LATENT NEUROSYPHILIS — CAUSE OF DEATH

Neurosyphilis after treatment of latent syphilis with benzathine penicillin.

Two patients developed neurosyphilis after treatment of latent syphilis with intramuscular benzathine penicillin. The cases confirm recent investigations that show that neither benzathine penicillin nor procaine penicillin in the standard doses results in treponemicidal concentrations of penicillin in cerebrospinal fluid. Neurosyphilis can be treated effectively by intravenous benzylpenicillin ...

Running head: LATENT CAUSE THEORY OF CONDITIONING Exploring a Latent Cause Theory of Classical Conditioning

We frame behavior in classical conditioning experiments as the product of normative statistical inference. According to this theory, animals learn an internal model of their environment from experience. The basic building blocks of this internal model are latent causes—explanatory constructs inferred by the animal that partition observations into coherent clusters. Generalization of conditioned...

Assessment of the Data Quality of Cause of Death Registration in Iranian Hospitals in 2016

Background and Objectives: A large proportion of the data of cause of death is registered in hospitals in Iran. Assessment of the death data can help to identify the problems of cause of death registration system and improve it. Therefore, this study was conducted to review the quality of cause of death registration in Iranian hospitals in 2016.   Methods: All hospital deaths in 2016 were rev...

A Latent Cause Theory of Classical Conditioning

Classical conditioning experiments probe what animals learn about their environment. This thesis presents an exploration of the latent cause theory of classical conditioning. According to the theory, animals assume that events within their environment are attributable to a latent cause. Learning is interpreted as an attempt to recover the generative model that gave rise to these observed events...

Cytomegalovirus: a cause of persistent latent infection.