Current Topics

Current Topics in Epilepsy

Human epilepsies, by definition, are recurrent, self-sustained, paroxysmal disorders of brain function characterised by excessive firing of cerebral neurones. The underlying biochemical and morphological disturbances in the brain which are responsible for epilepsy are not clearly understood except that they appear to be diverse and hence the immediate difficulty in advancing a common mechanism ...

Current topics in ageing

The book begins with appreciable comments by Prof Mandeep S Dhillon, HOD, Deptt of Orthopedics, PGIMER, Chandigarh. He has rightly remarked it as an excellent attempt by the authors in bringing out this self care booklet for caregivers of bedridden patients. With increased life expectancy, the percentage of elderly population will significantly increase in India. Bringing out such a book was ne...

Current Topics in Epilepsy Surgery

This article reviews the current topics in the field of epilepsy surgery. Each type of epilepsy is associated with a different set of questions and goals. In mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE) with hippocampal sclerosis (HS), postoperative seizure outcome is satisfactory. A recent meta-analysis revealed superior seizure outcome after anterior temporal lobectomy compared with selective amygdal...

Current Topics in Qualitative Reasoning

Qualitative reasoning automates reasoning and problem solving about the physical world around us, a topic that is fundamental to AI. Qualitative reasoning has also generated techniques and systems that enter significant application domains. Successful application areas include autonomous spacecraft support, failure analysis and on-board diagnosis of vehicle systems, automated generation of cont...

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