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Filter by:The purpose of this study is to assess the determinants of immunologic variance within the general healthy population.
The objective of this study is to determine whether individual and/or group occupational therapy leads to changes in generalized self-efficacy and psychological well-being, and to identify the type of therapy that has the best effects on older adults.
Heart rate variability can represent physiological and psychological levels via sympathetic and parasympathetic variables on autonomic nervous function. Omega-3 has shown that it can effect on physiological and psychological with many good results. The pathways to explain about its effect had been studied in many contexts. Effect to autonomic nervous function by Omega-3 is our interesting question.
This study will record patient electrocardiograms - as well as various other body signals (e.g., blood pressure, pulse wave, peripheral hemoglobin oxygen saturation) - as monitored routinely both during and immediately subsequent to surgical operations performed under general anesthesia. Through retrospective analysis of patients' heart rate variability (HRV), in concert with the other abovementioned parameters, the investigators seek to forward the development of novel mathematical models and tools for on-line detection of cardiovascular and autonomic dysfunction in the perioperative setting.
In this study the effects of mineralocorticoid stimulation on social cognition will be investigated in healthy young individuals.
The effects of hydrocortisone on cognition will be investigated.
Because e-cigarettes do not contain or burn tobacco, they do not appear to deliver the known toxins found in conventional cigarette smoke.However e-Cigarettes with low dose of tobacco were found to have immediate adverse physiologic effects after short-term use that are similar to some of the effects seen with tobacco smoking. In this study we wanted to assess the short-time effect of one e-cigarette with no tobacco vs a "traditional" cigarette. 10 n-smoking subject and 10 actual smokers will be enrolled in the randomized trial.
A brain-computer interface (BCI) is a system that provides a separate output pathway for neurological signals whereby they can be interpreted to determine the user's intended cognitive action. Utilizing EEG-based sensorimotor rhythms (SMRs) generated in the motor cortex has allowed subjects to control virtual computer cursors in up to three dimensions by simply imagining the movement of a specified body part. Nevertheless, the scalp EEG signals are smeared by the volume conduction effect and measurement noise. The overall hypothesis of this study is that EEG-based virtual object control may help reveal optimal motor imagination tasks best used in a BCI. The PI's hypotheses include: (1) The use of advanced signal processing techniques will better reveal characteristics of EEG signals that represent the underlying motor cognitive function of the subject; (2) BCI systems based on SMR generated using motor imaginations will allow effective control of a virtual object in real time; (3) EEG imaging techniques will provide insight into the areas of cortical activation during a motor imagery task that can be utilized to increase the spatial resolution of non-invasive BCI's.
This study was designed for exploring the association of cytochrome P450 3A4 rs2242480 polymorphism with metabolism of sufentanil in Chinese patients receiving upper abdominal surgery，to provide evidence for genetic prediction of personalized medication.Methods:60 patients who prepared for elective upper abdominal surgery under general anesthesia were recruited into study. Liver enzyme inhibitor should be excluded in anesthesia. rs2242480 genotyping was carried out by direct sequencing. The blood samples were drawn before anesthesia，30 min and 45min after anesthesia respectively，used for plasma sufentanil concentration detection with high performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS). After surgery，the patients received patient-controlled intravenous sufentanil immediately. And postoperative pain at rest，sufentanil consumption，side effects and rescue analgesic requirements were recorded at the 6th，12th，24th hour. The plasma sufentanil concentration and PCA sufentanil consumption were analyzed to investigate the differences among rs2242480 three genotypes.
This study aimed to find a quick and timely way to predict the individual variation of efficacy of opioid analgesic during the operation and postoperative analgesia in Chinese patients undergoing elective surgeries. Methods: 200 female patients receiving elective surgery under general anesthesia were recruited into this study. At the time of routine intravenous anesthetic induction we observe the efficacy of opioid analgesic including analgesic effect, effects on Narcotrend index, sedative effect, effects on respiratory system, and aslo effects on cardiovascular system. Then we record the consumption of of opioid analgesic during the operation and postoperative analgesia. Also we record the side effect of the opioid analgesic.