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Extended time improves reading comprehension test scores for adolescents with ADHD

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Open Journal of Psychiatry 2011年第3期1卷 79-87页

作者： thomas edwards brown Philipp Christian Reichel Donald Michael Quinlan 不详

Objective: To test the hypotheses that reading comprehension difficulties of adolescent students with ADHD: 1) are related not so much to weak verbal abilities or weak basic reading skills, as to impairments of working memory and processing speed characteristic of ADHD;and 2) that extended time on a test of reading comprehension would yield significantly higher reading comprehension scores than would standard time. Method: Charts of 145 adolescents 13-18 years diagnosed with DSM-IV ADHD and no specific reading disorder after a comprehensive clinical and psycho-educational evaluation, were reviewed to extract 1) word reading and word attack subtest scores from the Woodcock-Johnson Achievement Test or the Wechsler Individual Achievement Test;2) Index scores from WISC-IV or WAIS-III IQ tests;3) scores from the Nelson-Denny Reading Test. Results: Mean index scores for verbal comprehension abilities not including reading were in the high average range, but working memory and processing speed index scores were significantly weaker. Under standard time limits 53% were unable to complete the reading comprehension test and only 42.8% were able to score within 1 SD of their IQ verbal comprehension index (VCI). When allowed extended time, 77.9% were able to score within 1 SD of their VCI. T-test comparisons between standard time and extended time were significant at < 0.001. Conclusions: Allowing extended time for adolescents with ADHD to complete tests involving reading may help to compensate for their impairments of working memory and processing speed, allowing them to score closer to their actual verbal abilities.

关键词： ADHD Reading Comprehension Extended Time Working Memory Processing Speed

Utilization of RNA sequencing to investigate olfactory dysfunction in chronic rhinosinusitis without nasal polyps:A pilot study

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World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 2024年第1期10卷 29-36页

作者： Jorge A.Gutierrez III Jeremy L.Barth Rodney J.Schlosser thomas S.edwards Timothy L.Smith Zachary M.Soler Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Medical University of South CarolinaCharlestonSouth CarolinaUSA Department of Regenerative Medicine&Cell Biology Medical University of South CarolinaCharlestonSouth CarolinaUSA Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Oregon Health&Science UniversityPortlandOregonUSA

Objectives:Prior research on olfactory dysfunction in chronic rhinosinusitis(CRS)has focused on patients with polyps and suggests that direct inflammation of the olfactory cleft mucosa plays a contributory *** purpose of this study was to evaluate gene expression in superior turbinate mucosal specimens,comparing normosmic and dysosmic CRS patients without polyps(CRSsNP).Methods:Tissue samples were obtained from the superior turbinates of patients with CRSsNP at the time of endoscopic sinus *** subsequently underwent RNA sequencing and functional analysis to investigate biological pathways associated with differentially expressed genes between dysosmic(n=7)and normosmic(n=4)***:Differential gene expression analysis comparing dysosmic and normosmic CRSsNP patients showed upregulation of 563 genes and downregulation of 327 *** stringent criteria for multiple comparisons,one upregulated gene(Immediate Early Response 3[IER3])had an false discovery rate(FDR)correction adjustedP value considered statistically significant(P<0.001,fold change 2.69).Reactome functional analysis revealed eight biological pathways significantly different between dysosmic and normosmic patients(P<0.05,FDR correction)including IL-4 and IL-13 signaling,IL-10 signaling,and rhodopsin-like ***:RNA sequencing of the superior turbinates in patients with CRSsNP can provide valuable information regarding biological pathways and genes involved in olfactory *** study supports literature suggesting that Type 2 inflammation may play a role in olfactory dysfunction in at least some patients with *** study also prompts questions regarding the role of IL-10,rhodopsin-like receptors,andIER3 in the pathogenesis of olfactory dysfunction.

关键词： chronic rhinosinusitis without nasal polyps olfactory dysfunction RNA sequencing

Comparison of trigeminal lateralization with differing stimulants

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World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 2024年第1期10卷 66-69页

作者： Tiffany Chen Nicolas S.Poupore Michael C.Shih thomas S.edwards Shaun A.Nguyen Zachary M.Soler Rodney J.Schlosser Department of Otolaryngology‐Head and Neck Surgery Medical University of South CarolinaCharlestonSouth CarolinaUSA

Trigeminal-specific stimulants have been shown to activate different receptors preferentially and this likely accounts for variation in sensory *** is unclear whether trigeminal sensitivity is similar across different transient receptor potential(TRP)receptors or if dysfunction of different receptors results in differing patient ***,a prospective cohort study was conducted,consisting of trigeminal lateralization testing with three different stimulants(eucalyptol,isothiocyanate,acetic acid),olfaction testing with Sniffin'Sticks,and measurement of various patient‐reported outcome measures(PROMs).A total of 50 participants were enrolled across the olfactory *** TDI score was 27.1±8.3(range 7.0–39.5)with 38%normosmic and 62%*** trigeminal lateralization scores out of 20 in the overall cohort were 16.18(2.78)for eucalyptol,14.94(3.49)for mustard oil,and 15.28(3.68)for *** showed a significant correlation with threshold scores of Sniffin'Sticks.A significant correlation was found between acetic acid and various *** of the lateralization scores of the trigeminal stimulants correlated to each other significantly and there was no correlation to *** lack of correlation suggests that the measured sensitivity of one type of TRP receptor may not translate to similar sensitivity of the other *** investigations with TRPV1 and TRPA1 agonists are needed to corroborate our findings.

关键词： chemosensory olfaction trigeminal TRP receptor

Decarbonising energy: The developing international activity in hydrogen technologies and fuel cells

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Journal of Energy Chemistry 2020年第12期29卷 405-415页

作者： John Meurig thomas Peter P.edwards Peter J.Dobson Gari P.Owend Department of Materials Science&Metallurgy University of CambridgeCambridge CB30FSUK King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology(KACST)-Oxford Centre of Excellence in Petrochemicals and Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory University of OxfordOxford OX13QRUK The Queen’s College University of OxfordOxford OX14AWUK Annwvyn Solutions(Independent Consultant) BromleyKent BR13DWUK

Hydrogen technologies and fuel cells offer an alternative and improved solution for a decarbonised energy *** cells are electrochemical converters;transforming hydrogen (or energy sources containing hydrogen) and oxygen directly into *** hydrogen fuel cell,invented in 1839,permits the generation of electrical energy with high efficiency through a non-combustion,electrochemical process and,importantly,without the emission ofits point of ***,despite numerous efforts to exploit the obvious attractions of hydrogen technologies and hydrogen fuel cells,various challenges have been encountered,some of which are reviewed ***,however,given the exigent need to urgently seek low-carbon paths for humankind’s energy future,numerous countries are advancing the deployment of hydrogen technologies and hydrogen fuel cells not only for transport,but also as a means of the storage of excess renewable energy from,for example,wind and solar ***,hydrogen is also being blended into the natural gas supplies used in domestic heating and targeted in the decarbonisation of critical,large-scale industrial processes such as steel *** briefly review specific examples in countries such as Japan,South Korea and the People’s Republic of China,as well as selected examples from Europe and North America in the utilization of hydrogen technologies and hydrogen fuel cells.

关键词： Decarbonisation Hydrogen Energy Hydrogen Economy Fuel cells Environment Sustainability

Exercise training improves participation in persons with multiple sclerosis:A systematic review and meta-analysis

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Journal of Sport and Health Science 2022年第3期11卷 393-402页

作者： thomas edwards Anne Sophie Michelsen Afolasade O.Fakolade Ulrik Dalgas Lara A.Pilutti School of Human Kinetics University of OttawaOttawaON K1N6N5Canada Department of Public Health-Exercise Biology Aarhus UniversityAarhus C 8000Denmark School of Rehabilitation Therapy Queens UniversityKingstonON K7L3N6Canada Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences Brain and Mind Research InstituteUniversity of OttawaOttawaON K1N6N5Canada

Background Although previous studies have examined the effects of exercise training on other International Classification of Functioning,Disability and Health(ICF)component levels in persons with multiple sclerosis(MS),the effects of exercise training on participation remain *** objectives of this review were to:(1)characterize systematically the use of outcome measures that capture participation in exercise training studies;(2)quantify the effect of exercise training on participation in persons with *** A search of 6 electronic databases(CINAHL,SPORTDiscuss,Embase,MEDLINE,Cochrane Central,and Scopus)was conducted to identify controlled and noncontrolled trials involving exercise training and participation in persons with *** strings were built from Medical Subject Headings and CINAHL *** linking rules were used to identify participation chapters and categories ***-analysis was used to quantify the effect of exercise training on participation in randomized controlled trials comparing exercise effects to no intervention/usual *** We included 49 articles involving controlled and noncontrolled exercise trials in the systematic review of outcome *** captured 16 different outcome measures that captured all 9 participation chapters and identified 89 unique participation *** these 16 outcome measures,mobility was the most commonly represented participation chapter,with 108 items.A subsample of 23 randomized controlled trials was included in the *** overall effect of 0.60(standard error=0.12,95%confidence interval:0.36-0.84,z=4.9,p<0.001)was calculated,indicating a moderate,positive effect of exercise training on *** The current review provides information that can be used to guide the selection of outcome measures that capture participation in studies of exercise training in persons with *** training has a positive effect on outcomes that capture participation,p

关键词： Exercise training ICF framework Multiple sclerosis Participation

Isolating type-specific phenologies through spectral unmixing of satellite time series

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International Journal of Digital Earth 2018年第3期11卷 233-245页

作者： Jyoteshwar R.Nagol Joseph O.Sexton Anupam Anand Ritvik Sahajpal thomas C.edwards Global Land Cover Facility Department of Geographical SciencesUniversity of MarylandCollege ParkMDUSA USGS Utah Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Department of Wildland ResourcesCollege of Natural ResourcesUtah State UniversityLoganUTUSA

Vegetation phenology is commonly studied using time series of multispectral vegetation indices derived from satellite *** in reflectance among land-cover and/or plant functional types are obscured by sub-pixel mixing,and so phenological analyses have typically sought to maximize the compositional purity of input satellite data by increasing spatial *** present an alternative method to mitigate this‘mixed-pixel problem’and extract the phenological behavior of individual land-cover types inferentially,by inverting the linear mixture model traditionally used for sub-pixel land-cover *** using genetic algorithms,the method takes advantage of the discriminating capacity of calibrated surface reflectance measurements in red,near infrared,and short-wave infrared wavelengths,as well as the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index(NDVI)and the Normalized Difference Water *** simulation,the unmixing procedure reproduced the reflectances and phenological signals of grass,crop,and deciduous forests with high fidelity(RMSE<0.007 NDVI);and in empirical tests,the algorithm extracted the phenological characteristics of evergreen trees and seasonal grasses in a semi-arid *** approach shows potential for a wide range of ecological applications,including detection of differential responses to climate,soil,or other factors among vegetation types.

关键词： Spectral unmixing landsurface phenology NDVI genetic algorithms

Joint Contact Forces with Changes in Running Stride Length and Midsole Stiffness

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Journal of Science in Sport and Exercise 2020年第1期2卷 69-76页

作者： Joshua M.thomas WBrent edwards Timothy R.Derrick Department of Health Wellnessand SportUniversity of DubuqueDubuqueIA 52001USA Human Performance Laboratory Faculty of KinesiologyUniversity of CalgaryCalgaryAB T2N 1N4Canada Department of Kinesiology Iowa State University111L Forker BuildingAmesIA 50011USA

The purpose of this study was to determine if lower extremity joint loading was influenced by stride length or shoe midsole *** subjects completed 10 trials of overground running at an average speed of 4.43 m/s in each of three condi-tions:normal running,running with a stride length(SL)reduced by 10%of normal,and running with a cushioned midsole stiffness(i.e.,mechanical impact reduction of 13.7-10.9 g).Reaction forces calculated from inverse dynamics were summed with muscle forces estimated from a musculoskeletal model using static optimization to obtain joint contact forces at the hip,knee and ankle *** components of the contact forces[axial,anterior-posterior,and medial-lateral(ML)]were examined using parametric statistics(α=0.05).Reducing stride length resulted in significant decreases in absolute peak ankle contact forces in the axial direction(normal:-14.5±1.5 BW;reduced SL:-14.0±1.6 BW)and the ML direction(normal:0.67±0.23 BW;reduced SL:0.61±0.21 BW).Reducing stride length also reduced the peak absolute axial forces at the knee(normal:-10.6±1.3 BW;reduced SL:-9.8±1.2 BW)and the hip(normal:-7.26±2.24 BW;reduced SL:-6.75±2.10 BW).The cushioned shoe did not statistically reduce the peak absolute contact forces from the normal stride condition at any of the *** hoc stress analysis suggested that the observed changes in anterior hip force would increase stress more than any of the other statistically significant *** in stride length appear to decrease some joint contact variables but cushioning in the heel region of the shoe does not.

关键词： Gait Injury Compressive force Shear force Cushioning Strain

The First Pilot Epigenetic Type Improvement of Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in a Polymorphic Dopamine D2 (-DRD2/ANKK (Taq1A)), OPRM1 (A/G), DRD3 (C/T), and MAOA (4R) Compromised Preadolescence Male with Putative PANDAS/CANS: Positive Clinical Outcome with Precision-Guided DNA Testing and Pro-Dopamine Regulation (KB220) and Antibacterial Therapies

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Open Journal of Immunology 2024年第3期14卷 60-86页

作者： Kenneth Blum Igor Elman David Han Colin Hanna David Baron Ashim Gupta Shan Kazmi Jag Khalsa Debasis Bagchi thomas McLaughlin Rajendra D. Badgaiyan Edward J. Modestino Drew edwards Catherine A. Dennen Eric R. Braverman Abdalla Bowirrat Keerthy Sunder Kevin Murphy Nicole Jafari Foojan Zeine Paul R. Carney Mark S. Gold Kai-Uwe Lewandowski Alireza Sharafshah Aryeh R. Pollack Panayotis K. Thanos Division of Addiction Research & Education Center for Sports and Mental Health Western University of Health Sciences Pomona CA USA Department of Psychiatry Boonshoft School of Medicine Wright State University and Dayton VA Medical Centre Dayton OH USA Division of Nutrigenomics Victory Nutrition International Lederoch PA USA Institute of Psychology ELTE Etvs Lornd University Budapest Hungary Department of Psychiatry School of Medicine University of Vermont Burlington VT USA The Kenneth Blum Behavioral & Neurogenetic Institute LLC. Austin TX USA Department of Molecular Biology Adelson School of Medicine Ariel University Ariel Israel Division of Neuromodulation Research Karma Doctors & Karma TMS Palm Springs CA USA Division of Personalized Interventions Peak Logic Del Mar CA USA Division of Personalized Medicine Cross-Cultural Research & Educational Institute San Clemente CA USA Awareness Integration Institute San Clemente CA USA Division of Personalized Pain Therapy Center for Advanced Spine Care of Southern Arizona Tucson AZ USA Department of Psychiatry Harvard School of Medicine Cambridge MA USA Department of Management Science and Statistics University of Texas San Antonio TX USA Behavioral Neuropharmacology and Neuroimaging Laboratory Clinical Research Institute on Addictions Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences University at Buffalo Buffalo NY USA Future Biologics Lawrenceville GA USA Department of Microbiology Immunology & Tropic Diseases School of Medicine Georgetown University Washington DC USA Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences College of Pharmacy Texas Southern University Houston TX USA Department of Psychiatry School of Medicine Case Western University Cleveland OH USA Brain and Behavior Laboratory Curry College Milton MA USA The Neurogenesis Project Jacksonville FL USA Department of Family Medicine Jefferson Health Northeast Philadelphia PA USA Departmen

Pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with or without streptococcal and other bacterial infections (PANDAS/CANS) are emerging as a featured pediatric disorder. Although there is some controversy regarding treatment approaches, especially related to the behavioral sequelae, we have hypothesized in other published work that it is characterized by the rapid onset of Reward Deficiency Syndrome (RDS) in children. We propose utilizing a multi-systems biological approach involving the coupling of genetic addiction risk testing and pro-dopamine regulation (KB220/POLYGEN®) to help induce “dopamine homeostasis” in patients with PANDAS, especially those with known DNA-induced hypodopaminergia. This case study examines a 12-year-old Caucasian male with no prior psychiatric issues who presented with a sudden onset of severe anxiety, depression, emotional liability, and suicidal ideation. The patient underwent genotyping and the genetic addiction risk score (GARS) testing, which revealed risk polymorphisms in the dopamine D2 (-DRD2/ANKK (Taq1A), OPRM1 (A/G), DRD3 (C/T), and MAOA (4R) genes. These polymorphisms have been linked to hypodopaminergia. The patient was subsequently placed on research ID-KB220ZPBMPOLY (POLYGEN®), and albeit the possibility of bias, based upon self and parental assessment, a marked rapid improvement in psychiatric symptoms was observed. In the second phase of treatment (102 days utilizing KB220), the patient received standard antibody testing, which was positive for Lyme. Antibacterial therapy started immediately, and KB220z was discontinued to provide a wash-out period. A monotonic trend analysis was performed on each outcome measure, and a consistently decreasing trend was observed utilizing antibacterial therapy. Our recommendation, albeit only one case, is to utilize and further research a combined therapeutic approach, involving precision-guided DNA testing and pro-dopamine regulation along with antibacterial therapy, as well as

关键词： PANDAS CANS Genetic Addiction Risk Testing (GARS) Pro-Dopamine Regulation Hypodopaminergia Polymorphisms Antibacterial Therapy Infections

Comparative Study of Lead Removal by Extracts of Spinach, Coffee, and Tea

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Journal of Environmental Protection 2013年第3期4卷 250-257页

作者： Nichole Lathan Shelby edwards Charne thomas Lovell Agwaramgbo Chemistry Department Dillard University New Orleans USA.

The use of tea and coffee for the removal of heavy metal from aqueous lead solutions has been reported. However, those studies were limited to expended dry biomass of coffee and tea and the lead concentration in those studies range from 10 - 100 ppm of aqueous lead solution. This study compared the effectiveness of aqueous extracts of instant coffee (IC), coffee ground (CG), coffee bean (CB), Lipton tea (Tea), and spinach puree (SP) in removing lead from 1300 PPM of aqueous lead solution. After 24 hr of agitation at room temperature followed by centrifugation, the lead concentration (in ppm) in the liquid from each reaction tube was analyzed using EPA Method 6010 (Inductively Coupled Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectrometry (ICP-AES)). The results suggest that the order of lead removal was Spinach (99%) > Instant coffee (95%) >Tea (91%), > CG (62%) > CB (59%). In comparing the brewed versus the boiled extracts, the results demonstrated that temperature of the aqueous extract affected the lead removal potential of coffee and tea in decreasing order: IC (95%:79%), > Tea (91%:88%) > CG (62%:53%) > CB (59%:53%).

关键词： Heavy Metals Tea Coffee Lead Remediation Water Contamination Phytoremediation