Working memory impairment in multiple sclerosis relapsing-remitting patients with episodic memory deficits

Episodic memory is impaired in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients, possibly because of deficits in working memory (WM) functioning. If so, WM alterations should necessarily be found in patients with episodic memory deficits, but this has not yet been demonstrated. In this study we aimed at determining whether episodic memory deficits in relapsing-remitting MS are found in conjunction with impaired WM. We evaluated 32 MS patients and 32 matched healthy controls. Nineteen of the 32 patients had episodic memory impairment, and as a group only these individuals showed deficits in WM capacity, which may lead to difficulty in encoding, and/or retrieving information from episodic memory.

Entry stairs, Hill House, Chapel Hill, Brisbane

As seen from driveway.

Elites políticas de Leiria: 1910-2000

Tese apresentada para cumprimento dos requisitos necessários à obtenção do grau de Doutor em Ciência Política/Elites e Pensamento Político

Paediatric oral peanut challenges: a comparison of practice in London and Western Switzerland.

BACKGROUND: There are guidelines on how to develop a food challenge protocol, but at present there is no gold standard guidance on method, and separate units produce differing protocols. METHODS: We performed a retrospective analysis of 200 patients' data from the paediatric allergy units in Lausanne and Geneva, Western Switzerland, and St Thomas' Hospital (STH), UK. RESULTS: St Thomas' Hospital has a younger cohort with a lower overall mean spIgE (2.36 kU/l vs 8.00 kU/l, P = 0.004). The target peanut protein volumes differed: Switzerland 4.4 g vs STH 8.4 g. Despite this, the dose actually achieved in positive challenges was not significantly different (2.33 g vs 1.49 g, P = 0.16). 26% of challenges reacted at 4 g or more of peanut protein. CONCLUSIONS: The differences in results highlight how the variation in reasoning behind food challenge alters the outcome. Standardization of food challenges would allow easy comparison between hospitals and geographical areas for research purposes.

Laadullisen tutkimuksen kurjuus opiskelijoiden kertomana

Summary: Misery of qualitative research as told by students

Iowa Agri-News, February 24, 2012, Vol. 12, no. 5

Crop and livestock summaries for the state of Iowa, produced by the Iowa Department of Agriculture.

Historia doctrinae de affinitatibus chemicis

Painovuosi nimekkeestä.

L'Univers

1901/04/16 (Numéro 12108).

L'Écho de Paris

1917/10/10 (Numéro 12108).

Institutiones canonicae ex operibus santoris doctrinae doctorum excerptae et quampluribus adnotationibus locupletatae

UANL

Validité et fiabilité d’un questionnaire de fréquence alimentaire visant à évaluer l’adhésion à la diète méditerranéenne

Des méthodes d’évaluation de la consommation alimentaire permettant de vérifier l’efficacité de la diète méditerranéenne en prévention des maladies cardiovasculaires doivent être validées. Objectif: Évaluer la fiabilité et la validité d’un questionnaire de fréquence alimentaire (QF) semi-quantitatif permettant de mesurer l’alimentation dans le cadre d’études cliniques portant sur la diète méditerranéenne dans la population québécoise. Méthodologie: Cinquante-trois participants ont été recrutés. Le QF a été complété à deux reprises pour évaluer la fiabilité et comparé à un journal alimentaire (JA) de 12 jours pour évaluer la validité. Résultats: Pour la fiabilité, les coefficients de corrélation intra-classe (CCI) variaient de 0.38-0.91. Pour la validité, les coefficients de corrélation de Pearson (r) entre le JA et le QF pré-JA variaient de 0.26-0.84 et les CCI variaient de 0.25-0.84. Quant au JA et QF post-JA, les r variaient de 0.36-0.83 et les CCI de 0.36-0.83. Conclusion: Le QF présente une bonne fiabilité et validité pour l’énergie et la majorité des nutriments caractéristiques de la diète méditerranéenne.

Primera trobada de Korfbal d'escoles de primària del Baix LLobregat. 'Primer encuentro de Korfbal de escuelas de primaria del Baix LLobregat'.

El Korfbal es un deporte que se está introduciendo en las escuelas de Cataluña por los valores que puede favorecer, los cuales se exponen en este artículo : la coeducación, la cooperación y la no violencia. En la comarca del Baix LLobregat se realiza el primer encuentro escolar de éste deporte dando muestra de su aceptación por parte de los maestros de educación física y el alumnado.

Social citizenship, housing wealth and the cost of social care: is the Care Act 2014 'Fair'?

This article assesses the extent to which it is ‘fair’ for the government to require owner-occupiers to draw on the equity accumulated in their home to fund their social care costs. The question is stimulated by the report of the Commission on Funding of Care and Support, Fairer Care Funding (the Dilnot Commission) and the subsequent Care Act 2014. The enquiry is located within the framework of social citizenship and the new social contract. It argues that the individualistic, contractarian approach, exemplified by the Dilnot Commission and reflected in the Act, raises questions when considered from the perspective of intergenerational fairness. We argue that our concerns with the Act could be addressed by inculcating an expectation of drawing on housing wealth to fund older age: a policy of asset-based welfare.