A Pilot Study on Cognitive Processing Characteristics and Cerebral Mechanisms of Native Chinese-Speaking Savant Calendar Calculators with Autism Spectrum Disorder by CHEN Jian, XU Shutian, WU Yuwei, CHEN Songmei, SHAN Chunlei

“…ObjectiveTo analyze the cognitive processing characteristics of a native Chinese-speaking savant calendar calculator (SCC) with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and to investigate the related brain mechanisms with cranial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).MethodsOne native Chinese-speaking ASD patient with SCC features was assessed with the randomized calendar calculation test, the adjusted new calendar memory ability test, the numerical calculation ability test, the judgement of line orientation (JLO) test, the apraxia examination (orofacial apraxia, speech apraxia, and ideomotor apraxia examination), the frontal assessment battery (FAB), and the Montreal cognitive assessment (MoCA). The patient with SCC was examined with crainial MRI and compared with healthy subjects to explore the organic brain damage.Results(1) Calendar calculation ability test: the correct rate of random normal calendar calculation in the SCC patient was 80%, and the average time of answering each question was 11.8 s, while the average correct rate of random normal calendar calculation in the healthy subjects was only 16%. (2) Calendar memorizing ability test: the correct rate of the adjusted new calendar calculation in the SCC patient was only 20%. (3) Numerical calculation ability: the correct rate of addition and division in the SCC patient was 100%, and the average time was 10.67 s and 58.19 s respectively. …”
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Epidemiological profile trends and cost of pediatric sickle cell disease in Brazil from 2008 to 2022 by Luiza Telles, Paulo Henrique Moreira Melo, Luana Baptistele Dornelas, Gabriele Eckerdt Lech, Natália Zaneti Sampaio, Ayla Gerk, Madeleine Carroll, Cristina Pires Camargo

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The trajectory of changes in cognitive frailty and factors influencing it in elderly patients with cerebral infarction by Shengnan Xu, Qin Liang, Li Zhang, Shihua Liu

“…[Objective] The trajectory of cognitive frailty in elderly patients with cerebral infarction was analyzed, and the influencing factors were discussed. [ Methods] A total of 100 elderly patients with cerebral infarction hospitalized in Suzhou Hospital of Anhui Medical University from January to September in 2023 were selected for the study.Clinical data were collected on the patients, and cognitive frailty was assessed using the Frailty Screening Scale and the Montreal Cognitive Assessment Questionnaire (MoCA) at the time of admission and 1, 3, 6 months after treatment.Failty score ≥3 scores and MoCA <26 scores were defined as cognitive fraily.Potential categories of cognitive frailty change trajectories were identified by latent category growth modeling, and multifactorial logistic regression analyzed the factors influencing patients' cognitive frailty change trajectories. [ Results] The trajectory of cognitive frailty change in elderly patients with cerebral infarction identified by model fitting can be categorized into a group with a persistently low level of frailty (30 cases), a group with a slow rise in frailty (52 cases), and a group with a persistently high level of frailty (18 cases).Multifactorial logistic regression analysis showed that older age, poor sleep quality, and the number of comorbid chronic diseases > 4 were all risk factors for the development of persistent low levels of cognitive frailty into a slow rise in cognitive decline in elderly patients with cerebral infarction (P<0.05), Higher body mass index and high self-care ability were both protective factors for the development of persistent low levels of cognitive decline into a slow rise in cognitive decline in elderly patients with cerebral infarction (P<0.05).Older age, poor sleep quality and the number of comorbid chronic diseases >4 were risk factors for the progression of persistent low levels of cognitive decline to persistent high levels of cognitive decline in elderly patients with cerebral infarction (P < 0.05), and higher self-care ability were protective factors for the progression of persistent low levels of cognitive decline to persistent high levels of cognitive decline in elderly patients with cerebral infarction (P < 0.05). …”
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fMRI Study on the Functional Connectivity of Nucleus Accumbens in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis by Yang XIAO, Jiao LIU, kun HU, Meiqin LIN, Youxue TU, Jing TAO, Lidian CHEN, Jia HUANG

“…Our study used the AAL template NAc of the Montreal Neuroscience Institute (MNI) as the region of interest to analyze the differences in the functional connectivity between the NAc and the whole brain voxels in the two groups of subjects and its correlation with the KOOS.Results:The general data (age, gender) of the KOA group were matched with the healthy control group, and the BPI score of the healthy control group was 0. …”
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Low-Frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation over Right Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex in Parkinson’s Disease by Sheng Zhuang, Fu-Yu Wang, Xin Gu, Jia-Jing Wu, Cheng-Jie Mao, Hao Gui, Jing Chen, Chun-Feng Liu

“…Secondary outcomes were changes in UPDRS total score, Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HRSD), Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), and Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA). Assessments were completed at baseline, after treatment, and at 1 month, 3 months, and 6 months after treatment. …”
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IL-13 Augments Histone Demethylase JMJD2B/KDM4B Expression Levels, Activity, and Nuclear Translocation in Airway Fibroblasts in Asthma by Khuloud Bajbouj, Mahmood Y. Hachim, Rakhee K. Ramakrishnan, Huwaida Fazel, Jumana Mustafa, Shahed Alzaghari, Mahmoud Eladl, Jasmin Shafarin, Ronald Olivenstein, Qutayba Hamid

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Network relationship between cognitive function and quality of life in community-dwelling older adults: an observational study from Beijing by Yitian Ye, Yichun Zhang, Jiaju Ren, Yanbo Zhu, Yanbo Zhu

“…Cognitive function was evaluated using the Chinese adaptation of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), while quality of life was assessed through the Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey version 2 (SF-36v2). …”
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Risk Factors for Cognitive Impairment in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes by Lin Sun, Xue Diao, Xiaokun Gang, You Lv, Xue Zhao, Shuo Yang, Ying Gao, Guixia Wang

“…Chinese T2DM patients (n=120) aged 50–70 years were divided into groups with impaired (mild, moderate, and severe) and normal cognitive function based on Montreal Cognitive Assessment and Mini-Mental State Examination scores. …”
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Digital screening tool for the assessment of cognitive impairment in unsupervised setting—digiDEM-SCREEN: study protocol for a validation study by Elmar Graessel, Nikolas Dietzel, Hans-Ulrich Prokosch, Peter L Kolominsky-Rabas, Peter Heuschmann, Michael Zeiler, Klaus Kammerer, Ulrich Frick, Rüdiger Pryss

“…Sociodemographic data, diagnosis and results of neuropsychiatric tests (Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer’s Disease, Montreal Cognitive Assessment, digiDEM-SCREEN) will be collected at one point per person via electronic data capturing. …”
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Psychosocial, physical, cognitive and quality of life aspects in primary restless legs syndrome by I. Jarašiūnaitė, R. Kaladytė-Lokominienė

“…Participants of the study were provided with a questionnaire pack, including International RLS Study Group scale (IRLSSGS), demographic data, quality of life scale SF-36, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), Epworth daytime sleepiness scale, and Fatigue questionnaire. …”
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Effects of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein and left ventricular hypertrophy on cognitive function in hemodialysis patients by Yu Zhang, Yu-lu Gu, Wan-fen Zhang, Xiao-ping Li, Lin-fang Xu, Tong-qiang Liu

“…Besides, general clinical data were gathered, and patients’ cognitive functions were assessed using the Beijing version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA-BJ). CI risk factors were screened using logistic regression modeling based on hs-CRP values (low risk <1 mg/L, intermediate risk 1–3 mg/L, and high risk >3 mg/L) and LVH status (normal and hypertrophic) groupings. …”
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Ambulatory Intravenous Antibiotic Therapy in Quebec: The Hôpital Charles LeMoyne Experience in 1996 by Laurent Delorme, Charles Frenette, Isabelle Le Corre, Julie Duchesne, Carole Delorme, Pauline Plourde

“…From January 1, 1996 to December 31, 1996, 343 patients received outpatient intravenous antibiotic therapy at Charles LeMoyne Hospital, a 436-bed, acute care hospital in Greenfield Park, south of Montréal, Québec. The infectious diseases department saved 2660 bed-days using outpatient therapy. …”
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Premorbid and current intellectual performance reflects different backgrounds in patients with Parkinson's disease by Hidetomo Murakami, Machiko Kezuka, Junnosuke Ozawa, Kaoru Matsuoka, Tatsuya Nakanishi, Atsushi Ishida, Naohito Ito, Mizuki Kanemoto, Mitsuru Kawamura

“…Methods: Current motor symptoms (Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale; UPDRS Part III) and cognitive function (Montreal Cognitive Assessment; MoCA) were assessed in 48 patients with PD. …”
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Household water security is a mediator of household food security in a nationally representative sample of Mexico by Teresa Shamah-Levy, Ignacio Méndez-Gómez-Humarán, Verónica Mundo-Rosas, Alicia Muñoz-Espinosa, Hugo Melgar-Quiñonez, Sera Lewise Young

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Quantitative Assessment of Deep Gray Matter Susceptibility and Correlation With Cognition in Patients With Liver Cirrhosis by Wenjun Wu, Yu Su, Ziji Qin, Jiamin Kang, Dongqiao Xiang, Dingxi Liu, Chuansheng Zheng, E. Mark Haacke, Lixia Wang

“…All subjects underwent number connection test A (NCT‐A), digit substitution test (DST), and Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA). Comparisons between the two groups and the correlation between the susceptibility values and neuropsychological scores were analyzed. …”
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Assessment of the impact of surgical treatment of primary malignant bone tumors on the quality of life of patients in peacetime and in the realities of wartime in Ukraine by O. Drobotun, N. Ternovyy, S. Konovalenko, A. Khmel

“…Patient’s quality of life index before and 3 weeks after surgical treatment was measured by the simplified version of the QLQ-C30 questionnaire, neurological component was evalua­ted according to our integrated version of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) for hospitalized cancer patients and the Montreal MoCA scale. Results. In the study group, the value of the quality of life index after treatment was 27.0 % higher than the value before treatment. …”
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Association of continuous renal replacement therapy downtime with fluid balance gap and clinical outcomes: a retrospective cohort analysis utilizing EHR and machine data by Chloe Braun, Tomonori Takeuchi, Josh Lambert, Lucas Liu, Sarah Roberts, Stuart Carter, William Beaubien-Souligny, Ashita Tolwani, Javier A. Neyra

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Postoperative evaluation of visual and cognitive functions following cataract surgery in patients with age-related cataracts: a prospective longitudinal study by Chenzhu Zhao, Chenzhu Zhao, Xuan Li, Bolin Deng, Bingyue Shui, Lin Zhou, Zhengzheng Wu, Zhengzheng Wu

“…Cognitive function was evaluated using the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA). Visual function was assessed using a binocular visual function testing system based on virtual reality (VR) technology, which evaluated low spatial frequency suppression, simultaneous vision, stereopsis, and perceptual eye position under 3D viewing conditions without glasses. …”
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Significance of Tool Coating Properties and Compacted Graphite Iron Microstructure for Tool Selection in Extreme Machining by Anna Maria Esposito, Qianxi He, Jose M. DePaiva, Stephen C. Veldhuis

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The prospect of using ozone-safe refrigerants with low global warming potential in scroll compressors. Part 1 by V. A. Pronin, A. V. Kovanov, E. A. Kalashnikova, V. A. Tsvetkov

“…The Montreal Protocol and the Kigali Amendment have determined the need and deadlines of the replacement of hydro fluorinated refrigerants. …”
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