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Institutionalizing torture in Israel: The Firas Tbeish decision. A commentary by John W. Schiemann, PhD

open access: yesTorture, 2019
In her discussion of the court’s dismissal of the IP, she says there “is a legal system that discredits the IP’s potential while digging deeper into its own conception of torture.'' Shir has helped show that this is true more broadly of torture, beyond ...
John Wilson Schiemann
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4100 Chronic Pain in Refugee Torture Survivors

open access: yesJournal of Clinical and Translational Science, 2020
OBJECTIVES/GOALS: An estimated 87% of torture survivors, or 27 million people globally, suffer from chronic pain such as brachial plexopathy from upper extremity suspension or lumbosacral plexus injury from leg hyperextension. However, a vast majority of
Gunisha Kaur
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Documentation of torture in children and young adults: Time to reflect

open access: yesTorture, 2019
Documenting torture in children and young adults (ChYA) is a challenge. Less than 3% of academic papers on documentation and rehabilitation of torture victims are focused on children and youth.
Pau Pérez-Sales
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Changes and trends of seasonal total rainfall in the province of Istanbul, Turkey

open access: yes, 2017
Changes and trends of seasonal total rainfall in the province of Istanbul, Turkey Abstract: Several studies revealed that climate change can affect local and regional precipitation patterns.
İbrahim Yurtseven   +3 more
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Detainees' perception of the doctors and the medical institution in Spanish police stations: An impediment in the fight against torture and ill-treatment

open access: yesTorture, 2017
Background: As part of a program by the Basque Government (Spain) and the University of the Basque Country, persons who have alleged exposure to torture and ill-treatment have been examined by psychol ogists and psychiatrists according to the Istanbul ...
Hans Draminsky Petersen, Benito Morentin
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Beyond torture checklists: an exploratory study of the reliability and construct validity of the Torturing Environment Scale (TES)

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2021
Background Torture methods have traditionally been quantified using checklists. However, checklists fail to capture accurately both the almost infinite range of available methods of torture and the victims’ subjective experience.
Pau Pérez-Sales   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Subclinical Optic Nerve Involvement in Radiologically Isolated Syndrome: Multimodal Detection and Diagnostic Impact

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives We aimed to determine the frequency of subclinical optic nerve (ON) lesions using MRI, optical coherence tomography (OCT), and visual evoked potentials (VEP) in radiologically isolated syndrome (RIS), and to assess their diagnostic and prognostic significance.
Christine Lebrun‐Frenay   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Interaction of Intraprocedural Antiplatelets and Intravenous Thrombolysis in Acute Intracranial Stenting: RESISTANT Registry Subanalysis

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction/Objective Acute intracranial stenting during endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) for ischemic stroke requires intraprocedural antiplatelet therapy (APT) to maintain patency. However, the hemorrhagic risk of combining APT with intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) remains uncertain.
Aaron Rodriguez‐Calienes   +75 more
wiley   +1 more source

Commentary by Onder Ozkalipci:

open access: yesTorture, 2020
I congratulate the author for bringing this topic regarding the ethical dilemmas faced by NGOs when a perpetrator of torture requests a clinical evaluation to prove claims of persecution or being victim of torture. Such dilemmas may arise in the
Onder Ozkalipci
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Stage‐Dependent β‐Synuclein Links MRI and Cognitive Decline in Alzheimer's Disease

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Synaptic degeneration drives cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease (AD), but synaptic biomarkers are scarce. Brain‐enriched β‐synuclein emerged as a synaptic damage marker. We investigated its diagnostic, prognostic, and structural correlates across the AD continuum.
Ulaş Ay   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

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