Quan, Zhen Chen, Xiaojie Fu, Sen Wei, Kaihao Han, Xiaoan Zhou, Chengcheng Zhu, Edgar Samaniego, Yueqi Zhu, Haowen Xu   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Advancing Opportunities: Accomodations Resources for Federal Managers and Employees [PDF]

, 2005
[Excerpt] Every day the nation benefits from the contributions of individuals with disabilities who serve in the federal workforce. Many of these individuals are entitled to workplace adjustments, or accommodations, in order to effectively carry out ...
Office of Disability Employment Policy
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Disability

The United Nations has expressed that every person should have access to paid work. However, people with disabilities appear to be structurally disadvantaged as they are 50 % less often employed compared to people without disabilities. All kind of barriers and hindrances in society and the labour market put them at a disadvantage.
Zijlstra, Fred, van Ruitenbeek, Gemma M.C.   +1 more
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BCS1L‐Associated Disease: 5′‐UTR Variant Shifts the Phenotype Towards Axonal Neuropathy

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives To investigate the consequences of a pathogenic missense variant (c.838C>T; p.L280F) and a 5′‐UTR regulatory variant (c.‐122G>T) in BCS1L on disease pathogenesis and to understand how regulatory variants influence disease severity and clinical presentation.
Rotem Orbach, Nunziata Maio, Russell J. Butterfield, A. Reghan Foley, Sarah Silverstein, Yan Li, Katherine Chao, Tanya J. Lehky, Abigail Potticary, Tracey A. Rouault, Sandra Donkervoort, Carsten G. Bönnemann   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Encouraging Future Innovation: Youth Entrepreneurship Education [PDF]

, 2005
[Excerpt] Entrepreneurs drive America’s economy, accounting for the majority of our nation’s new job creation and innovations. According to the U. S. Census Bureau’s 2002 Survey of Business Owners, self-employed individuals who have no paid employees ...
Office of Disability Employment Policy
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Performance of Composite Endpoints Defining Progression Independent of Relapse Activity in Multiple Sclerosis

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective The characteristics and utility of composite progression independent of relapse activity (cPIRA; worsening on the Expanded Disability Status Scale [EDSS], or 9‐Hole Peg Test, or Timed 25‐Foot Walk Test) were evaluated as an endpoint in relapsing multiple sclerosis (RMS) trials using the ENSEMBLE (NCT03085810) and pooled OPERA I/II ...
Ludwig Kappos, Sean Yiu, Jason Reucassel, Jiwon Oh, Cristina Granziera, Joep Killestein, Robert A. Bermel, Claude Berge, Agne Kazlauskaite, Hans‐Martin Schneble, Frank Dahlke, Bruce A. C. Cree   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Who is Screened Out? Application Costs and the Targeting of Disability Programs

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2017
We study the effect of application costs on the targeting of disability programs. We identify these effects using the closings of Social Security Administration field offices, which provide assistance with filing disability applications. Closings lead to
M. Deshpande, Yue Li
semanticscholar   +1 more source