Early-onset schizophrenia (EOS) offers a unique opportunity to study pathophysiological mechanisms and development of schizophrenia. Using 26 drug-naïve, first-episode EOS patients and 25 age- and gender-matched control subjects, we examined intrinsic connectivity network (ICN) deficits underlying EOS. Due to the emerging inconsistency between behavior-based psychiatric disease classification s...

Polymer-RISM theory is applied to study athermal polymeric lattice fluids. The intermolecular segmental distributions and the compressibility equation of state (EoS) have been obtained within the approach for three different intramolecular distribution functions, i.e., the random flight, the non reversal random walk, and an intramolecular distribution obtained from Monte Carlo simulations. Both...

We constructed several sequences of classical Cepheid envelope models at solar chemical composition (Y = 0.28, Z = 0.02) to investigate the dependence of the pulsation properties predicted by linear and nonlinear hydrodynamical models on input physics. To study the dependence on the equation of state (EOS) we performed several numerical experiments by using the simplified analytical EOS origina...

BACKGROUND EOS is a biplane X-ray imaging system manufactured by EOS Imaging (formerly Biospace Med, Paris, France). It uses slot-scanning technology to produce a high-quality image with less irradiation than standard imaging techniques. OBJECTIVE To determine the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of EOS two-dimensional (2D)/three-dimensional (3D) X-ray imaging system for the eval...

OBJECTIVE Repeated exposure to cannabis in nonpsychotic adolescents is associated with impairments in executive control of attention, similar to those observed in young adults with first-episode schizophrenia. To assess the impact of recurrent exposure to cannabis on cognitive function, this study characterized attention performance in both nonpsychotic adolescents and adolescents with early-on...

The use of essential oils (EOs) and their components is known since long in traditional medicine and aromatherapy for the management of various diseases, and is further increased in the recent times. The neuroprotective and anti-aging potentials of EOs and their possible mechanism of actions were evaluated by numerous researchers around the globe. Several clinically important EOs and their comp...

BACKGROUND Despite a low positive predictive value, diagnostic tests such as complete blood count (CBC) and C-reactive protein (CRP) are commonly used to evaluate whether infants with risk factors for early-onset neonatal sepsis (EOS) should be treated with antibiotics. STUDY DESIGN We investigated the impact of implementing a protocol aiming at reducing the number of diagnostic tests in infa...

Aromatic plants are rich in essential oils with considerable antimicrobial properties.The aim of this study was to investigate chemical composition, antimicrobial activity and antioxidant properties of Melissa officinalis and Deracocephalum moldavica essential oils (EOs). The identification of chemical constituents of the EOs was carried out using gas chromato-graphy-mass spec...

Introduction EOS 2D/3D imaging system (EOS imaging, Paris, France) is a multidimensional Xray imaging system that is able to acquire high quality images in two perpendicular planes with less radiation than standard imaging techniques. EOS is currently used clinically in scoliosis and lower extremity deformities (leg length discrepancy, angulation deformities, etc). Although technically very pro...