Cogent evidence shows that cannabis plays a variable role on behavioral regulation and the pathophysiology of most psychiatric conditions. Accordingly, cannabis has been alternatively shown to exacerbate or ameliorate mental symptoms, depending on its composition and route of consumption, as well as specific individual and contextual characteristics. The vulnerability to the psychological effec...

Simulation models of facial expressions suggest that posterior visual areas and brain underpinning sensorimotor simulations might interact to improve expression processing. According these models, mimicry, a manifestation simulation, may contribute the processing by influencing early stages. The aim this study was assess whether how simulation influences stages face processing, also investigati...

Treatment decision of displaced proximal humeral fractures is based on bone quality, fracture pattern, degree of displacement and patient profile. The AO/ASIF fracture classification helps in guiding treatment. Nonsurgical treatment consists of sling immobilisation. Surgical options include closed reduction and percutaneous pinning, open reduction and internal fixation with either conventional ...

Two studies were carried out with pigs to determine the relationship between back test results and production parameters and between back test results and other factors. In the first study, 823 piglets were tested with the back test at 10 and 17 days of age. Production parameters such as average daily weight gain and lean meat percentage were determined. In the second study, the back test was p...

This paper aims to study the influence of individual and perceptual characteristics on e-learning outcomes. A conceptual model, based on the social cognitive theory, technology acceptance theory and training evaluation model, is developed and tested on 410 trainees, in Tunisian context. Data analysis conducted by structural equations shows the importance of motivation to learn, perceptual usefu...

Autofluorescence spectroscopy is a tool for detecting tissue alterations in vivo. In a previous study, we found spectral differences between clinically normal mucosa of different patient groups. These are possibly caused by associated patient characteristics. In the present study, we explore the influences of volunteer characteristics on healthy oral mucosa autofluorescence. Autofluorescence sp...