Objective In patients demonstrating dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), pneumonia is a common complication. However, the prognostic factors for the survival time in DLB with pneumonia have not been investigated by autopsy in patients with neuropathologically confirmed DLB. Methods We conducted a retrospective study of the medical and autopsy reports of 42 patients admitted to a Japanese hospital b...

<p class="Abstract"><span lang="EN-US">Pada tahun 1972, ILO sebagai institusi ketenagakerjaan internasional memperkenalkan tujuh kriteria konsep sektor informal. Kemunculan informal tersebut lahir di tengah geliat pembangunan negara dunia ketiga yang semangat dengan pertumbuhan ekonomi melalui industrialisasi. Memasuki dekade 2000-an dan 2010-an, eksistensi tetap dirasakan keberadaa...

The article intends to demonstrate the challenges that an architectural archive faces in order render records accessible public, focusing analysis on specific collection of Raúl Hestnes Ferreira. various occasions when were consulted have been justified article. This began with development my doctoral studies, through post-doctoral fellowship 2015, having had privilege visiting architect’s stud...

Time series quite often show patterns that repeat periodically. Monthly retail sales provide a good example. If the seasonality is very regular, seasonal dummy variables can be used to give, for example, a monthly effect for each month. With this approach, the January effect is assumed to be the same regardless of the year. Seasonal ARMA error terms can be added to make some local modifications...

Two new species of Stenochironomus Kieffer, 1919 are described in Brazil. New records of Stenochironomus nudipupa Borkent, 1984 and S. gladius Borkent, 1984 from Brazil, new data on geographical distribution of S. jubatus Borkent, 1984 and S. triannulatus Borkent, 1984 from the State of Roraima, and S. bacrionis Borkent, 1984 recorded from the State of Amazonas, as well as emended descriptions ...

Memory plasticity, or the ability to improve one's memory performance through instruction and training, is known to decline during adulthood. However, direct comparisons among middle childhood, adulthood, and old age are lacking. The authors examined memory plasticity in an age-comparative multisession training study. One hundred and eight participants ages 9-10, 11-12, 20-25, and 65-78 years l...

The objectives of this study were to examine the association of the on-treatment CD4 cell count with late mortality (after >6 months of antiretroviral treatment [ART]) and to identify the determinants of the long-term CD4 cell count evolution after treatment initiation. We conducted a retrospective analysis including all antiretroviral (ARV)-naïve adults initiating ART in a tertiary hospital in...

Background: Airport workers are continuously exposed to different levels of radiofrequency microwave (RF/MW) radiation emitted by radar equipments. Radars are extensively used in military and aviation industries. Over the past several years, our lab has focused on the health effects of exposure to different sources of electromagnetic fields such as cellular phones, mobile base stations, mobile ...

Abstract Translation is a process which needs concentration and a relaxed mind. Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is a mental disorder which causes the patients to repeat something continuously so that it is done in the best way. As both translation and OCD are mental processes, this study has investigated the relation between these two mental processes. For this purpose, at first Oxford Plac...