scholarly journals Effects of a Nutritional Supplement (DiRelaxTM) On Anxiety in Dogs

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Scandurra ◽  
Vincenzo Mastellone ◽  
Maria Elena Pero ◽  
Nadia Musco ◽  
Piera Iommelli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Adverse Effects ◽  
Beneficial Effect ◽  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Nutritional Supplement ◽  
Treatment Results ◽  
Behavioral Difference ◽  
Clinical Investigations ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Ameliorative Effect ◽  
Impossible Task

This study aimed to investigate the efficacy of DìRelaxTM, a nutraceutical formulated to reduce anxiety in dogs. The CBARQ questionnaire, some clinical investigations, and the impossible task test were performed in dogs before and after the treatment. Results showed an ameliorative effect on the performances of treated dogs during the solvable phases, with a significant decrease of the time needed to solve the task. No behavioral difference was found between treated and untreated anxious dogs during the unsolvable phase. According to the results from the C-BARQ questionnaire, some of the behaviors appear improved. In general, this study suggests that DiRelaxTM can be safely administered with no adverse effects and can exercise a beneficial effect on anxious dogs by enhancing their cognitive abilities.

EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF NECK SHOULDER PAIN TREAMENT BY ACUPUNCTURE, MASSAGE AND TRADITIONAL MEDICINE REMEDY

2013 ◽  
pp. 110-117
Author(s):  
Thi Tan Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Traditional Medicine ◽  
Shoulder Pain ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Pain Treatment ◽  
Central Hospital ◽  
Treatment Results ◽  
Good Account ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The City ◽  
Pain Patients

Objectives: To assess the effectiveness neck shoulder pain treatment by acupuncture, massage and traditional medicine remedy. Materials and Methods: 42 patients included in the inpatient and outpatient at the Department of Traditional Medicine, Hue Central Hospital and Traditional Medicine Hospital of Thua Thien Hue, was diagnosed as neck shoulder pain. Patients were treated with acupuncture, massage and medicine, according to the research methodology, assessing the results before and after treatment. Results: The age accounted for the highest proportion of 31-45 (42.49%), the second is between the ages of 46-60 (26.18%) and> 60 (26.18%). Incidence in the city (66.67%) than rural (33.33%) (p <0:05). Patients presented with neck shoulder pain (100%), together with the head pain, pain in the shoulder, arm numbness, movement restrictions tilted head bowed. Conclusion: good variety and accounted for 71.42% of which are quite good account of 14.28%, only 2.38% is poor. Results of good, high aged 31-45 (35.72%) and in patients with a course of treatment (66.66%). Key words: neck shoulder pain, acupuncture, massage, traditional medicine remedy.

STUDY ON EFFICACY OF QUADRUPLE THERAPY RACM IN PATIENTS WITH HP- POSITIVE GASTRIC ULCER

2011 ◽  
pp. 88-99
Author(s):  
Khanh Vinh ◽  
Ngoc Doanh Pham ◽  
Van Huy Tran
Keyword(s):  
Gastric Ulcer ◽  
Adverse Effects ◽  
The Other ◽  
Healing Ulcer ◽  
Treatment Results ◽  
Quadruple Therapy ◽  
Ulcer Relapse ◽  
H Pylori ◽  
Chronis Disease ◽  
Positive Materials

Objectives: Gastric ulcer is a chronis disease with a lot of dangerous complications and H. pylori is a major cause of gastric ulcer. Eradicating H. pylori helps reducing ulcer relapse and preventing cancer. The aim of study: to evaluate the rate of H. pylori infection in gastric ulcer and efficacy of quadruple therapy RACM for 5 days in patients with gastric ulcer with H. pylori positive. Materials and methods: Total 98 patients with gastric ulcer have been performed the endoscopy and CLO-Test, treated with quadruple therapy RACM for 5 days and evaluate efficacy 4 weeks after ending treatment. Results: The rate of H. pylori in gastric ulcer is 82.65%. The rate of H. pylori eradication is 88.71%. The effect of reducing pain of therapy is 90.32%; and the rate of reducing pain: 96.37% in successfully H. pylori-eradicated group and in the other group 42.85% (p < 0.05). The effect of healing ulcer of therapy is 77.41%; and the rate of healing gastric ulcer: 83.63% in successfully H. pylori-eradicated group and in the other group 28.57% (p < 0.05). The adverse effects of therapy included tiredness: 11.29%, lose appetite: 8.06% and diarrhea: 6.45%. Conclutions: Quadruple therapy RACM for 5 days showed an effective, safe and simple regime for eradicating H. pylori and should be considered to apply as the first lines treatment for H. pylori.

The impact of a music education program on meta-musical awareness, logical-mathematical, and notational skills in preschoolers

2021 ◽  
pp. 025576142110272
Author(s):  
Oriana Incognito ◽  
Laura Scaccioni ◽  
Giuliana Pinto
Keyword(s):  
Music Education ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Musical Training ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Transfer Of Knowledge ◽  
General Domain ◽  
Music Program ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Impact

A number of studies suggest a link between musical training and both specific and general cognitive abilities, but despite some positive results, there is disagreement about which abilities are improved. This study aims to investigate the effects of a music education program both on a domain-specific competence (meta-musical awareness), and on general domain competences, that is, cognitive abilities (logical-mathematical) and symbolic-linguistic abilities (notational). Twenty 4- to 6-year-old children participated in the research, divided into two groups (experimental and control) and the measures were administered at two different times, before and after a 6-month music program (for the experimental group) and after a sports training program (for the control group). Children performed meta-musical awareness tasks, logical-mathematical tasks, and emergent-alphabetization tasks. Non-parametric statistics show that a music program significantly improves the development of notational skills and meta-musical awareness while not the development of logical-mathematical skills. These results show that a musical program increases children’s meta-musical awareness, and their ability to acquire the notational ability involved in the invented writing of words and numbers. On the contrary, it does not affect the development of logical skills. The results are discussed in terms of transfer of knowledge processes and of specific versus general domain effects of a musical program.

scholarly journals Surgery to relieve nasal obstruction: outcome for 366 patients operated on by one senior surgeon

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lars Aksel Pedersen ◽  
S. Dölvik ◽  
K. Holmberg ◽  
C. Ahlström Emanuelsson ◽  
H. Johansson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Beneficial Effect ◽  
Nasal Obstruction ◽  
General Health ◽  
Surgical Skills ◽  
Nasal Endoscopy ◽  
Experienced Surgeon ◽  
Senior Surgeon ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Mean

Abstract Background Studies of patient-rated outcome in septoplasty and turbinoplasty most frequently involve several surgeons with varying surgical skills, techniques and experience. The aim of the present study was to evaluate outcome based on one experienced surgeon. Methods Three hundred and sixty-six consecutive patients referred for nasal obstruction were included. All the patients were examined with nasal endoscopy before and after decongestion, they filled out a nose VAS and rated their overall general health before and three to six months after surgery. The patients underwent septoplasty, septoplasty plus turbinoplasty or turbinoplasty. Results The mean nose VAS for nasal obstruction (0–100) preoperatively was 64.7 for all patients. Patients undergoing septoplasty (n = 159) were younger than patients undergoing septoplasty + turbinoplasty (n = 79) or patients undergoing turbinoplasty alone (n = 128). The nose VAS for nasal obstruction improved significantly in all three groups and 25% had a normal nose VAS after surgery in the septoplasty and septoplasty + turbinoplasty groups compared to only 8% in the turbinoplasty alone group. There was no significant difference in the improvement in nasal obstruction between septoplasty and septoplasty + turbinoplasty, but the septoplasty + turbinoplasty group experienced a significantly greater improvement in general health. Conclusions In 366 patients operated on by one experienced surgeon, septoplasty and septoplasty + turbinoplasty were more effective at relieving nasal obstruction than turbinoplasty alone. Septoplasty + turbinoplasty resulted in a greater improvement in general health than septoplasty alone, despite the same improvement in nasal obstruction, indicating a beneficial effect of additional turbinoplasty in septoplasty.

scholarly journals Gamma entrainment frequency affects mood, memory and cognition: an exploratory pilot study

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryan L. S. Sharpe ◽  
Mufti Mahmud ◽  
M. Shamim Kaiser ◽  
Jianhui Chen
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Correlation Analysis ◽  
Negative Correlation ◽  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Assessment Scores ◽  
Frequency Group ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Mood Score ◽  
40 Hz

AbstractHere we provide evidence with an exploratory pilot study that through the use of a Gamma 40 Hz entrainment frequency, mood, memory and cognition can be improved with respect to a 9-participant cohort. Participants constituted towards three binaural entrainment frequency groups: the 40 Hz, 25 Hz and 100 Hz. Participants attended a total of eight entrainment frequency sessions twice over the duration of a 4-week period. Additionally, participants were assessed based on their cognitive abilities, mood as well as memory, where the cognitive and memory assessments occurred before and after a 5-min binaural beat stimulation. The mood assessment scores were collected from sessions 1, 4 and 8, respectively. With respect to the Gamma 40 Hz entrainment frequency population, we observed a mean improvement in cognitive scores, elevating from 75% average to 85% average upon conclusion of the experimentation at weak statistical significance ($$\alpha$$ α = 0.10, p = 0.076). Similarly, memory score improvements at a greater significance ($$\alpha$$ α = 0.05, p = 0.0027) were noted, elevating from an average of 87% to 95%. In pertinence to the mood scores, a negative correlation across all populations were noted, inferring an overall increase in mood due to lower scores correlating with elevated mood. Finally, correlation analysis revealed a stronger R$$^2$$ 2 value (0.9838) within the 40 Hz group between sessions as well as mood score when compared across the entire frequency group cohort.

THE EFFECTS OF ELECTROACUPUNCTURE COMBINED WITH ACUPRESSURE POINTS, MASSAGE TREATMENT AND “DOC HOAT TANG KY SINH” REMEDY ON TREATING SCIATICA DUE TO LUMBAR SPONDYLOSIS

2020 ◽  
pp. 105-111
Author(s):  
Giang Huynh Huong ◽  
Tan Nguyen Thi ◽  
Hung Nguyen Van
Keyword(s):  
Traditional Medicine ◽  
Modern Medicine ◽  
Common Disease ◽  
Working Ability ◽  
Treatment Results ◽  
Lumbar Spondylosis ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Massage Treatment ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Methods Of Treatment

Background: Sciatica due to lumbar spondylosis is a common disease syndrome, include pathological signs from lumbar spine and sciatic nerve. It occurs for a long time and affects to working ability and daily life. Currently there are many methods of treatment with modern medicine and traditional medicine. Electroacupuncture combined with acupressure point, massage treatment and “Doc hoat tang ky sinh” remedy is a highly effective method on treating sciatica due to lumbar spondylosis. Objectives: To evaluate the effectives of electroacupuncture combined with acupressure point, massage treatment and “Doc hoat tang ky sinh” remedy on treating sciatica due to lumbar spondylosis. Materials and Method: A total of 43 patients was diagnosed sciatica caused by lumbar spondylosis who treated at Thua Thien Hue Traditional Medicine Hospital. The study was designed by method of prospective study, assessed the results before and after the treatment. Results: Very good: 34.9%; good: 34.9%; average 7%. There was not any unexpected effects observed in this trial. Conclusion: Electroacupuncture combined with acupressure point, massage treatment and “Doc hoat tang ky sinh” remedy is a effective method on treating sciatica caused by lumbar spondylosis. Key words: sciatica, lumbar spondylosis, acupuncture, electroacupuncture, acupressure point, massage treatment

The effect of hirudotherapy on cerebral circulatory homeostasis in patients with genital endometriosis

2020 ◽  
pp. 58-66
Author(s):  
Ya. I. Uraeva ◽  
I. I. Ivanova ◽  
N. N. Lazarenko ◽  
E. V. Filatova ◽  
I. A. Pankova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Drug Therapy ◽  
Cerebral Circulation ◽  
The State ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Complex Treatment ◽  
Statistical Regression ◽  
Treatment Results ◽  
Standard Drug ◽  
Before And After

The results of the treatment of women (n = 94) suffering from genital endometriosis are presented. The first (control, n = 30) group of women received standard drug therapy; the second (main, n = 64) group of women additionally had hirudotherapy procedures using medical leeches. The course of treatment consisted of 10–12 procedures. The state of cerebral circulation was assessed according to the rheoencephalography data before and after the treatment, as well as after 1, 3, 6, and 9 months. As a result, in patients in the 2-nd (main) group receiving complex treatment, the state of cerebral circulation improved signifi cantly. Moreover, according to the statistical regression analysis, it was possible to predict its further decrease by two periods ahead, compared with the treatment results in patients in the 1-st (control) group.

scholarly journals Hazard Assessment Comparison of Tazhiping Landslide Before and After Treatment

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dong Huang ◽  
JianPing Qiao ◽  
Meng Wang
Keyword(s):  
Mass Movement ◽  
Characteristic Parameters ◽  
Treatment Results ◽  
Movement Process ◽  
Landslide Mass ◽  
Geological Conditions ◽  
Soil Deposits ◽  
Before And After ◽  
High Hazard ◽  
Volume Method

Abstract. Through investigation and analysis of geological conditions and mechanical parameters of the Taziping landslide, the finite volume method was adopted, and, the rheological model was adopted to simulate the landslide and avalanche entire mass movement process. The present paper adopted the GIS platform to simulate the mass movement process before and after treatment. This paper also provided the conditions and characteristic parameters of soil deposits (thickness, speed, and stresses) during the landslide mass movement process and mapped the 3D division of hazard zones before and after landslide treatment. Results indicated that the scope of hazard zones contracted after engineering treatment of the landslide. The extent of high-hazard zones was reduced by about 2/3 of the area before treatment, and characteristic parameters of the mass movement process after treatment decreased to 1/3 of those before treatment. Despite engineering treatment, the Taziping landslide still poses significant hazard to nearby settlements. Therefore, we propose that houses located in high-hazard zones be relocated or reinforced for protection.

scholarly journals Changes in the Level of DNA Fragmentation in Sperm Cells detected by Acridine Orange Test in Men with Sub/infertility Treated with Nutritional Supplement PAPA

Folia Medica ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 112-116
Author(s):  
Stoil N. Tomov ◽  
Radoslava St. Stoyanova ◽  
Pepa K. Atanasova ◽  
Ivan Y. Dechev
Keyword(s):  
Acridine Orange ◽  
Dna Fragmentation ◽  
Physiological Condition ◽  
Nutritional Supplement ◽  
Sperm Cells ◽  
Sperm Dna Fragmentation ◽  
Double Stranded Dna ◽  
Sperm Dna ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Sperm Nuclei

Background: When diagnosing and treating male infertility it is important to determine whether there are defects in the maturation process of sperm nuclei. Using nutritional supplements can improve the morphological and physiological condition of the spermatozoa. In recent years there has been an increase in the usage of supplements with different compositions which strives to determine the best combination and avoid side effects. &nbsp; Aim: To study the effect of PAPA nutritional supplement on the levels of DNA fragmentation of sperm cells tested with acridine orange test (single stranded DNA against double stranded DNA) in men with sub/infertility. &nbsp; Materials and methods: 48 men with confirmed sub/infertility underwent treatment for three months with nutritional supplement PAPA containing 9 micronutrients. The differences in levels of DNA fragmentation were determined with acridine orange test, which was conducted before and after the treatment. &nbsp; Results: The results were statistically significant (p<0.001) showing an increase in the number of green spermatozoa (normal DNA), and a decrease of damaged ones (orange and red). After treatment the level of sperm DNA fragmentation decreased by 10.2%. &nbsp; Conclusion: Men with confirmed sub/infertility that took nutritional supplement PAPA for three moths showed a decrease in DNA fragmentation levels of 10.2% determined by AO test which implies an improvement of male fertility levels.

scholarly journals Repeating the same mistakes: A century of research interested in the effects of bilingualism on non-linguistic cognitive functions

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Mattschey
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Development ◽  
Adverse Effects ◽  
Executive Functioning ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Cognitive Functions ◽  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Psychological Research ◽  
Intelligence Tests ◽  
Background Factors ◽  
Matched Samples

At the beginning of the 20th Century, researchers became increasingly interested in the effects of bilingualism on cognitive development. With the emergence of the first standardised intelligence tests, it quickly became clear that bilinguals of all ages performed worse on them than their monolingual peers. Bilingualism was subsequently considered to be detrimental to non-verbal cognitive development. In these early studies, poorly matched samples of bilinguals and monolinguals repeatedly produced results suggesting adverse effects of bilingualism on non-linguistic cognitive functions due to unrelated background factors and/or unsuitable tests. This interest in how bilingualism affects non-linguistic cognitive abilities has continued through time, reflecting trends in psychological research. Researcher addressed its effect on meta-cognition and meta-linguistics in the 1970s and 1980s, before the focus shifted towards executive functioning in the 1990s. However, recent research suggests we may be repeating the same mistakes: poorly matched groups, no accounting for background factors, and inappropriate tasks.

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