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Filter by:We are going to assess an ability of speech perception in voice in children diagnosed with ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder), comparing to normal control group. This is an attempt to understand the factors influencing on this ability.
A number of processed foods particularly those high in protein and based on whey protein are high in advanced glycation end products (AGEs). AGEs are the result of a chemical reaction between mainly sugar and protein when they are heated together (known as the Maillard reaction). Whey protein is routinely derived via high temperature processing methods which produce AGEs. AGEs are absorbed during digestion and high circulating concentrations of AGEs are associated with adverse health effects such as dementia and the metabolic syndrome. In this study we aim to firstly ascertain the habitual level of AGE intake in the diet via a dietary questionnaire and equate this to both metabolic health and cognition at baseline. Volunteers will then be given a milkshake with either a high or low AGE content on either a high or low fat background. AGEs are usually ingested as part of a processed food diet which can be high in fat and it is necessary to separate the effects of these two food types. We will test these effects in a young and older group of volunteers with low and higher levels of circulating AGEs respectively. Circulating levels of hormones, glucose and lipids in the blood will be measured as indicators of metabolic health. Cognitive tests will be carried out to assess the impact of AGEs on episodic memory.
The progress of labour is traditionally determined by regular vaginal examinations (VEs) to assess the cervix (neck of the womb) and the baby's head position. Such examinations can be uncomfortable and risk causing infection to the baby or mother's womb. The findings are subjective, can be unreliable and cannot be recorded for later review and analysis. The novel, non-intrusive "transperineal ultrasound" technique has been developed utilising existing scanning machines normally found on a delivery unit, with the ultrasound probe placed outside the woman's vagina. This allows objective, recordable measurements creating images that can be captured and stored electronically. This is a prospective longitudinal observational cohort study in nulliparous term (37-42 weeks) labouring women. This study aims to improve the prediction of intrapartum Caesarean Delivery (ICD). The study contains ultrasound and clinical assessments: Transabdominal Ultrasound to measure: Umbilical and Middle Cerebral Artery Doppler, fetal head position and Amniotic Fluid Index (AFI). Transperineal Ultrasound to assess: Head Perineum Distance (HPD), Caput Succedaneum and moulding. Digital vaginal examination by a caregiver: to measure cervical dilatation. Primary outcome: • Mode of delivery Secondary outcome: • Time to delivery Neonatal outcomes: • Apgar score, cord pH level, gender, fetal birth weight, neonatal unit admission within 24 hours, neonatal morbidity.
Some stimuli, such as sinusoidal networks in motion, or the best known, Necker's cube, are simple visual stimulations generating interpretations of unstable and oscillatory shapes or movements, mutually exclusive. Currently, the explanatory models of these perception phenomena are based on adaptation and learning mechanisms as well as the importance of noise in the perceptual and decision-making system. Often noise is a harmful component, but it can also be a facilitator in perceptual systems: the investigator's eye is always in motion, it is the micro-movements during eye fixation (phase of eye stability). In particular, the role of micro-eye movements has been identified in perceptual systems, and it will be necessary here to relate these micro-movements to the perceptive tilts facing multisable stimuli. However, how to access the perceptive states is a real question, since it has been shown that the participant's transfer of his perceptual state by means of a motor response can alter the very state of the percept. This is why the EEG activity will be analyzed to learn to discriminate the different percepts over time, without disruption of the participant's perceptual exploration endogenous activity.
Study comparing caudal prolotherapy to conventional steroid for chronic low back pain