Our study aimed to investigate the correlations between microstructural changes of cingulum and patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) by diffusion kurtosis imaging (DKI) technique. A total of 104 patients with cerebral small vessel diseases (cSVD) were retrospectively enrolled in this study. According to Montreal Cognitive Assessment Scale ...
Cet article retrace une enquête ethnographique menée au sein du territoire live (nord de la péninsule de Courlande, Lettonie). Ce territoire abrite les descendants de la dernière communauté fennique de Lettonie, dont les derniers locuteurs natifs se sont éteints au début du XXIème siècle. Localement, la culture live est pourtant encore bien présent...
Cet article propose une exploration d’une problématique contemporaine, celle de la privatisation de l’accès aux communs environnementaux côtiers et maritimes. Pour ce faire, il s’appuie sur une étude de cas territorialisée, qui s’intéresse à deux communautés fenniques de l’ouest de l’oblast de Leningrad (Russie) : les Votes et les Ingriens. Ces com...
Published in Environmental science and pollution research international
Exploring the changes in ecological networks (ENs), its eco-environment effects and the differences in urban agglomerations in various urbanization stages are important for achieving sustainable ecosystem management and a better layout of ecological network. In this study, China's three typical urbanization agglomerations, Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei urb...
Published in International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery
Purpose to develop a procedure for registering changes, notifying users about changes made, unifying software as a medical device based on artificial intelligence technologies (SaMD-AI) changes, as well as requirements for testing and inspections—quality control before and after making changes. Methods The main types of changes, divided into two gr...
Published in Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics
Category: Ankle; Hindfoot; Midfoot/Forefoot; Other Introduction/Purpose: The same Consensus that proposed a new nomenclature for Flatfoot, Progressive Collapsing Foot Deformity (PCFD), also introduced a new classification system for the disease. The idea of staging was supplemented by the construction of a system combining deformity classes and its...
Published in Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities
Historically, Blacks and Hispanics have had lower opioid-involved overdose death rates in Connecticut (CT). We examined if a shift has taken place where rates of Black fatal overdoses have now surpassed Whites in the state. Drug overdose fatality rates were calculated by number of deaths per year per 100,000 population from 2012 to 2019 in Connecti...
Published in Perspectives in Health Information Management
Introduction The coronavirus 2019 pandemic (COVID-19) has resulted in major changes in lifestyle practices and healthcare delivery. The goal of this study was to examine changes in practice and service outcomes in a telehealth program before and after the federal and private telehealth policy expansion during the COVID-19 pandemic. These findings a...
Published in European geriatric medicine
The number of severely injured patients exceeding the age of 60 has shown a steep increase within the last decades. These patients present with numerous co-morbidities, polypharmacy, and increased frailty requiring an adjusted treatment approach. In this study, we establish an overview of changes we observed in demographics of older severe trauma p...
Published in Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics
Category: Other Introduction/Purpose: The health contingency due to COVID19 has represented an unprecedented state of health contingency with implications for the economy and public health. There is a concern in the medical community regarding the risk of contagion of COVID19. Recently, the occupational risk of contagion by COVID19 has been describ...
