Cognitive control impairments have been identified as an underlying mechanism for rumination, a key predictor of depression. Literature suggests that cognitive control training (CCT) targeting working memory functioning can increase effectiveness of existing antidepressant treatments to reduce rumination. However, it remains unclear whether CCT can also be implemented as a preventive interventi...

Activation of the PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway is a crucial molecular event in human clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC), and is also upregulated in diabetic nephropathy. In diabetic rats metabolic changes affect the renal distal tubular epithelium and lead to glycogen-storing Armanni-Ebstein lesions (AEL), precursor lesions of RCC in the diabetes induced nephrocarcinogenesis model. These lesions ...

We examined prospectively 60 healthy volunteers to evaluate if the accuracy of central corneal thickness (CCT) measurement is influenced by Goldmann applanation tonometry (GAT) and vice versa. The sequence of the examinations in the right eye was CCT--GAT--CCT, in the left eye GAT--CCT--GAT and the measurements were done consecutively. Two tonometry and five pachymetry measurements were average...

OBJECTIVE The evaluation of central corneal thickness (CCT) in subjects with pesudoexfoliation glaucoma (PEXG), primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG), and in normotensive individuals with or without pseudoexfoliation syndrome (PXS). STUDY DESIGN/PATIENTS AND METHODS CCT was evaluated with ultrasound pachymetry in a total of 179 individuals: 32 had bilateral PEXG, 55 had bilateral POAG, 35 had PX...

OBJECTIVE To identify which pediatric patients with mild head trauma are candidates for skull radiographs or cranial computed tomography (CCT) scans. METHOD Patients with mild head trauma aged from 0 to 19 years presenting to the Emergency Department of a trauma centre from Salvador City, Brazil, between May 2007 and May 2008. RESULTS A total of 1888 mild head trauma patients were admitted;...

Colour discrimination has been widely studied in red-green (R-G) dichromats but the extent to which their colour constancy is affected remains unclear. This work estimated the extent of colour constancy for four normal trichromatic observers and seven R-G dichromats when viewing natural scenes under simulated daylight illuminants. Hyperspectral imaging data from natural scenes were used to gene...

PURPOSE To evaluate the effect of prostaglandin analogs (PGAs) on the biomechanical properties (corneal hysteresis [CH], corneal resistance factor [CRF]) and central corneal thickness (CCT) of patients with open-angle glaucoma. METHODS A total of 108 eyes were prospectively included for repeated measurements of intraocular pressure (IOP) with Goldmann applanation tonometry (GAT) and ocular re...

In a prospective study, 20 patients with arm lymphedema after breast cancer treatment underwent liposuction combined with Controlled Compression Therapy (CCT) or CCT alone. Indirect lymphoscintigraphy (ILS) was used to study lymph kinetics before and after intervention. Lymphoscintigrams from the contralateral, non-edematous arm were characterized by prompt transit of the radiotracer (99mTc-alb...

OBJECTIVES To prospectively intra-individually compare image quality of a 3rd generation Dual-Source-CT (DSCT) spiral cranial CT (cCT) to a sequential 4-slice Multi-Slice-CT (MSCT) while maintaining identical intra-individual radiation dose levels. METHODS 35 patients, who had a non-contrast enhanced sequential cCT examination on a 4-slice MDCT within the past 12 months, underwent a spiral cC...

Results Of the 202 patients undergoing TAVI assessment with both CMR and TTE, 133 also underwent CCT. Close agreement was observed between CMR and CCT in dimensions of the aortic annulus (bias, 0.4 mm; 95% limits of agreement: 5.7 to 5.0 mm), and similarly for sinus of Valsalva, sinotubular junction, and ascending aortic measures. Agreement between TTE-derived measures and either CMR or CCT was...