2016 Aim: We investigated whether children and adolescents with concussion history show cognitive–motor integration (CMI) deficits. Method: Asymptomatic children and adolescents with concussion history (n = 50; mean 12.84 years) and no history (n = 49; mean: 11.63 years) slid a cursor to targets using their finger on a dual-touch-screen laptop; target location and motor action were not aligned ...

In this paper, we present two commands – cmi test and cmi interval – to implement the testing and inference methods for conditional moment inequalities/equalities models proposed in Andrews and Shi (2013). The command cmi test tests the validity of a finite number of conditional moment equalities and/or inequalities. This test returns the value of the test statistic, the critical values at sign...

Background Recent studies in canines have shown that focal iron depositions within chronic scar tissue influences the electrical behavior of infarcted hearts. Further, T2weighted CMR of post-mortem sudden cardiac death (SCD) victims with chronic myocardial infarction (CMI) have consistently demonstrated regions of signal loss within the CMI territories. To date, the link between the post-infarc...

Subcutaneous immunization delivers antigen (Ag) to local Ag-presenting cells that subsequently migrate into draining lymph nodes (LNs). There, they initiate the activation and expansion of lymphocytes specific for their cognate Ag. In mammals, the structural environment of secondary lymphoid tissues (SLTs) is considered essential for the initiation of adaptive immunity. Nevertheless, cold-blood...

BACKGROUND This population-based study examined the relative and combined relationships of chronic medical illness (CMI) and depressive symptoms with health care utilization among older adults in South Korea. METHODS A nationally representative sample of 3224 older adults participating in the Korean Longitudinal Study of Ageing (KLoSA) were categorized into four groups based on clinical chara...

The 70-kDa recombinant Candida albicans heat shock protein (CaHsp70) and its 21-kDa C-terminal and 28-kDa N-terminal fragments (CaHsp70-Cter and CaHsp70-Nter, respectively) were studied for their immunogenicity, including proinflammatory cytokine induction in vitro and in vivo, and protection in a murine model of hematogenous candidiasis. The whole protein and its two fragments were strong indu...

Aflatoxins are immunotoxins that frequently contaminate staple foods in The Gambia and other parts of sub-Saharan Africa, resulting in high exposure throughout life. Impaired infant immune system development may be a key predictor of mortality from infectious disease. In this study we aimed to determine the effect of dietary aflatoxin exposure on a number of immune parameters in Gambian childre...

BACKGROUND Written medicine information can play an important role in educating consumers about their medicines. In Australia, standardised, comprehensive written information known as Consumer Medicine Information (CMI) is available for all prescription medicines. CMI is reportedly under-utilised by general practitioners (GPs) and community pharmacists in consultations, despite consumer desire ...

In the FY 2011 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Proposed Rule, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) described its methodology for measuring the documentation and coding changes the agency believed resulted from the shift to Medicare Severity Diagnosis Related Groups (MS-DRGs). The Moran Company (TMC) was asked to examine CMS' approach and determine if it is an appropria...