Usually it is accepted that human manifestations such as music or painting share a common artistic trait. However, very little is known about the genetic, behavioral, developmental and neurobiological basis of such a musical-pictorial "universal". In an attempt to approach commonalities and differences between the psychology of music and pictorial art in Experiment 1 we investigated the emotion...

Angiogenesis plays an essential role in the growth and progression of breast cancer. This observational single center study evaluated the efficacy and safety of a new weekly schedule of bevacizumab/paclitaxel combination in the first-line treatment of unselected, HER2-negative, metastatic breast cancer (MBC) patients, in a real-life setting. Thirty-five patients (median age 56 years, range 40-8...

The left hemisphere is usually predominant in manual skills and language, suggesting a link between hand dominance and language. Studies of autism spectrum disorder show atypical handedness; however, few have examined language-handedness associations. Handedness, assessed by task performance, and standardized receptive and expressive language tests were completed in 110 autism spectrum disorder...

Background and Objective: Coronavirus disease known as COVID-19 pandemic is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which is affecting over 200 countries all over the world. This study was aimed to identify simple and swiftly available laboratory biomarkers to help facilitate effectual triage to categorize suspected COVID-19 patients. Materials and Methods: Acco...

by Daniel M. Turpin The 21-Item Test was administered to 20 healthy elderly individuals dwelling in the community and 53 individuals residing in a nursing home. The 20 healthy elderly individuals had means for age, education, and Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire (SPMSQ) of 76.25 years (SD = 7.19), 14.30 years (SD = 3.89), and .30 (SD = 4.70), respectively. The second group of 53 nursi...

The prophylactic therapy of the episodic (ECH) and chronic cluster headache (CCH) is based on verapamil and carbolithium. Besides several patients are not responders at this drugs. To evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of zonisamide in prophylaxis therapy of ECH and CCH. 11 patients (pz), (4 F,7 M) mean age 42.8 years (SD 5.8), range 36-56 years, suffering from ECH (8pz) and CCH (3 pz) (ICD...

OBJECTIVES To compare the distribution of body mass index (BMI) in a national representative study in The Netherlands in 1996-7 with that from a study in 1980. METHODS Cross sectional data on height, weight, and demographics of 14 500 boys and girls of Dutch origin, aged 0-21 years, were collected from 1996 to 1997. BMI references were derived using the LMS method. The 90th, 50th, and 10th BM...

Vulvodynia is a prevalent vulvovaginal pain condition that interferes with women's psychological health. Given the central role of sexuality and relationships in vulvodynia, relationship satisfaction may be an important moderator of daily partner responses to this pain and associated negative sequelae, such as depression. Sixty-nine women (M age=28.12 years, SD=6.68) with vulvodynia and their c...

OBJECTIVE To describe fruit and vegetable intake of pre-school and school children in the Czech Republic and to provide information about their preferences and dietary habits. DESIGN Cross-sectional dietary survey conducted by the method of repeated 24 h recall on two non-consecutive days. Usual intakes were calculated for three age categories (4-6, 7-10 and 11-14 years). SETTING The whole ...