Examining Why Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C Drink Alcohol
The burden of chronic liver disease in the United States is substantial, affecting about 4.5...
Depression
Heart-focused breathing and perceptions of burden in Alzheimer’s caregivers: An online randomized controlled pilot study.
Informal caregivers of patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) often experience high stress and reduced wellbeing and quality of life. HeartMath’s Heart Lock-In® technique has been shown to reduce stress. In a...
Association between Stroop tasks and heart rate variability features in patients with somatic symptom disorder.
Patients with somatic symptom disorder (SSD) may have declined parasympathetic activity and selective attention to negative information. We combined Stroop tasks and heart rate variability (HRV) measurements to explore the brain...
Ecological momentary assessment as a measurement tool in depression trials.
We used ecological momentary assessment (EMA) to track symptoms during a clinical trial. Thirty-six participants with major depressive disorder (MDD) and MADRS scores ≥20 were enrolled in a nonrandomized 6-week open-label trial...
Evaluation of children’s pain expression and behavior using audio visual distraction.
Dental anxiety distresses children and their families with consequent poor oral health and costly pediatric dental services. Children’s behaviors could be modified using a distraction technique for improved dental...
Effects of art-based mandala intervention on distress and anxiety in cancer patients.
This study was planned to determine the effect of art-based mandala intervention on the distress and anxiety experienced by cancer patients.This semi-experimental study with a single group pretest-posttest design was performed...
Vertical-junction photodiodes for smaller pixels in retinal prostheses.
To restore central vision in patients with atrophic age-related macular degeneration, we replace the lost photoreceptors with photovoltaic pixels, which convert light into current and stimulate the secondary retinal neurons....
Use of Oxidized Regenerated Cellulose as a Hemostatic Agent in Neurosurgery: Appraisals and Recommendations to Prevent Postoperative Complications and Facilitate Follow-Up.
Neurosurgical hemostasis can be performed with bipolar coagulation and with the support of several dedicated biomaterials including oxidized regenerated cellulose (ORC; e.g., Surgicel®, Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ,...
Sleep quality trajectories from head and neck cancer diagnosis to six months after treatment.
Patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) often report disturbances in their sleep quality, impairing their quality of life. This study aims to examine the trajectories of sleep quality from diagnosis up to 6-month after...
Decision-making in single and multiple-screen CCTV surveillance.
One task of CCTV operation is to decide whether footage shown in videos depicts criminal behaviour, or allows a viewer to predict its occurrence. An increasing prevalence of cameras in the world, means an increase in screens in...
Correlation between depression and quality of life in patients with Parkinson’s disease.
To understand the distribution of Parkinson’s disease questionnaire-39 (PDQ-39) scores in Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients with or without depression, and to analyze the factors that influence the quality of life of...
Serotonin 2A receptor polymorphism rs3803189 mediated by dynamics of default mode network: a potential biomarker for antidepressant early response.
Serotonin 2A receptors (HTR2A) play a crucial role in the therapeutic response to antidepressant. The activity of serotonergic system could modulate the connectivity of the default mode network (DMN) in human brain. Our research...
