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From Policy Presence to Policy Performance: Adaptive Improvisation and the Everyday Politics of Plastic Burning Bans in Rural Indonesia

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Open burning plastics is a major environmental health hazard in low‐ and middle‐income countries, releasing toxic pollutants and exacerbating climate change. Although Indonesia prohibits plastic burning, enforcement in rural settings remains fragile.
Sujarwoto Sujarwoto, Sekar Aqila Salsabila, Devita Rahmani Ratri, Asri Maharani   +3 more
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The hidden burden of sleep in adolescents with idiopathic generalized epilepsy

Epileptic Disorders, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Idiopathic Generalized Epilepsies (IGEs) are electroclinical syndromes characterized by distinct seizure types, EEG patterns, and presumed polygenic inheritance. While seizure prognosis is often favorable, sleep disturbances, behavioral and emotional difficulties, and executive function impairment are common, especially during ...
Carlo Alberto Quaranta, Martina Paola Zanaboni, Elena Ripamonti, Gaia Garghetti, Massimiliano Celario, Serena Grumi, Helene Vitali, Valentina De Giorgis, Ludovica Pasca   +8 more
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Facilitating the timely diagnosis of Lennox–Gastaut syndrome: A checklist to support clinical practice

Epileptic Disorders, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective To develop and evaluate a simple‐to‐use checklist to support physicians with the timely diagnosis of Lennox–Gastaut syndrome (LGS). Methods A panel of 10 pediatric and adult epileptologists used the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) criteria for LGS classification and definition to develop seven questions for the checklist,
Nicola Specchio, Alexis Arzimanoglou, Stéphane Auvin, Antonio Gil‐Nagel, Lieven Lagae, Rima Nabbout, Susanne Schubert‐Bast, Adam Strzelczyk, Eugen Trinka, J. Helen Cross   +9 more
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Humour in the Swedish Court : Managing Emotions, Status and Power

, 2018
This chapter analyses humour from an emotion sociological perspective, linking humour to power, status, and group solidarity. It draws from about 300 observed trials and interviews with 43 judges and 41 prosecutors from four Swedish districts courts ...
Bergman Blix, Stina,, Wettergren, Åsa
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Postoperative reduction of anti‐seizure medication is associated with cognitive improvement in seizure‐free patients after anterior temporal lobectomy

Epilepsia, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective To determine whether postoperative reduction of anti‐seizure medication (ASM) burden is associated with cognitive improvement after anterior temporal lobectomy (ATL) in seizure‐free patients. Methods We retrospectively analyzed data for adult patients with drug‐resistant temporal lobe epilepsy who underwent unilateral ATL between ...
Kazushi Ukishiro, Shin‐ichiro Osawa, Maimi Ogawa, Makoto Ishida, Takafumi Kubota, Kazutoshi Konomatsu, Hidenori Endo, Kazutaka Jin   +7 more
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Perils and progress in epilepsy surgery utilization: Twenty‐five years later

Epilepsia, EarlyView.
Abstract More than 25 years have passed since the first randomized controlled trial (RCT) established that surgery is superior to continued anti‐seizure medication (ASM) for drug‐resistant temporal lobe epilepsy, and nearly as long since a joint practice parameter urged that appropriate surgical candidates be referred to a specialized center for ...
Dario J. Englot
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The semiotics and metapragmatics of humour in contemporary theatre

The European Journal of Humour Research
This study explores the semiotic boundaries of humour in theatre by examining Lena Kitsopoulou’s postmodern free adaptation of Aristophanes’ comedy Wasps.
Vicky Manteli
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Brain‐wide magnetic resonance imaging analysis of neurobehavioral comorbidities in temporal lobe epilepsy

Epilepsia, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective In temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), patients often present with neurobehavioral comorbidities encompassing affective and cognitive difficulties. Whereas the latter have been related to atypical connectivity of mesiotemporal and frontotemporal circuits, the brain basis of affective symptoms remains incompletely understood.
Fatemeh Fadaie, Benoit Caldairou, Boris C. Bernhardt, Andrea Bernasconi, Neda Bernasconi   +4 more
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Transitivity, verbal humour and the construction of identity in Trevor Noah’s narratives

Insights into Language, Culture and Communication
The aim of this research paper is to analyze Son of Patricia’s stand-up comedy show and Born a Crime memoir by Trevor Noah to find out how the experience of racial discrimination, identity, social commentary, and personal anecdotes have been manifested in Noah’s language choice.
Nouran Tarek Soliman, Rabia Abdul-Salim Madhi   +1 more
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Auditory gamma‐band synchronization and attentional performance in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy

Epilepsia Open, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Cognitive difficulties in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) are part of the clinical phenotype alongside epileptic seizures; however, the underlying neurophysiological mechanisms remain unclear. Auditory steady‐state responses (ASSRs) to repetitive 40‐ and 80‐Hz stimuli are widely used measures of gamma‐band oscillations (GBOs ...
Ryo Mitoma, Shunsuke Tamura, Yoji Hirano, Takako Mitsudo, Yubin Sung, Takahiko Mukaino, Takahiro Yamaguchi, Kou Matsumoto, Toshiaki Onitsuka, Shogo Hirano, Tomohiro Nakao, Noriko Isobe, Hiroshi Shigeto   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source