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Home-based care for people living with dementia at the end of life: the perspective of experts

BMC Palliative Care, 2023
Background In the last phase of their lives, people living with dementia often indicate restlessness, anxiety or pain. Further, their care is considered inadequate, as they are, for example, sometimes overtreated for curative care or undertreated for ...
Christiane Pinkert, Bernhard Holle
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Cutaneous Phosphorylated Alpha‐Synuclein in Lewy Body Dementia

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To determine the test performance of cutaneous phosphorylated alpha‐synuclein (P‐SYN) in dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), individuals with reduced Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) and healthy controls. Methods This is the first subgroup analysis of the Synuclein‐One study, a prospective, blinded study evaluating P‐SYN detection ...
Christopher H. Gibbons, Todd Levine, Charles H. Adler, Bailey Bellaire, Ningshan Wang, Pinky Agarwal, Georgina M. Aldridge, Alexandru Barboi, Daniel Claassen, Virgilio G. H. Evidente, Douglas Galasko, Alejandra Gonzalez‐Duarte, Ramon Gil, Mark Gudesblatt, Stuart H. Isaacson, Horacio Kaufmann, Pravin Khemani, Rajeev Kumar, Guillaume Lamotte, Andy J. Liu, Nikolaus R. McFarland, Mitchell G. Miglis, Adam Reynolds, Gregory A. Sahagian, Marie‐Helene Saint‐Hilaire, Julie B. Schwartzbard, Wolfgang Singer, Michael J. Soileau, Steven Vernino, Patricio Millar Vernetti, Oleg Yerstein, Roy Freeman   +31 more
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Authority Delegation

Scientonomy, 2016
In this paper, we introduce a new concept to the field of scientonomy, that of authority delegation. Authority delegation is, in essence, a type of relation between distinct scientific communities whereby one community both recognizes another as an ...
Nicholas Overgaard, Mirka Loiselle
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A new measure for community structures through indirect social connections

, 2018
Based on an expert systems approach, the issue of community detection can be conceptualized as a clustering model for networks. Building upon this further, community structure can be measured through a clustering coefficient, which is generated from the ...
Cerqueti, Roy, Ferraro, Giovanna, Iovanella, Antonio   +2 more
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Applying an Ethical Lens to the Treatment of People With Multiple Sclerosis

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The practice of neurology requires an understanding of clinical ethics for decision‐making. In multiple sclerosis (MS) care, there are a wide range of ethical considerations that may arise. These involve shared decision‐making around selection of a disease‐modifying therapy (DMT), risks and benefits of well‐studied medications in comparison to
Methma Udawatta, Farrah J. Mateen
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Perceptions of HIV self-testing promotion in black barbershop businesses: implications for equitable engagement of black-owned small businesses for public health programs

BMC Public Health
Background HIV self-testing (HIVST) offers an innovative and promising approach to increasing HIV testing among Black men in the United States, a population disproportionately affected by HIV.
Donaldson F. Conserve, Allison Mathews, Samuel Janson, Ucheoma Nwaozuru, Larissa Jennings Mayo-Wilson, Tiarney D. Ritchwood, Aima A. Ahonkhai, Hassim Diallo, Tayo Korede, Arona Dieng, Angela F. Randolph, BRIDGE Research Team   +11 more
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The development of the Quality Indicator for Rehabilitative Care (QuIRC): a measure of best practice for facilities for people with longer term mental health problems. [PDF]

, 2011
BACKGROUND: Despite the progress over recent decades in developing community mental health services internationally, many people still receive treatment and care in institutional settings.
Adamowski, T, Alexiev, S, Brangier, P, Caldas-de-Almeida, J, Cardoso, G, Cervilla, JA, Gonidakis, F, Kališová, L, Kiejna, A, Killaspy, H, King, MB, Mezzina, R, Onchev, G, Ploumpidis, D, Raboch, J, Ridente, P, Schuster, M, Schützwohl, M, Taylor, TL, Turton, P, Visser, E, White, S, Wiersma, D, Wright, C   +23 more
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Feasibility and Tolerability of Performing Portable MRI for Neurological Disorders in an Outpatient Neurology Clinic: A Prospective Cohort

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Accessing brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can be challenging, especially for underserved patients, which may lead to disparities in neurological diagnosis. Method This mixed‐methods study enrolled adults with one of four neurological disorders: mild cognitive impairment or dementia of the Alzheimer type, multiple sclerosis ...
Maya L. Mastick, Nomin Enkhtsetseg, Joseph Sadok, Matheus Mochetti, Annabel Sorby Adams, Jennifer Guo, Cristina Trapaga Hacker, Isabella Gomez Hjerthen, Seungwon Lee, Siddharth Satish, Andrew S. Ham, Justin Hill, Denis Balaban, Kevin Kyle, Rebecca L. Gillani, Marcelo Matiello, Aleksandar Videnovic, Eric C. Klawiter, W. Taylor Kimberly, Farrah J. Mateen   +19 more
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The dual impact of social prescribing: targeting social determinants to enhance quality of life in chronic conditions

BMC Primary Care
Background Chronic diseases are heavily influenced by social determinants of health (SDoH), requiring care that extends beyond medical interventions to address underlying issues.
Rosanne Freak-Poli, Alessandra K. Teunisse, Htet Lin Htun, Leanne Wells, Vaishnavi Sudhakar, Paula Muis, J. R. Baker   +6 more
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An hierarchical approach to performance evaluation of expert systems [PDF]

The number and size of expert systems is growing rapidly. Formal evaluation of these systems - which is not performed for many systems - increases the acceptability by the user community and hence their success.
Dominick, Wayne D., Kavi, Srinu
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