Search results for "Logical function"

Are there specific neuropsychological deficits underlying poor insight in first episode psychosis?

2011

Insight in psychosis is a multi-dimensional phenomenon, and has been hypothesised to have some sort of neuropsychological basis. It is unclear to what extent specific neuropsychological abilities are able to predict insight beyond the effect of generalised cognitive ability. We aimed to test this, alongside the relationship of insight with illness duration and diagnosis, in a sample of first episode psychosis patients. We recruited 102 patients experiencing their first episode of psychosis and assessed their insight, symptoms, diagnosis as well as administering a full neuropsychological battery. Low insight was related to worse performance in a variety of neuropsychological tasks. Regressio…

Topological ranks reveal functional knowledge encoded in biological networks: a comparative analysis

2022

Abstract Motivation Biological networks topology yields important insights into biological function, occurrence of diseases and drug design. In the last few years, different types of topological measures have been introduced and applied to infer the biological relevance of network components/interactions, according to their position within the network structure. Although comparisons of such measures have been previously proposed, to what extent the topology per se may lead to the extraction of novel biological knowledge has never been critically examined nor formalized in the literature. Results We present a comparative analysis of nine outstanding topological measures, based on compact vie…

Association of Iron Status and Intake During Pregnancy with Neuropsychological Outcomes in Children Aged 7 Years: The Prospective Birth Cohort Infanc…

2019

Early iron status plays an important role in prenatal neurodevelopment. Iron deficiency and high iron status have been related to alterations in child cognitive development

CLAYS IN COSMETICS AND PERSONAL-CARE PRODUCTS

2021

Clays are used in various cosmetic formulations, such as sunscreens, toothpastes, deodorants, creams, hair cosmetics, makeups, nail polish, facial masks, and shampoos, among others, to improve the organoleptic and physicochemical characteristics, to increase the stability, or to facilitate elaboration. Together with their technological functionalities, clays are cosmetologically active ingredients with cleaning, anti-aging, anti-wrinkling, and sun-care functionalities. Talc, kaolinite, mica, and some smectites are the clay minerals used most frequently in cosmetic products, but several other phyllosilicates as well as modified and synthetic clays are also used. Sometimes, clays are useful i…

Is timing everything? : a longitudinal perspective on adult transitions, their antecedents, and psychological implications

2012

Lärm als Umweltproblem

1976

Noise as an Environmental Problem. Anatomical structure and physiological function of the human ear are described. It is shown that constant noise stress leads to damage of certain parts of the inner ear. These damages proceed characteristically and may be diagnosed relatively early by means of audiometric tests. VDI-instructions 2058 (sheet 2) prescribes screening-tests for an earliest possible detection of incipient noise damage. In addition to ear-damaging effects of noise there have also been recorded physiological reactions under noise influence. Such disturbances, however, cannot as yet be described as an “Extraaural disease”. On the other hand, the fact that high sound intensities of…

Parental Identity and Its Relation to Parenting and Psychological Functioning in Middle Age

2016

SYNOPSIS Objective. This article focuses on identity as a parent in relation to parenting and psychological functioning in middle age. Design. Drawn from the Jyväskylä Longitudinal Study of Personality and Social Development, 162 participants (53% females) with children (age 36), represented the Finnish age-cohort born in 1959. Parental identity was assessed at ages 36, 42, and 50. Results. In both women and men, parental identity achievement increased from age 36 to 42 and remained stable to 50. The level of parental identity achievement was higher in women than in men. Achievement was typical for women and foreclosure for men. Participants’ education, occupational status, and number of of…

Neuropathological Alterations after Smoke Inhalation Injury, with and without Skin Burn

2020

More than 23,000 smoke inhalation injuries are reported in the United States each year. While the pathophysiology of smoke inhalation-induced lung injury is well studied, little is known about the acute effects of smoke inhalation on the central nervous system (CNS). Tragic events, such as those of the nightclub fire in Brazil in 2013, suggest that neurological complications occur following smoke inhalation injury, with the most commonly reported symptoms being a persistent headache, memory loss, and paresthesia. Additionally, one case report described that smoke inhalation alone was associated with progressive cognitive and psychiatric impairments, lasting for years after the initial injur…

Ligand-binding assays with OBPs and CSPs

2020

Assessing the ligand-binding properties of OBPs and CSPs is essential for understanding their physiological function. It also provides basic information when these proteins are used as biosensing elements for instrumental measurement of odors. Although different approaches have been applied in the past to evaluate the affinity of receptors and soluble binding proteins to their ligands, using a fluorescent reporter represents the method of choice for OBPs and CSPs. It offers the advantages of working at the equilibrium, being simple, fast and inexpensive, without requiring the use of radioactive tracers. However, as an indirect method, the fluorescence competitive binding approach presents d…

Adenine nucleotide metabolism during anoxia and postanoxic recovery in insects

1996

Severe hypoxia (anoxia), if maintained for more than a few minutes, causes irreversible damage in humans and other mammals. Why mammals are so vulnerable to anoxia is not fully understood. It is therefore of interest to study animals that are more tolerant of anoxia in order to identify physiological and metabolic properties that are correlated with a high tolerance of anoxia. Insects have high metabolic rates and their energy metabolism is dependent on aerobic ATP production. In insects, as in mammals, anoxia causes a rapid breakdown of physiological function, resulting in a state similar to rigor mortis. This is accompanied by a precipitous decrease in metabolic rate. In contrast to mamma…