scholarly journals Comparative Dermatoglyphic Study Between Schizophrenic Patients and Healthy Controls

KYAMC Journal ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 66-72
Author(s):  
Rashed Mustafa ◽  
Akhtari Afroze ◽  
Sabrina Sobnom ◽  
Abdullah Al Mamun Hossain ◽  
Md Shameem Ahmed ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Science ◽  
Control Loop ◽  
Ridge Pattern ◽  
Fingerprint Pattern ◽  
Loop Pattern ◽  
Schizophrenic Patients ◽  
Healthy Control ◽  
Being There ◽  
Genetically Determined ◽  
Selection Of

Introduction: Dermatoglyphics is the branch of medical science that is concerned with the study of dermal ridges present on fingers, palms, toes and the soles of the human being. There may have some association between fingerprints and schizophrenia regarding the developmental background of skin ridge pattern and brain.So this study was conducted to find out the fingerprint patterns in schizophrenic patients and also to find out sex variation of fingerprint patterns in between schizophrenic male and schizophrenic female. Objective: This study was carried out with a view to find out the fingerprint patterns in schizophrenic patients. Methodology: A total of 200 samples were selected. Among them, 100 were schizophrenic and 100 were normal healthy control. Samples were taken in between 15 to 40 years of age. Selection of schizophrenic sample was performed by a qualified psychiatrist. Fingerprints were taken by Ink and pad method, described by Cummins. Fingerprint patterns were observed by using a magnifying glass. Results: The frequency of common fingerprint pattern was reduced in schizophrenia. In healthy control loop pattern was predominant. But in schizophrenia frequency of loop pattern was reduced and there was an increased frequency of whorl and arch pattern. Conclusion: Asdermatoglyphics is genetically determined, predominant whorl and arch pattern found among the schizophrenic patients might provide a presumptive value which would aid in diagnosis of the disease. KYAMC Journal Vol. 10, No.-2, July 2019, Page 66-72

scholarly journals Real-Time Compression for Tactile Internet Data Streams

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 1924
Author(s):  
Patrick Seeling ◽  
Martin Reisslein ◽  
Frank H. P. Fitzek
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Data Streams ◽  
Control Loop ◽  
Real World Data ◽  
Perceptual Coding ◽  
Great Flexibility ◽  
Broad Application ◽  
Time Compression ◽  
Perceptual Threshold ◽  
Selection Of

The Tactile Internet will require ultra-low latencies for combining machines and humans in systems where humans are in the control loop. Real-time and perceptual coding in these systems commonly require content-specific approaches. We present a generic approach based on deliberately reduced number accuracy and evaluate the trade-off between savings achieved and errors introduced with real-world data for kinesthetic movement and tele-surgery. Our combination of bitplane-level accuracy adaptability with perceptual threshold-based limits allows for great flexibility in broad application scenarios. Combining the attainable savings with the relatively small introduced errors enables the optimal selection of a working point for the method in actual implementations.

scholarly journals Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy: current state of the problem

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 2-20
Author(s):  
N. A. Shnayder ◽  
K. V. Petrov
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care Physicians ◽  
Epileptic Seizures ◽  
Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy ◽  
Historical Significance ◽  
Current State ◽  
High Prevalence ◽  
Clonic Seizures ◽  
Generalized Epilepsy ◽  
Genetically Determined ◽  
Selection Of

Due to the high prevalence of the disease, its genetic and clinical heterogeneity, the need for lifelong therapy and the emergence of new views on the pathogenesis and course of JME, it is necessary to provide primary care physicians (general practitioners, district therapists, neurologists) with up-to-date systematized information about the most common form of genetic generalized epilepsy (Herpin-Janz syndrome). JME is a genetically determined disease of the brain, accompanied by a triad of seizures (absences, myoclonia, generalized tonic-clonic seizures), and developing mainly in adolescence and young age. In recent years, monogenic and multifactorial forms of JME have been identified, but questions about the genetics of JME are far from being resolved. JME is characterized by the preservation of intelligence, life expectancy with adequate therapy does not differ from the average population, but the frequency of failures of pharmaco-induced remission is high when taking anticonvulsants is canceled. This explains the need for lifelong pharmacotherapy, individual selection of anticonvulsants. About 30% of patients with JME have non-psychotic mental disorders, disorders of the sleep and wake cycle, which in turn leads to an aggravation of epileptic seizures mainly in the first half of the day. This review presents an analysis of full-text publications in Russian and English over the past five years in the databases eLibrary, PubMed, Web of Science, OxfordPress, Springer, and Clinicalkeys. In addition, the review includes earlier publications of historical significance.

scholarly journals Corpus callosum in schizophrenia with deficit and non-deficit syndrome: a statistical shape analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 34 (6) ◽  
pp. e100635
Author(s):  
Yaşar Türk ◽  
Ilker Ercan ◽  
Ibrahim Sahin ◽  
Basak Erdemli Gursel ◽  
Arda Uzunoglu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Corpus Callosum ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Anatomical Landmarks ◽  
Deficit Syndrome ◽  
Statistical Shape ◽  
Schizophrenic Patients ◽  
Healthy Control ◽  
Gradient Echo Imaging ◽  
The Right ◽  
Cognitive Data

BackgroundThe corpus callosum (CC) is the most targeted region in the cerebrum that integrates cognitive data between homologous areas in the right and left hemispheres.AimsOur study used statistical analysis to determine whether there was a correlation between shape changes in the CC in patients with schizophrenia (SZ) (deficit syndrome (DS) and non-deficit syndrome (NDS)) and healthy control (HC) subjects.MethodsThis study consisted of 27 HC subjects and 50 schizophrenic patients (20 with DS and 30 with NDS). 3 patients with DS and 4 patients with NDS were excluded. Three-dimensional, sagittal, T1-spoiled, gradient-echo imaging was used. Standard anatomical landmarks were selected and marked on each image using specific software.ResultsAs to comparing the Procrustes mean shapes of the CC, statistically significant differences were observed between HC and SZ (DS+NDS) (p=0.017, James’s Fj=73.732), HC and DS (p<0.001, James’s Fj=140.843), HC and NDS (p=0.006, James’s Fj=89.178) and also DS and NDS (p<0.001, James’s Fj=152.967). Shape variability in the form of CC was 0.131, 0.085, 0.082 and 0.086 in the HC, SZ (DS+NDS), DS and NDS groups, respectively.ConclusionsThis study reveals callosal shape variations in patients with SZ and their DS and NDS subgroups that take into account the CC’s topographic distribution.

Vivre Ici

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alison J. Murray Levine
Keyword(s):  
Cultural History ◽  
Film Theory ◽  
Space And Place ◽  
General Interest ◽  
Critical Approach ◽  
Political Consequences ◽  
The Social ◽  
Contemporary Media ◽  
Being There ◽  
Selection Of

Vivre Ici analyzes a selection of films from the vast viewing landscape of contemporary French documentary film, a genre that has experienced a renaissance in the past twenty years. The films are connected not just by a general interest in engaging the “real,” but by a particular attention to French space and place. From farms and wild places to roads, schools, and urban edgelands, these films explore the spaces of the everyday and the human and non-human experiences that unfold within them. Through a critical approach that integrates phenomenology, film theory, eco-criticism and cultural history, Levine investigates the notion of documentary as experience. She asks how and why, in the contemporary media landscape, these films seek to avoid argumentation and instead, give the viewer a feeling of “being there.” As a diverse collection of filmmakers, both well-known and less so, explore the limits and possibilities of these places, a collage-like, incomplete, and fragmented vision of France as seen and felt through documentary cameras comes into view. Venturing beyond film analysis to examine the production climate for these films and their circulation in contemporary France, Levine explores the social and political consequences of these “films that matter” for the viewers who come into contact with them.

scholarly journals FINGERPRINT PATTERN CHARACTERISTICS OF INTELLECTUALLY DISABLED CHILDREN - AN ORIGINAL STUDY

2015 ◽  
Vol 05 (01) ◽  
pp. 014-016
Author(s):  
Meril Ann Soman ◽  
Ramakrishna Avadhani ◽  
Rani Nallathamby ◽  
Meera Jacob ◽  
Charly Chacko Joseph
Keyword(s):  
Original Study ◽  
Healthy Children ◽  
Disabled Children ◽  
Intellectually Disabled ◽  
Normal Children ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Ulnar Loop ◽  
Fingerprint Pattern ◽  
Loop Pattern ◽  
Males And Females

AbstractFingerprint patterns are unique patterns made by friction ridges and furrows present on the pads of finger tips. Uniqueness and persistence are the two underlying features of fingerprint patterns. Aim of this present study was to determine the differences in the incidence of fingerprint patterns in intellectually disabled children compared to normal healthy children. Intellectual disability is a generalized disorder appearing before adulthood and is characterized by limitations in both intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior. The present study comprising of 120 students (60 intellectually disabled and 60 controls) was carried out in Pediatrics outpatient department, Yenepoya Medical College and Hospital, Mangalore. The incidence of the four fingerprint patterns (Ulnar loop, Radial loop, Whorls and Arches) were determined in both the groups. Ulnar loop pattern had the highest incidence in both the groups and the least incidence was shown by arch pattern. There exists difference in the frequency of the fingerprint patterns in males and females of both the groups. The study was conducted to observe for any difference in the incidence of fingerprint patterns between intellectually disabled and normal children.

Schizophrenic and Manic Brains in Nigerians Computerised Tomography Findings

1995 ◽  
Vol 166 (4) ◽  
pp. 496-500 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jude U. Ohaeri ◽  
Abiodun O. Adeyinka ◽  
Solomon N. Enyidah ◽  
Benjamin O. Osuntokun
Keyword(s):  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Third Ventricle ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Computerised Tomography ◽  
Brain Abnormality ◽  
Control Subjects ◽  
Duration Of Illness ◽  
Schizophrenic Patients ◽  
Healthy Control ◽  
Brain Ventricle

BackgroundWe highlight the profile of brain computerised tomography (CT) measures among Nigerian psychiatric patients for comparison with findings from developed countries, and study of the relationship between CT values and clinical variables.MethodSeven brain ventricle measures of 50 schizophrenic patients, 14 manic patients, and 41 healthy control subjects were compared.ResultsPatients had a significantly higher mean Sylvian fissure area. The third ventricle of schizophrenic patients was significantly larger than those of control subjects. CT measures were not significantly correlated with duration of illness.ConclusionThe so-called functional psychotic states are most probably associated with nonspecific brain abnormality.

scholarly journals Cross linguistic aphasia testing: The Portuguese version of the Aachen Aphasia Test (AAT)

2008 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
pp. 1046-1056 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARTIN LAUTERBACH ◽  
ISABEL PAVÃO MARTINS ◽  
PAULA GARCIA ◽  
JOANA CABEÇA ◽  
ANA CRISTINA FERREIRA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Educational Level ◽  
Hierarchical Cluster ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Multicenter Studies ◽  
Healthy Control ◽  
Syndromic Diagnosis ◽  
Good Internal Consistency ◽  
Discriminant Analyses ◽  
Selection Of

AbstractWe report the adaptation of the Aachen Aphasia Test (AAT) to the Portuguese language (PAAT) and the results of its standardization in 125 persons with aphasia and 153 healthy controls. Patients with aphasia had a previous syndromic diagnosis, obtained through a Portuguese aphasia battery, which served as a reference. The control group was stratified by age and educational level. Hierarchical cluster analyses showed good construct validity. The increasing degree of difficulty and complexity throughout the item sets comprising subtests was confirmed. The discriminatory power of the PAAT for the selection of aphasic from non-aphasic persons proved to be as high as for the AAT versions in other languages. Classification of standard aphasic syndromes by means of discriminant analyses was good. Internal consistency, measured by means of Cronbach's alpha coefficient, was high to very high for the different PAAT subtests. Performance differences caused by age or educational level among the healthy control persons emphasized the need for correction factors. In conclusion, the PAAT showed robust psychometrical properties, comparable to the original German and to adaptations to other languages. It constitutes a useful tool for cross-linguistic and multicenter studies. (JINS, 2008, 14, 1046–1056.)

scholarly journals Changes to Intermediary Metabolites in Sporadic andLRRK2Parkinson’s Disease Demonstrated by Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Jan O. Aasly ◽  
Oddbjørn Sæther ◽  
Krisztina K. Johansen ◽  
Tone F. Bathen ◽  
Guro F. Giskeødegård ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Group Differences ◽  
Glutathione Metabolism ◽  
Resonance Spectroscopy ◽  
Healthy Individuals ◽  
Intermediary Metabolites ◽  
Inflammatory Agent ◽  
Promising Tool ◽  
Healthy Control ◽  
Novel Biomarkers ◽  
Genetically Determined

Background. Parkinson’s disease (PD) remains a clinical diagnosis and biomarkers are needed to detect the disease as early as possible. Genetically determined PD provides an opportunity for studying metabolic differences in connection with disease development.Objectives. To study the levels of intermediary metabolites in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from patients with PD, either of sporadic type or in carriers of theLRRK2p.G2019S mutation.Methods. Results from patients with sporadic PD orLRRK2-PD were compared with asymptomaticLRRK2mutation carriers and healthy control individuals. CSF was analysed by proton MR spectroscopy (1H-MRS) giving reliable results for 16 intermediary metabolites. Partial least squares discriminant analysis (PLS-DA) was applied to study group differences.Results. PLS-DA distinguished PD patients from healthy individuals based on the metabolites identified in CSF, with 2-hydroxybutyrate, glutamine, and dimethyl sulphone largely contributing to the separations.Conclusion. Speculatively, all three metabolites could alter concentration in response to metabolic changes connected with neurodegeneration; glutamine as a means of removing excess nitrogen from brain, dimethyl sulphone as an anti-inflammatory agent, and 2-hydroxybutyrate in connection with altered glutathione metabolism. Potentially,1H-MRS is a promising tool for identifying novel biomarkers for PD.

The Long and the Short of It: Influence of Interstimulus Interval on Auditory P300 Abnormalities in Schizophrenia

2002 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 125-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel H. Mathalon ◽  
Judith M. Ford
Keyword(s):  
Interstimulus Interval ◽  
The Other ◽  
P300 Amplitude ◽  
Cognitive Significance ◽  
Brain Potentials ◽  
Auditory Oddball ◽  
Auditory P300 ◽  
Schizophrenic Patients ◽  
Healthy Control ◽  
Dsm Iv

Event-related brain potentials were recorded from 10 patients with DSM-IV schizophrenia (9 men) and 10 healthy control subjects (9 men) during the performance of two auditory oddball tasks, one using a 1.5 second interstimulus interval (ISI), the other using an 8 second ISI. P300 amplitude to target tones (.20 probability) and standard tones (.80 probability) were measured from midline electrodes Fz, Cz, and Pz. Results showed different effects of ISI in the two groups. Controls showed a slight decrease in P300 amplitude to targets but a marked increase in P300 to standards with the increase in ISI. In contrast, schizophrenic patients showed no change in the P300 to targets and a relatively small increase in P300 to standards with the ISI increase. Moreover, relative to the controls, P300 amplitude to targets was reduced in the schizophrenic patients at the short but not the long ISI. Implications for the cognitive significance of the P300 and its reduction in schizophrenia are discussed.

scholarly journals Constitutional approach in studying human diseases at the present stage

2018 ◽  
pp. 70-77
Author(s):  
N. Yu. Klimov ◽  
Y. Yu. Vinnik ◽  
A. V. Andreychikov ◽  
A. S. Maximov
Keyword(s):  
Medical Science ◽  
The Body ◽  
Age Changes ◽  
Present Stage ◽  
Valuable Contribution ◽  
Physical Activity Change ◽  
Genetically Determined ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Benign Hyperplasia

The study of the relationship between somatotypological features of a person and the course of diseases is today an important stage in the development of medical science. The somatotype is genetically determined and is a constant objective characteristic of a person from birth to death. Age changes, illnesses, increased physical activity change the size and shape of the body, but not the somatotype. To date, considerable theoretical and clinical material has been accumulated, which confirms the important role of the somatotype in the emergence and development of pathological processes in the human body. In the literature there are data on somatotypological features of the course of diseases of the respiratory system, cardiovascular and nervous systems, and the gastrointestinal tract. At the same time, when analyzing the literature data, we did not find any work on the effect of the somatotype on the course of benign hyperplasia andprostate cancer. The identification of these patterns will be a valuable contribution to the early diagnosis of the above listed diseases.

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