Evidence-based Psychiatric Care 2015;1;48-58 Abstract Objectives: The central role of cognitive deficits in depression is well established and represents a primary mediator of the negative consequences of this disorder in both human and economic terms. The aim of the present review is to provide an up-to-date overview of current knowledge on the cognitive aspects of depression with particular f...

Since the 5 century BC consideration has been given to diet and training for improved physical performance. In contrast the impact of environmental temperature and humidity on performance has largely been ignored until recent times, despite the fact that the environmental threat can result in severe impairment of performance and even death. As physical performance is impaired in both hot and co...

The experience of transformation into motherhood is a privilege reserved exclusively for women. A powerful experience of nurturing available to many women is that of nursing their children and the experience of breast feeding is an important part of their motherhood. Objectives: To assess and compare the efficacy of hot water application and cold cabbage leaves compresses in the treatment of br...

The exceptionally high temperature sensitivity of certain transient receptor potential (TRP) family ion channels is the molecular basis of hot and cold sensation in sensory neurons. The laws of thermodynamics dictate that opening of these specialized TRP channels must involve an unusually large conformational standard-state enthalpy, ΔH(o): positive ΔH(o) for heat-activated and negative ΔH(o) f...

Cold ambient temperature conditions are known to affect muscle performance characteristics, such as force output, power, and contraction velocity [ 11. Spectral and aniplitude characteristics of electromyogram (EMG) during inuscle contraction are modulated by the cold and hot ambient temperature [2]. Voluntary control of single motor unit action potentials (MUM') is a widely used method for inv...

We investigate the evolution of angular momentum in Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamic (SPH) simulations of galaxy formation, paying particular attention to artificial numerical effects. We find that a cold gas disc forming in an ambient hot gas halo receives a strong hydrodynamic torque from the hot gas. By splitting the hydrodynamic force into artificial viscosity and pressure gradients, we find ...