Race and Paretic Dementia

Differences in Rheobase and Chronaxie between the Paretic and Non-Paretic Sides of Hemiplegic Stroke Patients: a Pilot Study

[Purpose] Rheobase and chronaxie are used to confirm muscle degeneration. For stroke patients, however, the uses of rheobase and chronaxie in determining paretic side muscle degeneration is not yet fully understood. Thus, in this study, we examined the electrical properties of the quadriceps muscles of stroke patients' paretic side and compared them with their respective values on the non-paret...

Race and Race Theory

Prevalence and management of pain, by race and dementia among nursing home residents: United States, 2004.

KEY FINDINGS Data from the National Nursing Home Survey, 2004. About one-quarter of all nursing home residents reported or showed signs of pain. Nonwhite residents and residents with dementia were less likely to report or show signs of pain compared with white residents and residents without dementia. Nonwhite residents with dementia were least likely, and white residents without dementia were ...

NeuroradiologicalFindings of Paretic A Case Report

Neuroradiological findings of a patient with paretic neurosyphilis are described, A 50-year-old male patient showed personality changes, severe dernentia and some neurological deficits. Serological analysis of serum and cerebrospinal fluid demonstrated the presence of antibodies to Treponema pallidum. Coinputed tomography showed diffuse cerebral corticar atrophy and yentricular dilatation, and ...

Review of the book "Race and History"

In 1952, the UNESCO International Organization published a series on explaining and clarifying the role of culture in society and suggested the writing of a book on the issue of race throughout history to Claude Lévi-Strauss, a prominent French anthropologist. The result of his efforts is the publication of a book called "Race and History". Race and History is one of the books that was translat...