Supplemental Material for Effects of Executive Ability on Bias and Ingroup Perceptions in Aging

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Executive Ability

Effect of Levetiracetam on Cognitive Function and Clonic Seizure Frequency in Children with Epilepsy

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (9) ◽  
pp. 699-703
Author(s):  
Shihao Zhou ◽  
Qiong Zhan ◽  
Xiaomei Wu
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Function ◽  
Effective Rate ◽  
Clonic Seizure ◽  
Conventional Group ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Random Number Table ◽  
Clonic Seizures ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Experimental Group ◽  
Executive Ability

Background: This study aimed to explore the clinical effect of levetiracetam in the treatment of children with epilepsy. Methods: 136 children with epilepsy were selected from January 2017 to December 2017. According to the random number table method, they were divided into the experimental group and the conventional group, with 68 cases in each group. The conventional group was treated with valproate, while the experimental group was treated with levetiracetam. The effective rate, the cognitive function and the frequency of clonic seizures in the two groups were compared. Results: There was no significant difference in the total effective rate between the two groups (P>0.05). There was no significant difference in attention, executive ability, abstract and orientation scores between the two groups before treatment (P>0.05). After treatment, the focus of attention (106.54±6.56), executive ability (105.76±6.77), abstract and directional score (106.65±6.57) were significantly higher than that of the conventional group. The difference in the two groups was statistically significant (P<0.05). After 3 months of treatment, the frequency of myoclonic seizures (9.22±0.95) and the frequency of tonic-clonic seizures (11.68±1.36) were found to be significantly lower than those of the conventional group, and the difference between the two groups was statistically significant (P<0.05). Conclusion: Levetiracetam is effective in the treatment of children with epilepsy. It can effectively improve the cognitive function of the patients, reduce the frequency of myoclonic seizures and tonic-clonic seizures, and has a high promotion value.

scholarly journals Executive ability: Its discovery and development.

1934 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glen U. Cleeton ◽  
Charles W. Mason
Keyword(s):  
Executive Ability

THE PRESIDENT'S COLUMN

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1950 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 888-888
Author(s):  
EDWARD B. SHAW
Keyword(s):  
Executive Committee ◽  
Executive Director ◽  
Executive Board ◽  
Executive Secretary ◽  
Reorganization Plan ◽  
Business Acumen ◽  
Important Position ◽  
Executive Ability

THE returns of the vote on reorganization were overwhelmingly in favor of both propositions. There was some misunderstanding of proposition 2. The purpose of this proposal was to provide the Executive Committee with a directive to select, upon the retirement of Dr. Clifford G. Grulee, a successor to his office best suited to fulfill the requisites of this position who is, at the same time, available for appointment. The second proposal was perhaps unnecessary. Authority to select an Executive Secretary is vested in the Executive Board and it was suggested by Dr. Veeder in his letter of transmissal that changes might have to be undertaken slowly and involve a certain amount of pragmatism. It is expected that Dr. Grulee will continue under the reorganization plan as Executive Director until his retirement in July of 1951. Meanwhile the Board is proceeding most thoughtfully with the consideration of possible appointees to this important position. It is necessary, of course, that this man should have the confidence and respect of the membership but he must, at the same time, have executive ability, business acumen and an unusual capacity to reconcile the divergent views of our powerful organization into a pattern of Academy activities. The nature of his office makes it almost inescapable that the popularity of the Executive Director will vary from time to time with one or another segment of the membership. It is obviously to the advantage of the Academy and for the continuity of an over-all program to have the same individual remain in this position for many years.

scholarly journals Age and executive ability impact the neural correlates of race perception

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 1752-1761 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brittany S. Cassidy ◽  
Eunice J. Lee ◽  
Anne C. Krendl
Keyword(s):  
Neural Correlates ◽  
Race Perception ◽  
Executive Ability

Performance on tests sensitive to impaired executive ability in schizophrenia, mania and well controls: acute and subacute phases

1997 ◽  
Vol 26 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 127-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
John McGrath ◽  
Susan Scheldt ◽  
Joy Welham ◽  
Anne Clair
Keyword(s):  
Executive Ability

Ephraemius, Patriarch of Antioch

1938 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 364-370 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glanville Downey
Keyword(s):  
Roman Empire ◽  
Civil Service ◽  
Sixth Century ◽  
Government Service ◽  
Military Officer ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Church ◽  
Executive Ability

The sixth century in the Eastern Roman Empire saw the appointment to high ecclesiastical offices of several laymen chosen from the upper ranks of the army and the civil service. Apollinaris, patriarch of Alexandria from 551 to 570, had been before his appointment a high military officer, and his successor John had likewise passed the whole of his previous career in the army. It was evidently their marked executive ability which was responsible for the sudden translation of such men from the government service to the church, and in their new careers their energy and their mastery of administrative detail no doubt outweighed any previous lack of training in theological affairs.

scholarly journals An ERP study on the executive ability of youths served in plateau.

2018 ◽  
Vol 03 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiyuan Wang ◽  
Qun Yang ◽  
Wei Gao ◽  
Hui Wang ◽  
Junwu Cui ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Executive Ability

A-104 Examining Methods of Executive Ability from Trail Making Test Part B in Retired Football Players

2021 ◽  
Vol 36 (6) ◽  
pp. 1153-1153
Author(s):  
Daniel W Lopez-Hernandez ◽  
Bethany A Nordberg ◽  
Alexis Bueno ◽  
Pavel Y Litvin ◽  
Amy Bichlmeier ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Executive Functioning ◽  
Cognitive Deficits ◽  
Football Player ◽  
Group Differences ◽  
Football Players ◽  
Trail Making Test ◽  
Test Part ◽  
Trail Making ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Executive Ability

Abstract Introduction Repeated sports-related concussions have been associated with cognitive deficits, similar to other forms of traumatic brain injury. We investigated three different measures of executive ability derived from the Trail Making Test part B (TMT-B) in healthy comparison (HC) adults and retired football players. Methods The sample consisted of 32 HC, 15 retired football speed players (FSP; e.g., quarterbacks), and 53 retired football non-speed players (FNP) participants. Participants were administered both TMT part A (TMT-A) and TMT-B, and total time for completion was recorded. A series of ANCOVAs, controlling for age and education were conducted to evaluate group differences in executive abilities. Executive measures included the TMT-B raw score (i.e., seconds to complete TMT-B), the raw score difference (in seconds) between TMT-A and TMT-B (TMT-BA), and the difference between a predicted TMT-B score (TMT-BP) and the obtained TMT-B score (TMT-BBP). Correlations between TMT-B, TMT-BA, and TMT-BBP and other executive functioning tests (i.e., letter fluency and animal naming) were evaluated. Results Results revealed that the HC group outperformed both retired football player groups on all measures of executive ability derived from TMT-B, p’s &lt; 0.05, ηps2 = 0.18–0.45. Furthermore, the retired FNP TMT-B and TMT-BA were significantly correlated with both letter fluency and animal naming, r’s = −0.40 to −0.36, p’s &lt; 0.05. Discussion We found that the HC group outperformed both retired football player groups on all three TMT variables. In our retired FNP sample, more TMT variables correlated with executive functioning measures which suggests that TMT-B and TMT-BA are likely better measures of executive ability than TMT-BBP.

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