Academic Articles & Research Papers

A Case Report of Gabapentin-induced Psychotic Disorder

Gabapentin was first approved for treatment of epilepsy by FDA, but later it received more attention due to its effects on pain relief, especially neuropathic pain and post-herpetic neuralgia, and in treatment of anxiety and insomnia. The m...

CSR and CEO’s Moral Reasoning in the Automotive Industry in the Era of COVID-19

This paper assesses whether and to which extent the COVID-19 pandemic, which represents a scenario of high moral intensity, is influencing the moral reasoning of top CEOs (chief executive officers) in the paradigmatic case of the automotive...

El higienista Manuel Pizarro Jiménez (1821-1892) y su discurso doctrinal «De la prostitución y de su influencia en las costumbres, en la moralidad y en la salud pública» (1870)

El presente artículo es una aproximación al problema de la prostitución en la España de la segunda mitad del siglo XIX. Se aporta el texto del «discurso doctrinal» que sirvió al higienista sevillano Manuel Pizarro Jiménez (1821-1892) para o...

Preoperative Radiological Findings Prior Endoscopic Dacryocystorhinostomy in Patients with Nasolacrimal Duct Obstruction

Background: Epiphora is a common condition brought on by blockage of the nasolacrimal duct. In order to diagnose and treat these patients, it is critical to evaluate their lacrimal drainage system. This study aimed to identify and analyze t...

Characterisation of COVID-19 deaths by vaccination types and status in Malaysia between February and September 2021

Why do emergency department clinicians miss acute aortic syndrome? A case series and descriptive analysis

Objectives: To understand why the diagnosis of AAS is missed in the ED, and to characterise the presenting features of cases in which a diagnosis of AAS was missed. Methods: A retrospective case series cohort study was performed, identif...

Longevity of dental restorations in Sjogren’s disease patients using electronic dental and health record data

Abstract Background Decreased salivary secretion is not only a risk factor for carious lesions in Sjögren’s disease (SD) but also an indicator of deterioration of teeth with every restorative replacement. This study determined the longevity...

Where and How Do Aging Processes Take Place in Everyday Life? Answers From a New Materialist Perspective

In the last decade, the focus of studies on age and aging has fundamentally changed from biological to symbolic, discursive, and cultural phenomena. Currently, the most studied topic in material gerontology is the materiality of age and agi...

Why did an effective Dutch complex psycho-social intervention for people with dementia not work in the German healthcare context? Lessons learnt from a process evaluation alongside a multicentre RCT

Background The positive effects of the Dutch Community Occupational Therapy in Dementia programme on patients' daily functioning were not found in a multicentre randomised controlled trial (RCT) in Germany.Objectives To evaluate possible ef...

Risk Profiles for Falls among Older Adults: New Directions for Prevention

ObjectiveTo address whether neighborhood factors, together with older adults’ levels of health and functioning, suggest new combinations of risk factors for falls and new directions for prevention. To explore the utility of Grade-of-Members...

Epigenetic Age Acceleration and Hearing: Observations From the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging

Objectives: Age-related hearing loss (ARHL) is highly prevalent among older adults, but the potential mechanisms and predictive markers for ARHL are lacking. Epigenetic age acceleration has been shown to be predictive of many age-associated...

Association of negative opinions towards telepsychiatry with its prior use and the level of geriatric psychiatry care among nursing home stakeholders

Objectives: Despite the benefits of geriatric telepsychiatry, the lack of support from the staff remains one of the major challenges it faces. We wanted to explore whether negative opinions towards telepsychiatry in nursing home (NH) stakeh...

Local, collaborative, stepped, and personalized care management for older people with chronic diseases – results from the randomized controlled LoChro-trial

Abstract Background In the aging population of Western societies, an increasing number of older adults have multiple chronic diseases. As multifaceted health problems imply the involvement of several healthcare professionals, multimorbid ol...

Impact of the Age of Cecal Material Transfer Donors on Alzheimer’s Disease Pathology in 5xFAD Mice

Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder affecting around 30 million patients worldwide. The predominant sporadic variant remains enigmatic as the underlying cause has still not been identified. Since efficient therap...

Types of Skin Afferent Fibers and Spinal Opioid Receptors that Contribute to Touch-Induced Inhibition of Heart Rate Changes Evoked by Noxious Cutaneous Heat Stimulation

Background In anesthetized rats and conscious humans, a gentle touch using a soft disc covered with microcones (with a texture similar to that of a finger), but not with a flat disc, inhibits nociceptive somatocardiac reflexes. Such an inhi...

Procedural Results and Long-Term Outcomes of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for in-Stent Restenosis Chronic Total Occlusion Compared with de novo Chronic Total Occlusion

Guodong Tang, Naixin Zheng, Guojian Yang, Hui Li, Hu Ai, Ying Zhao, Fucheng Sun, Huiping Zhang Department of Cardiology, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences,...

Physician assistants in geriatric medical care

Abstract Background The US population is maturing. As of 2020, over 52 million (16%) people are age 65 or older. With a citizenry that is increasingly “gray,” the nation is short of medical providers who specialize in geriatric medical care...

Having More Daughters Independently Predicts Home Discharge in Stroke Patients Admitted to Inpatient Rehabilitation Ward

Background: The predictors for failure of home discharge after post-acute inpatient stroke rehabilitation need investigation. Methods: With this retrospective case-control study conducted in a stroke rehabilitation unit in one tertiary hosp...

On the unstable mode merging of gravity-inertial waves with Rossby waves

We recapitulate the results of the combined theory of gravity-inertial-Rossby waves in a rotating, stratified atmosphere. The system is shown to exhibit a "local" (JWKB) instability whenever the phase speed of the low-frequency-long wave...

Rock Magnetism and Magnetic Fabric Study of the Icelandite and Rhyodacite Long Volcanic Sequence at Mauna Kuwale, Wai’anae Volcano, Oahu, Hawaii, USA

In order to understand further the emplacement (i.e., volcanic growth) of 22 Icelandite and 3 Rhyodacite cooling units in one of the long volcanic sequences known as Mauna Kuwale of the Wai’anae volcano (ca. 3.3 Ma), Oahu Hawaii we have con...