Mediational Model of Multiple Sclerosis Impairments, Family Needs, and Caregiver Mental Health in Guadalajara, Mexico by Melody N. Mickens, Paul B. Perrin, Adriana Aguayo, Brenda Rabago, Miguel A. Macías-Islas, Juan Carlos Arango-Lasprilla

“…The current study examined the relationships among MS impairments (functional, neurological, cognitive, behavioral, and emotional), unmet family needs (household, informational, financial, social support, and health), and caregiver mental health (satisfaction with life, anxiety, burden, and depression) in a sample of 81 MS caregivers from Guadalajara, Mexico. …”
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The impact of L1 literacy on the production of Spanish verbal passives by school-age Spanish heritage speakers by Andrew Armstrong, Silvina Montrul, Silvina Montrul

“…They also outperformed the children in English-only schools in literacy and cognitive measures. These findings indicate that experience with textual input via L1 literacy development is an effective way to aid the acquisition and production of complex linguistic forms in HSs during the school-age period.…”
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Assessing Professionalism among First Year Medical Students through Professionalism Assessment Tool by Nabiha Farasat Khan, Muhammad Saeed, Ruksana Majid

“…Thirty four percent (68/200) demonstrated only the basic level of critical thinking and only 10 students (5%) demonstrated the higher cognitive level. Overall, statistically significant results were observed at items number 3 and 1 (p-<.001) of domain 3 and 4 respectively (empathizing to the situations of others and actively and productively participating in the profession respectively) Conclusion: Students of 1st year MBBS demonstrate positive attitude towards professionalism. …”
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Connecting Cerebral White Matter Lesions and Hypertensive Target Organ Damage by Cristina Sierra, Alfons López-Soto, Antonio Coca

“…After age, hypertension is the most-important risk factor for cerebral white matter lesions, which are an important prognostic factor for stroke, cognitive impairment, dementia, and death. Studies have shown an association between white matter lesions and a number of extracranial systems affected by high BP and also suggest that correct antihypertensive treatment could slow white matter lesions progression. …”
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Impairment in Theory of Mind in Parkinson’s Disease Is Explained by Deficits in Inhibition by Jennifer A. Foley, Claire Lancaster, Elena Poznyak, Olga Borejko, Elaine Niven, Thomas Foltynie, Sharon Abrahams, Lisa Cipolotti

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Interventions to address mealtime support needs in dementia: A scoping review. by Lígia Passos, João Tavares, Melissa Batchelor, Daniela Figueiredo

“…The decrease in cognitive and physical ability among people with dementia can significantly affect eating performance, resulting in mealtime support needs that could lead to inadequate oral intake, weight loss, malnutrition, and reduced functionality in activities of daily living. …”
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Pain in Neurodegenerative Disease: Current Knowledge and Future Perspectives by Marina de Tommaso, Lars Arendt-Nielsen, Ruth Defrin, Miriam Kunz, Gisele Pickering, Massimiliano Valeriani

“…The management of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and other dementias, Parkinson’s disease (PD) and PD related disorders, motor neuron diseases (MND), Huntington’s disease (HD), spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA), and spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), is mainly addressed to motor and cognitive impairment, with special care to vital functions as breathing and feeding. …”
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Cardiologists' attitudes on communication about prognosis with heart failure patients by Martje H.L. van derWal, Lisa Hjelmfors, Anna Strömberg, Tiny Jaarsma

“…Important barriers were cognitive problems (69%) and a lack of time (64%). …”
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Self-Regulated Learning is not for Everyone: Towards an Explanation for the Heterogeneous Effects of Interventions by M. S. Khamidulina, N. G. Maloshonok

“…These are expressed as a set of cognitive, behavioral, and motivational strategies that help students set learning goals, develop a sequence of actions to achieve them, control their behavior and surrounding circumstances, and reflect on the outcomes of their learning. …”
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Targeting Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Cerebral Ischemia: Advances in Pharmacological Interventions by Igor Belenichev, Olena Popazova, Nina Bukhtiyarova, Victor Ryzhenko, Sergii Pavlov, Elina Suprun, Valentyn Oksenych, Oleksandr Kamyshnyi

“…Disruptions in mitochondrial function, driven by factors such as oxidative stress, excitotoxicity, and altered ion balance, lead to neuronal death and contribute to cognitive impairments in several brain diseases. Mitochondrial dysfunction can arise from genetic mutations, ischemic events, hypoxia, and other environmental factors. …”
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Multimodal Opera Performance Form Based on Human-Computer Interaction Technology by Lin Wu

“…“Audience Engagement (AE)” describes how a stage performance affects the audience’s thoughts, provokes a bodily response, and spurs cognitive growth. With little audience involvement, theatre performing arts like opera typically have difficulty keeping audiences’ attention. …”
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Intensive Outpatient Treatment of Depression in a Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 1 Patient by Eric Black

“…SCA1 can also include speech and swallowing difficulties, spasticity, ophthalmoplegia, cognitive difficulties, and even sensory neuropathy, dystonia, atrophy, and fasciculations. …”
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The Default Mode Network and Altered Consciousness in Epilepsy by Nathan B. Danielson, Jennifer N. Guo, Hal Blumenfeld

“…The primary nodes of this network, which typically include the precuneus/posterior cingulate, the medial frontal and lateral parietal cortices, are thought to be involved in introspective and social cognitive functions. Interestingly, this same network has been shown to be selectively impaired during epileptic seizures associated with loss of consciousness. …”
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Clinical Correlates of Awareness for Balance, Function, and Memory: Evidence for the Modality Specificity of Awareness by Megan E. O'Connell, Vanina Dal Bello-Haas, Margaret Crossley, Debra Morgan

“…Awareness of function was higher for participants with mild cognitive impairment (aMCI and non-aMCI) than for those with dementia (due to Alzheimer disease; AD and non-AD), whereas awareness of memory was higher for both non-aMCI and non-AD dementia patients than for those with aMCI or AD. …”
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CONCEPTUAL BASES OF THE ENERGY EFFICIENT SYSTEM OF MANAGEMENT OF COMBINED UNITS OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT by V. N. Shtepa

“…The key functional of the unit – information-analytical subsystem of the formation control actions including: multilayer perceptrons self-organization Kohonen network, fuzzy cognitive map. The basic difference between the developed design and its analogues is the ability to adjust the settings of equipment adaptively on the basis of processing sensor data, information on the price of consumables, volley discharges of pollutants, a sudden change in the flow and other force majeure. …”
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Exploring short-term memory and listening effort in two-talker conversations: The influence of soft and moderate background noise. by Chinthusa Mohanathasan, Cosima A Ermert, Janina Fels, Torsten W Kuhlen, Sabine J Schlittmeier

“…Previous research has mainly focused on short-term memory using simple cognitive tasks with unrelated words or digits. The present study investigates the listeners' short-term memory and listening effort in conversations under different listening conditions, with and without soft or moderate noise. …”
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Empathy as a professional quality of a counselling psychologist by O. Dudar

“…The technology of expressing empathy was based on several criteria depending on its type. Cognitive empathy, affective (emotional) empathy, and empathic care represented different aspects of expression, adjusting different moments in the course of a communicative action. …”
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PENGARUH MODEL PROJECT BASED LEARNING (PjBL) PADA KONSEP SISTEM KOORDINASI MANUSIA TERHADAP KETERAMPILAN METAKOGNITIF SISWA KELAS XI SMA NEGERI 4 BANJARMASIN by Aulia Mahfuzah, Siti Ramdiah

“…This information shows that the cognitive learning outcomes of students have not been maximized. …”
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Characteristics and clinical course of myoclonus in Cavalier King Charles Spaniels by Matthew James, Mark Lowrie, Clare Rusbridge

“…Progressive behavioral changes suggestive of cognitive decline are common. These findings support the possibility of an underlying neurodegenerative process.…”
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Cinacalcet Treatment of Primary Hyperparathyroidism by H. M. Rothe, O. Liangos, P. Biggar, A. Petermann, M. Ketteler

“…PTH levels are lowered, and cognitive parameters improve. While an increase in bone mineral density DEXA scan scores was not demonstrated in cinacalcet trials, the same applies to more than half of patients after parathyroidectomy. …”
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