scholarly journals Correction to: Association Between Ov16 Seropositivity and Neurocognitive Performance Among Children in Rural Cameroon: a Pilot Study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Nelson Siewe Fodjo ◽  
Wepnyu Y. Njamnshi ◽  
Leonard Ngarka ◽  
Leonard N. Nfor ◽  
Constance Ayuk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Neurocognitive Performance ◽  
Rural Cameroon

Serum Brain Biomarker Level, Neurocognitive Performance, and Self-Reported Symptom Changes in Soldiers Repeatedly Exposed to Low-Level Blast: A Breacher Pilot Study

2013 ◽  
Vol 30 (19) ◽  
pp. 1620-1630 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charmaine M. Tate ◽  
Kevin K.W. Wang ◽  
Stephanie Eonta ◽  
Yang Zhang ◽  
Walter Carr ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Neurocognitive Performance ◽  
Low Level ◽  
Symptom Changes

Similar Neurocognitive Performance of Adults With and Without a History of Parental Alzheimer’s Disease: A Pilot Study

2005 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 208-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Ercoli ◽  
Prabha Siddarth ◽  
Tracy Harrison ◽  
Elvira Jimenez ◽  
Lissy F. Jarvik
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Neurocognitive Performance ◽  
History Of

scholarly journals Association Between Ov16 Seropositivity and Neurocognitive Performance Among Children in Rural Cameroon: a Pilot Study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Nelson Siewe Fodjo ◽  
Wepnyu Y. Njamnshi ◽  
Leonard Ngarka ◽  
Leonard N. Nfor ◽  
Constance Ayuk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Confidence Interval ◽  
Verbal Fluency ◽  
Regression Models ◽  
Linear Regression Models ◽  
Neurocognitive Performance ◽  
Anthropometric Parameters ◽  
School Aged Children ◽  
Gender Education ◽  
Rural Cameroon ◽  
Scale Estimate

AbstractInfection with Onchocerca volvulus was recently reported to increase the risk for epilepsy in Cameroonian children. We investigated whether infection with O. volvulus may alter the cognitive function of children who may or may not develop epilepsy later in their lifetime. Using rapid diagnostic tests, we determined the presence of Ov16 antibodies in 209 school-aged children without epilepsy recruited from three Cameroonian villages, as a proxy for onchocerciasis exposure. In addition, the neurocognitive performance of these children was assessed using a battery of validated tools. Participants were aged 6–16 years, and 46.4% were Ov16 seropositive. Upon standardizing age-specific neurocognitive scores and investigating predictors of neurocognitive performance using multiple linear regression models (adjusted for gender, education level, previous ivermectin use, and anthropometric parameters), we found that being Ov16-positive was significantly associated with reduced semantic verbal fluency (estimate –0.38; 95% confidence interval –0.65 to –0.11; p = 0.006) and lower scores on the International HIV Dementia Scale (estimate –0.31; confidence interval –0.56 to –0.04; p = 0.025). Furthermore, an increasing frequency of past ivermectin use was associated with increased neurocognitive scores. Our findings suggest that exposure to O. volvulus may affect neurocognitive performance of children.

Neurocognitive performance profile postparathyroidectomy: a pilot study of computerized assessment

Surgery ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 163 (2) ◽  
pp. 457-462 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caitlin F. Bell ◽  
Mathew M. Warrick ◽  
Kathleen C. Gallagher ◽  
Naira Baregamian
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Neurocognitive Performance ◽  
Computerized Assessment

Middle-Aged Children of Alzheimer Parents, A Pilot Study: Stable Neurocognitive Performance at 20-Year Follow-up

2005 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 187-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lissy F. Jarvik ◽  
Asenath La Rue ◽  
Izabella Gokhman ◽  
Tracy Harrison ◽  
Lori Holt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Neurocognitive Performance ◽  
Middle Aged

Pilot Study of Light Therapy and Neurocognitive Performance of Attention and Memory in Healthy Subjects

2008 ◽  
Vol 102 (1) ◽  
pp. 299-304 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Bersani ◽  
Daniela Marconi ◽  
Lucilla Limpido ◽  
Emanuele Tarolla ◽  
Eleonora Caroti
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Healthy Subjects ◽  
Recall Test ◽  
Bright Light ◽  
Light Therapy ◽  
Treated Group ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Attention And Memory ◽  
Neurocognitive Performance ◽  
Beneficial Effects

The aim of this pilot study was to investigate whether light therapy improves healthy subjects' neurocognitive performance of attention, memory, and language. Ten subjects were treated with white bright light for 5 days and a control group of 10 with no treatment were assessed with a battery of neurocognitive tests which included the Stroop Colour Word Interference Test, the Verbal Fluency Test, the Story Recall Test, and the Word Pairs Recall Test. Analysis showed improvements in cognitive scores in both groups, although on all the cognitive tests the mean difference scores between baseline and endpoint were significantly larger in the light-treated group. These preliminary results suggest that short-term bright light may exert beneficial effects on cognitive functions.

Sleep spindle activity in children with obstructive sleep apnea as a marker of neurocognitive performance: A pilot study

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 434-439 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pablo E. Brockmann ◽  
Felipe Damiani ◽  
Eduardo Pincheira ◽  
Francisca Daiber ◽  
Sergio Ruiz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Obstructive Sleep Apnea ◽  
Sleep Apnea ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Sleep Spindle ◽  
Neurocognitive Performance ◽  
Spindle Activity ◽  
Obstructive Sleep

Pilot study on criteria in cavity preparation-facts or artifacts?

1973 ◽  
Vol 37 (11) ◽  
pp. 27-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
G Salvendy ◽  
WM Hinton ◽  
GW Ferguson ◽  
PR Cunningham
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Cavity Preparation

Assessing manual dexterity: pilot study of a new instrument

1981 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 71-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
P Weinstein ◽  
HA Kiyak
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Manual Dexterity ◽  
New Instrument

A Pilot Study of Early Storybook Reading With Babies With Hearing Loss

2019 ◽  
Vol 62 (9) ◽  
pp. 3397-3412
Author(s):  
Michelle I. Brown ◽  
David Trembath ◽  
Marleen F. Westerveld ◽  
Gail T. Gillon
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Visual Analysis ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Eye Contact ◽  
Preliminary Evidence ◽  
Storybook Reading ◽  
Book Selection ◽  
Turn Taking ◽  
Parent Child

Purpose This pilot study explored the effectiveness of an early storybook reading (ESR) intervention for parents with babies with hearing loss (HL) for improving (a) parents' book selection skills, (b) parent–child eye contact, and (c) parent–child turn-taking. Advancing research into ESR, this study examined whether the benefits from an ESR intervention reported for babies without HL were also observed in babies with HL. Method Four mother–baby dyads participated in a multiple baseline single-case experimental design across behaviors. Treatment effects for parents' book selection skills, parent–child eye contact, and parent–child turn-taking were examined using visual analysis and Tau-U analysis. Results Statistically significant increases, with large to very large effect sizes, were observed for all 4 participants for parent–child eye contact and parent–child turn-taking. Limited improvements with ceiling effects were observed for parents' book selection skills. Conclusion The findings provide preliminary evidence for the effectiveness of an ESR intervention for babies with HL for promoting parent–child interactions through eye contact and turn-taking.

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