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Association of CDKN2A/B Homozygous Deletion and Extent of Resection With Survival of Patients With WHO CNS5 Grade 4 Astrocytoma

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives WHO grade 4 astrocytomas are associated with poor prognosis, and their prognostic factors remain controversial. This study aimed to identify the prognostic factors and develop a management algorithm for these patients. Methods This study retrospectively included 151 CNS5 adult grade 4 astrocytomas from two medical centers.
Jiawei Cai, Guanglin Zhu, Qiu He, Chen Luo, Lingyun Zhuo, Xingfu Wang, Yiming Chen, Xiaoyong Chen, Wendong You, Jiaheng Xu, Yuanxiang Lin, Dezhi Kang, Shuai Wu, Zanyi Wu   +13 more
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Value of MRI Outcomes for Preventive and Early‐Stage Trials in Spinocerebellar Ataxias 1 and 3

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To examine the value of MRI outcomes as endpoints for preventive and early‐stage trials of two polyglutamine spinocerebellar ataxias (SCAs). Methods A cohort of 100 participants (23 SCA1, 63 SCA3, median Scale for the Assessment and Rating of Ataxia (SARA) score = 5, 42% preataxic, and 14 gene‐negative controls) was scanned at 3T up ...
Thiago J. R. Rezende, Emilien Petit, Young Woo Park, Sophie Tezenas du Montcel, James M. Joers, Jonathan M. DuBois, H. Moore Arnold, Michal Povazan, Ipek Özdemir, Guita Banan, Romain Valabregue, Philipp Ehses, Jennifer Faber, Chiadi U. Onyike, Peter B. Barker, Jeremy D. Schmahmann, Eva‐Maria Ratai, Sub H. Subramony, Thomas H. Mareci, Khalaf O. Bushara, Henry Paulson, Thomas Klockgether, Alexandra Durr, Tetsuo Ashizawa, Christophe Lenglet, Gülin Öz, READISCA Investigators   +26 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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Infection Preventionist and Hospital Epidemiologist Staffing in Acute Care Hospitals: Results from the PITAS Study

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology
Background: Despite the crucial roles Infection Preventionists (IPs) and Hospital Epidemiologists (HEs) have in the implementation of patient safety strategies, there is paucity of data on what constitutes effective IP and HE staffing.
Monika Pogorzelska-Maziarz, Elizabeth Monsees, Pamela De Cordova, Lucas Philip, Patrick Moeller, Tara Schmidt, Lauren Satchell, Patricia Stone   +7 more
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Validity of a Wearable Digital Insole for Assessing Gait ON and OFF in Parkinson's Disease

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Gait impairment is a distinctive symptom of Parkinson's disease that negatively impact mobility. We assessed the validity of wearable digital insoles against a validated reference gait analysis system for measuring select gait characteristics in patients with Parkinson's disease. Methods A comparative analysis between digital insoles
Deborah A. Hall, Kimberly Kwei, Rolando J. Acosta, Bharatkumar Koyani, Erin Robertson, Pratyush Rai, Roland Barge, Emily Timm, Nicollette L. Purcell, Natasha Desai, Dhanesh Patel, Ana‐Maria Visoiu‐Knapp, Samuel Stuart, Rinol Alaj, Matthew F. Wipperman, Oren Levy, Joan A. O'Keefe   +16 more
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Baseline Regional Cholinergic Denervation Predicts Cognitive Trajectories in Moderate Parkinson Disease

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Cognitive decline is a disabling and variable feature of Parkinson disease (PD). While cholinergic system degeneration is linked to cognitive impairments in PD, most prior research reported cross‐sectional associations. We aimed to fill this gap by investigating whether baseline regional cerebral vesicular acetylcholine transporter ...
Taylor Brown, Giulia Carli, Prabesh Kanel, Stiven Roytman, Jaimie Barr, Nicolaas I. Bohnen, Roger L. Albin   +6 more
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Sex Representation in US Stroke Clinical Trials: A Decade of Trends and Challenges

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Stroke remains a major cause of disability and mortality in the US, with significant sex‐based disparities, and females remain underrepresented in stroke clinical trials. We aimed to examine sex representation in US‐based stroke clinical trials, identify trial characteristics associated with higher female enrollment (≥ 50%), and ...
Chaitali Dagli, Mudasir Andrabi, Tova Cohen, Pranali G. Patel, Tapasya Katta, Chen Lin   +5 more
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Consequences, costs and cost-effectiveness of workforce configurations in English acute hospitals

Health and Social Care Delivery Research
Background The National Health Service faces significant challenges in recruiting and retaining registered nurses. Recruiting unregistered staff is often adopted as a solution to the registered nurse shortage, but recent research found lower registered ...
Peter Griffiths, Christina Saville, Jane Ball, David Culliford, Jeremy Jones, Francesca Lambert, Paul Meredith, Bruna Rubbo, Lesley Turner, Chiara Dall’Ora   +9 more
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Benefits of High-Intensity Intensive Care Unit Physician Staffing under the Affordable Care Act

Critical Care Research and Practice, 2011
The Affordable Care Act signed into law by President Obama, with its value-based purchasing program, is designed to link payment to quality processes and outcomes.
Sachin Logani, Adam Green, James Gasperino   +2 more
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Strategic staffing model for electric utilities [PDF]

Journal of Applied Mathematics and Decision Sciences, 1999
Historically, utilities have been granted a natural monopoly status through the regulatory process. Under such conditions, utilities need to prove to their regulators that their expenditures were necessary to comply with imposed “obligation to serve.” When these prudency arguments are successful, the utilities may recover their costs plus a rate of ...
openaire   +2 more sources