Spinal Cord Abnormalities in Early Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis
ABSTRACT Spinal cord lesions and atrophy in the cervical region are common in adult multiple sclerosis (MS) and correlate with disability. Whether similar abnormalities occur in pediatric MS patients is largely unknown. Clinical and MRI evaluations were performed in 38 pediatric MS patients and 13 healthy controls (HC).
Monica Margoni+7 more
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A graph-based approach to extracting narrative signals from public discourse [PDF]
Narratives are key interpretative devices by which humans make sense of political reality. As the significance of narratives for understanding current societal issues such as polarization and misinformation becomes increasingly evident, there is a growing demand for methods that support their empirical analysis.
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Histone Deacetylase 6 Brain PET in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis‐Frontotemporal Spectrum Disorder
ABSTRACT Objective [18F]EKZ‐001 is a positron emission tomography (PET) tracer targeting histone deacetylase 6 (HDAC6), an enzyme responsible for intracellular transport and clearance of misfolded proteins. HDAC6 modulation is a promising treatment strategy in neurodegenerative disorders, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
Greet Vanderlinden+15 more
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New online ethnicities and the politics of representation
The paper interrogates the literature on online cultural and religious identities through a critical engagement of Stuart Hall\u27s work on new ethnicity and regimes of representation. It suggests that this literature conflates Hall\u27s notion of ‘
Marotta, Vince
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Whole‐Blood RNA Sequencing Profiling of Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis Treated With Tofacitinib
Objective Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) often fail to respond to therapies, including JAK inhibitors (JAKi), and treatment allocation is made via a trial‐and‐error strategy. A comprehensive analysis of responses to JAKi, including tofacitinib, by RNA sequencing (RNAseq) would allow the discovery of transcriptomic markers with a two‐fold ...
Chiara Bellocchi+11 more
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HTIM: Hybrid Text-Interaction Modeling for Broadening Political Leaning Inference in Social Media [PDF]
Political leaning can be defined as the inclination of an individual towards certain political orientations that align with their personal beliefs. Political leaning inference has traditionally been framed as a binary classification problem, namely, to distinguish between left vs. right or conservative vs liberal. Furthermore, although some recent work
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Richard Tapper (éd.). The New Iranian Cinema. Politics, Representation and Identity. I.B. Tauris, London - New York, 2002, 282 p. [PDF]
Agnès Devictor
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Public and Republic: Political Representation in America.
Donald S. Strong, Alfred de Grazia
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Black Culture In A Post-Soul Era (ENGL 068) Syllabus [PDF]
Generations of African American writers, artists, and intellectuals have emerged since the 1960s to reconsider the meaning of Blackness in the wake of the Civil Rights and Black Power movements that preceded them.
Foy, Anthony S.
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