167 research outputs found
Neuropsychological test performance in mild cognitive impairment with Lewy bodies: A systematic review and meta-analysis
No full textBACKGROUNDWe sought to characterize the cognitive profile among individuals with mild cognitive impairment with Lewy bodies (MCI-LB) to help guide future clinical criteria.METHODSSystematic review and meta-analysis included MCI-LB studies with cognitive data from PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and PsycINFO (January 1990 to March 2023). MCI-LB scores were compared to controls, MCI due to Alzheimer's disease (MCI-AD), and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) groups with random-effects models.RESULTSWe included 26 studies and 2823 participants. Across all domains, the MCI-LB group performed worse than controls and better than DLB. Compared to MCI-AD, the MCI-LB group performed worse in attention/processing speed (g = –0.24, 95% confidence interval [CI]: –0.35, –0.12), attention/executive (g = –0.42, 95% CI: –0.56, –0.28); better in verbal immediate recall (g = 0.37; 95% CI: 0.15, 0.59) and delayed memory (g = 0.40; 95% CI: 0.22, 0.58).DISCUSSIONThe cognitive profiles in MCI-LB and MCI-AD are consistent with established profiles in DLB and AD. Neuropsychological assessment may be helpful in differential diagnosis, even in early disease states
Neuropsychological Characterization of Evolving Cognitive Decline in Idiopathic REM Sleep Behavior Disorder Is Important, But Not Easy
No full textBorder Bandits: Hollywood on the Southern Frontier (Book Review)
No full textFojas begins the preface to her book with a reference to May 1, 2006, a date on which American workers recognized International Labor Day by boycotting their jobs and marching to reject a law that repressed undocumented workers at the same time that it proposed the construction of a wall along the whole 700-mile Mexican border. The author claims that this protest marked a new era in the predicament of workers at the bottom of the labor market (vii). For Fojas, this moment marks a new visibility for Latinos and immigrant communities.
It is against this historical and political horizon that Camilla Fojas undertakes her study of how Hollywood cinema has framed and continues to frame our image (national and international) of the Mexico-U.S. frontier. In the process, she traces the history of U.S. military interventions in Mexico and the political pressures imposed on the country South of the border by its more powerful neighbor
[P2–438]: COGNITION AND HIPPOCAMPAL PATHOLOGIC DENSITY OF α‐SYNUCLEIN, TAU AND AMYLOID‐β IN DEMENTIA WITH LEWY BODIES
No full textPsicoanálisis en la vejez; cuando el cuerpo se hace biografía y narración.
No full textPopulation over 65 years old has been increasing worldwide in the last decades. So has increased psychoanalytic consultation of elderly people. This paper approaches the possible advantages of such psychoanalytic treatments in persons who have surpassed middle-age crisis and are in the process of aging. The author emphasizes on the conflicts between the projects born from ideals and what was or still can be achieved, and on setting aspirations into a new perspective. The author also brings up depression and mourning for losses that have occurred as well as for the diminishing of body functions and the harm and loss on the image of the body from the youth. A clinical vignette from an analysis illustrates these ideas. En las últimas décadas la población de más de 65 años viene en aumento en el mundo entero. También las consultas de personas mayores. En este trabajo se abordan los beneficios posibles de los tratamientos psicoanalíticos con personas en proceso de envejecimiento. Se hace hincapié en los conflictos entre los proyectos trazados en función de los ideales y lo logrado o pasible de lograrse, y el redimensionamiento de las aspiraciones. Planteamos asimismo la situación de depresión y duelo por las pérdidas sobrevenidas así como por la disminución de funciones corporales y el menoscabo y pérdida de la imagen del cuerpo de la juventud. Se ejemplifican estos temas a través de una viñeta clínica de un análisis y los beneficios de la experiencia analítica luego de la crisis de la mitad de la vida
Acta Neuropathol
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A review of international market forecasting and testing the Multiple Factor Analysis Technique
No full textActive participation in international trade is a must for the governments and business of today's rapidly changing world. This situation enforces the need to have extensive information on market potential estimation methods. Special factors related to international markets such as data deficiency and unexpected data needs make the market assessment task a much more difficult and complicated issue.
In this study, first, an attempt is made to have a compact inventory of existing international forecasting techniques. Different classification schemes from the literature are presented. In order to evaluate the available international forecasting techniques, nine evaluative factors have been defined and used in an overall evaluation attempt. These efforts showed that none of the existing techniques are very applicable and successful in international markets.
Second, Multiple Factor Technique is presented as a low-cost, preliminary market assessment technique that can be utilized in international markets. The mechanics of the technique and it's rationale are discussed with a brief developmental background. The technique is tested by using different number of variables with unweighted and weighted market potential indices. The United States is chosen as the reference market while the United Kingdom is the target market. A durable consumer good (VCR) and a non-durable consumer good (beer) are used to test the Multiple Factor Technique with ten years (1974-1983) data.
Multiple Factor Technique seem to be more accurate with non-durable products than with durable products. Meanwhile, this author believes that the results may have something to do with the maturity of both reference and target markets. For example, if the target country is immature but the reference country mature, MFT might be effective for future market potential estimates.
Furthermore, a Multiple Factor Technique based short term forecasting attempt shows that the technique is as much applicable as it is for a market assessment technique. Future studies will improve our understanding as well as our ability to apply the Multiple Factor Technique.M.S
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