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Taking Risks Behind the Veil of Ignorance [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
A natural view in distributive ethics is that everyone's interests matter, but the interests of the relatively worse off matter more than the interests of the relatively better off. I provide a new argument for this view.
Lara, Buchak
core   +2 more sources

Survey of the needs of patients with spinal cord injury: impact and priority for improvement in hand function in tetraplegics\ud [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Objective: To investigate the impact of upper extremity deficit in subjects with tetraplegia.\ud \ud Setting: The United Kingdom and The Netherlands.\ud \ud Study design: Survey among the members of the Dutch and UK Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Associations.\
BR Johnstone   +30 more
core   +2 more sources

Monitoring the status of the blood circulation in the lower extremities in patients with diabetes mellitus

open access: yesMìžnarodnij Endokrinologìčnij Žurnal, 2018
Background. Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a current medical and social problem. According to the data from International Diabetes Federation, 415 million people worldwide suffer from DM, and bу 2030, the number of patients is expected to be 552 millions ...
N.V. Gulchiy   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

An Investigation Into the Electrical Activity of Tender, Resting Paraspinal Muscles Using Surface Electromyography: A Pilot Study [PDF]

open access: yes, 1988
Abnormal resting paraspinal muscle activity has been claimed to be responsible for changes in spinal tissue texture which are detectible by manual palpation.
Hubbard, A, Fryer, Gary, Ball, Kevin
core   +3 more sources

Preoperative visualization of hemifacial spasm microvascular decompression based on 3D Slicer 3D reconstruction technology

open access: yesChinese Journal of Contemporary Neurology and Neurosurgery
Objective To compare the agreement in judging the responsible vessels for hemifacial spasm (HFS) between the preoperative 3D Slicer 3D reconstruction and the actual intraoperative judgment of microvascular decompression (MVD).
LI Bao-hua   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pathogenesis and Management of Tetanus

open access: yesUMYU Journal of Microbiology Research, 2018
Tetanus is an infectious disease affecting the central nervous system caused by Clostridium tetani. The bacteria is an anaerobic Gram- positive bacilli that forms spores, which germinate in anaerobic condition to produce an exotoxin known as ...
Abdullahi Samaila   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

SPASM and Twitch Domains in S-Adenosylmethionine (SAM) Radical Enzymes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
S-Adenosylmethionine (SAM, also known as AdoMet) radical enzymes use SAM and a [4Fe-4S] cluster to catalyze a diverse array of reactions. They adopt a partial triose-phosphate isomerase (TIM) barrel fold with N- and C-terminal extensions that tailor the ...
Drennan, Catherine L.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Tetanus in Animals — Summary of Knowledge

open access: yesFolia Veterinaria, 2020
Tetanus is a neurologic non-transmissible disease (often fatal) of humans and other animals with a worldwide occurrence. Clostridium tetani is the spore producing bacillus which causes the bacterial disease.
Malinovská Z., Čonková E., Váczi P.
doaj   +1 more source

Botulinum toxin efficacy in the treatment of patients with spasmodic dysphonia [PDF]

open access: yesVojnosanitetski Pregled, 2007
Background/Aim. Spasmodic dysphonia (DS) is a disabling speech disturbance appearing as the consequence of dystonic vocal folds contraction. Its intermittent appearance in the laryngeal muscles causes vocal function discontinuation.
Svetel Marina   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Translating a Preclinically Tested 15 Hz rTMS Protocol to Humans With Chronic Spinal Cord Injury: A Safety and Feasibility Study

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is a non‐invasive brain stimulation strategy with a demonstrated potential to reinforce the residual pathways after a spinal cord injury (SCI). A preclinically tested high‐frequency (15 Hz) rTMS (15 Hz rTMS) protocol was shown to induce corticospinal tract axon regeneration growth ...
Nabila Brihmat   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

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