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Disability’s Circularity: Presence, Absence and Erasure in Australian Settler Colonial Biopolitical Population Regimes

open access: yesStudies in Social Justice, 2021
In this paper, I explore the ways in which settler-colonial states utilize the category of disability in immigration and Indigenous population regimes to redress settler-colonial anxieties of white fragility.
Karen Soldatic
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A hypothesis study on bionic active noise reduction of auditory organs

open access: yesMilitary Medical Research, 2018
Background Noise exposure can lead to hearing loss and multiple system dysfunctions. As various forms of noise exist in our living environments, and our auditory organs are very sensitive to acoustic stimuli, it is a challenge to protect our hearing ...
Qing-Qing Jiang, Ning Yu, Shi-Ming Yang
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Regional differences in effects of APOE epsilon4 on cognitive impairment in non-demented subjects [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Item does not contain fulltextBACKGROUND: The APOE epsilon4 allele is a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD). APOE epsilon4 is common in non-demented subjects with cognitive impairment.
Tsolaki, M   +102 more
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Abnormal Functional Connectivity of Hippocampal Subdivisions in Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Resting-State Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study

open access: yesFrontiers in Neuroscience, 2022
The hippocampus is involved in various cognitive function, including memory. Hippocampal structural and functional abnormalities have been observed in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), but the functional connectivity (FC) patterns among ...
Xiang Liu   +10 more
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Self- but Not Other-Dimensions of Mentalizing Moderate the Impairment Associated With Social Anxiety in Adolescents From the General Population

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2021
Mentalizing, or social cognition, refers to the brain’s higher order capacity that allows humans to be aware of one’s own and others’ mental states (e.g., emotions, feelings, intentions). While cognition in social anxiety has been broadly analyzed, there
Sergi Ballespí   +7 more
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Prospective Rates, Longitudinal Associations, and Factors Associated With Comorbid Insomnia Symptoms and Perceived Cognitive Impairment

open access: yesFrontiers in Neuroscience, 2022
BackgroundInsomnia and cognitive impairment are both common conditions experienced by people diagnosed with cancer. Individually, these conditions have negative impacts on functioning, but the combined burden has yet to be evaluated.
Sheila N. Garland   +7 more
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Presence and significant determinants of cognitive impairment in a large sample of patients with Multiple Sclerosis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This work was supported by FISM - Fondazione Italiana Sclerosi Multipla (www.aism.it) - Cod. 2009/R/17.Objectives: To investigate the presence and the nature of cognitive impairment in a large sample of patients with Multiple Sclerosis (MS), and to ...
Cavallo, Marco   +23 more
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Urge intolerance predicts tic severity and impairment among adults with Tourette syndrome and chronic tic disorders

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychiatry, 2022
BackgroundIndividuals with Tourette Syndrome and Persistent Tic Disorders (collectively TS) often experience premonitory urges—aversive physical sensations that precede tics and are temporarily relieved by tic expression.
Kesley A. Ramsey   +12 more
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Increased prevalence of sex chromosome aneuploidies in specific language impairment and dyslexia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
© 2013 Mac Keith Press.Sex chromosome aneuploidies increase the risk of spoken or written language disorders but individuals with specific language impairment (SLI) or dyslexia do not routinely undergo cytogenetic analysis. We assess the frequency of sex
Newbury, Dianne F   +92 more
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Unilateral Brachial Plexus Lesion Impairs Bilateral Touch Threshold

open access: yesFrontiers in Neurology, 2019
Unilateral brachial plexus injury (BPI) impairs sensory and motor functions of the upper limb. This study aimed to map in detail brachial plexus sensory impairment both in the injured and the uninjured upper limb.
Bia Lima Ramalho   +8 more
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