Developmental and Cognitive Characteristics of “High-Level Potentialities” (Highly Gifted) Children by Laurence Vaivre-Douret

“…Further it is discussed how these developmental advances interact with the social environment and in certain circumstances may entail increased risk for developing socioemotional difficulties and learning disabilities that often go unaddressed due to the masking by the advance intellectual abilities.…”
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Collective Competencies and their Constitutive Elements: a case study in a Brazilian Fashion Group by Luiz Henrique da Silva, Tatiana Ghedine

“…We believe that these CC will allow organizations to understand teams' collective activities better, making it possible to develop the disabled CC and form the absent CC necessary to improve the team's performance and contribute to the organizational results.…”
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Tutorat par les pairs pour des étudiants en situation de handicap non visible : la perception des tuteurs by Julien Morand, France Landry, Georgette Goupil, Nicole Bonenfant

“…The paper closes on recommendations to universities wishing to use tutoring to help students with disabilities.…”
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Stem cells (neoblasts) and positional information jointly dominate regeneration in planarians by Xuhui Chen

“…For planarians, removal of neoblasts disables the regenerative feats and disruption of positional information results in the regeneration of inappropriate missing body regions, only the combination of neoblasts and positional information enables regeneration. …”
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Stabilisation of multi‐loop amplifiers using circuit‐based two‐port models stability analysis by Abbas Pasdar, Masoud Meghdadi, Ali Medi

“…As predicted, the measurements show oscillations, once the on‐chip stabilization circuit is disabled.…”
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Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension – How Can Orthoptists Help Improve Care? by Daisy MacKeith

“…. • People with IIH often have a poor quality of life due to disabling chronic headaches and poor mental health. • There is a lack of access to evidence-based weight-loss interventions and support. • Weight stigma in healthcare remains pervasive and damaging and disproportionately impacts women. • Functional vision loss and headaches in IIH can complicate the interpretation of visual function which can have implications for management. • There is a lack of evidence to support treatment options. …”
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Rethinking neglected tropical diseases: A shift towards more inclusive and equitable terminology. by Marlous L Grijsen, Yonah E Yangaza, Al Kadri, Fidel Strub, Esther E Freeman, Wendemagegn Enbiale

“…Each year, NTD account for more than 200,000 deaths, with millions left disabled and disfigured due to insufficient access to care and affordable treatment, often leading to social exclusion, stigmatization and discrimination. …”
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Passing the Baton by Mary E. Guy, Brian N. Williams

“…Articles published in the first two volumes range from racial healing to invisible disabilities, from Medicaid expansion to school resegregation, from white supremacy to the equity challenges that confront Tribal communities, from critical race theory to policing, from gender equity to equity in death, from retirement funds to equitable budgeting, from voting to UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and many more. …”
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Política de familia en América del Sur: un análisis comparado by Leidi Viviana Moreno-Parra, Carmen Verde-Diego, Rubén González-Rodríguez

“…With a few exceptions, family diversity is not included; the policies are not directed toward families as a set, but at their different members, and attention is broken down toward those who are considered the most vulnerable, such as infants, women, seniors, people with disabilities, and/or based on social issues such as poverty, health, schooling, gender-based violence, rural isolation, or indigenous issues.…”
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Hypertrophic Neuropathy Secondary to Hansen's Disease. A Case Report by María Octavina Rodríguez Roque, Didiesdle Herrera Alonso, Ada Sánchez Lozano

“…We decided to present this case since a neuropathy is usually slow, insidious and has a long course in these patients; however, leprosy reactions can lead to acute nerve damage, resulting in disabilities and deformities. Consequently, it is important to act quickly in order to avoid them.…”
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A Curious Case Report of “Nosey” Calcification by S Padmavathi, G Anuradha, A Kannan, C L Krithika

“…While rare in adults, nasal foreign bodies are common in children and mentally disabled patients. Often asymptomatic, they can remain unnoticed for years. …”
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Dopamine Dysregulation Syndrome and Deep Brain Stimulation of the Subthalamic Nucleus in Parkinson's Disease by Beatriz De la Casa-Fages, Francisco Grandas

“…Dopamine dysregulation syndrome is a complication of the dopaminergic treatment in Parkinson's disease that may be very disabling due to the negative impact that compulsive medication use may have on patients' social, psychological, and physical functioning. …”
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Polyarteritis Nodosa Presenting with Ischemic Stroke: A Case Report by Samaher Almousa, Ritta Muhamad, Farah Salameh, Abdallah Alahmad, Bana Kasem, Hala Wannous

“…We aim to increase awareness about this disabling complication of PAN and highlight the importance of considering vasculitis, especially PAN, in the differential diagnosis of ischemic stroke. …”
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REMOTE TECHNOLOGY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF PRACTICAL SKILLS by Besik Ch. Meskhi, Larisa E. Pustovaya, Ekaterina M. Bayan, Anna D. Pustovaya, Maria G. Zharkova

“…It assists to create an individual learning path and to optimize the dialogue with a pedagogue, which is especially important for students with disabilities. We established by methods of survey and statistical analysis of dynamics of passing the final certification on the discipline that the introduction of media files in electronic courses has a significant impact on the rate and degree of mastering practical skills, attendance of classes and assists to increase interest in the studied discipline and, as a consequence the performance as a whole.…”
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Structural Design and Analysis of an Omni-Directional Mosbile Stair Climbing Wheelchair by Zhou Qiuyu, Xing Xiaodong

“…An omni-directional mobile stair climbing wheelchair is designed to help the persons with lower limb disabilities climb the stairs.The function of climbing stair of the wheelchair is realized by using mechanical support legs and wheels bearing the wheelchair alternately.Four Mecanum wheels are taken as the wheelchair wheels and driven by four electrical motors.The capability of obstacle crossing with the limited width of stairs and the kinematical and dynamics math model are analyzed.The anteroposterior and lateral stability of the wheelchair are analyzed with combining energy method and stability reserve analysis method.The characteristics of omni-directional movement of the wheelchair are also studied.The result shows that the wheelchair can climb most stairs safely and wouldn’t turn over.The omni- directional movement can be achieved by controlling the speed of four wheels.The structural design of the wheelchair is reasonable.And the combination of the stair- climbing function and the omni- directional mobile function is realized successfully.…”
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Novel Human-Centered Robotics: Towards an Automated Process for Neurorehabilitation by Meenakshi Devi Parre, B. Sujatha

“…Moreover, constant monitoring and support for the patients having physical disabilities have become an ongoing challenge to the medical system. …”
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Developing accessible routes in historic environments for wheelchair users using a smart mobile application by Hüseyin Özdemir

“…In this study, Konya city centre (Turkey), which has a historical richness for the solution of this problem, is analysed according to Turkish Standard (TS9111), The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the United Nations (UN) standards for wheelchair users. …”
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Leprosy: An Overview of Pathophysiology by Ramesh Marne Bhat, Chaitra Prakash

“…M. leprae primarily infects Schwann cells in the peripheral nerves leading to nerve damage and the development of disabilities. Despite reduced prevalence of M. leprae infection in the endemic countries following implementation of multidrug therapy (MDT) program by WHO to treat leprosy, new case detection rates are still high-indicating active transmission. …”
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Endoscopic Placement of Feeding Tubes by Gabor P Kandel

“…It is no exaggeration to say that percutaneous gastrostomy has revolutionized the feeding of disabled patients with intact gastrointestinal tracts. …”
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Learning, Teaching and First Aid in times of COVID-19

“…Following precautionary measures set forth by the WHO upon declaring the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic, the shutting down of first aid training courses, continuous first aid education and other face to face training has had the effect of disabling first aid educators to appropriately train millions of volunteers how to deal with COVID-19, how to keep them, their families and their communities safe, and has also limited the sharing of information on appropriate use of personal protection equipment (PPE). …”
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