Ebola alertness

Using the Untested Ebola Drug in Ebola Affected Patients: An Ethical Dilemma

Title: Alertness and Visuospatial Attention in Clinical Depression Title: Alertness and Visuospatial Attention in Clinical Depression

1) I am not sure if the trendlevel result for the influence of sad mood on one of the three visuospatial tests is justification enough for the conclusion: “...alertness and – to a lesser extend – sad mood led to left omissions in visuospatial neglect tests”. The manuscript has been changed accordingly (p.2, ll.10-12). Background: 2) In the literature, the term “unilateral neglect” seems to be c...

AL . : ESTIMATING ALERTNESS FORM THE EEG POWER SPECTRUM 1 Estimating Alertness from the EEG

In tasks requiring sustained attention, human alertness varies on a minute time scale. This can have serious consequences in occupations ranging from air traac control to monitoring of nuclear power plants. Changes in the electroencephalographic (EEG) power spectrum accompany these uctuations in the level of alertness, as assessed by measuring simultaneous changes in EEG and performance on an a...

Ebola Infection and Diabetes Mellitus

Diabetes mellitus is the common endocrine problem that affects millions of world population. The disease can be seen in every country around the world. It is recorded as one of the most common noninfectious disease at present. In the era of the new emerging diseases, the concern on the effect of new diseases on diabetes should be discussed. For example, in the case of new emerging zoonotic infl...

Ebola Treatment and Prevention are not the only Battles: Understanding Ebola-related Fear and Stigma