168 research outputs found
Tartamudez neurógena: revisión de la bibliografía
INTRODUCTION:
Neurogenic stuttering is a disorder of neurologic origin in the rhythm of speech during which the patient knows exactly what he wants to say but is unable to because of an involuntary prolongation, cessation or repetition of a sound.
AIM:
To assemble new insights regarding the epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, evaluation and treatment of neurogenic stuttering.
DEVELOPMENT:
A review of all PubMed and Scopus published articles between January 2000 and September 2016 was performed. Thirty-three publications were analyzed. Neurogenic stuttering is a rare entity whose epidemiological incidence is yet not fully established. It is correlated with several neurological diseases and with several possible localizations within the nervous system. Notwithstanding the recent advances in the understanding of the underlying mechanism, it is not yet possible to establish a single pathophysiological mechanism of neurogenic stuttering. The differential diagnosis is complex and requires the detailed knowledge of other language disorders. The treatment is currently based on specific speech language therapy strategies.
CONCLUSION:
Neurogenic stuttering is a complex disorder which is not fully understood. Additional studies might help to better explain the underlying pathophysiological mechanism and to open doors to novel therapeutic methods.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
Global perspective on training and staffing for paediatric cardiac critical care
AbstractThis manuscript provides a global perspective on physician and nursing education and training in paediatric cardiac critical care, including available resources and delivery of care models with representatives from several regions of the world including Africa, Israel, Asia, Australasia, Europe, South America, and the United States of America
Large scale structure and the generalised Chaplygin gas as dark energy
The growth of large scale structure is studied in a universe containing both
cold dark matter (CDM) and generalized Chaplygin gas (GCg). GCg is assumed to
contribute only to the background evolution of the universe while the CDM
component collapses and forms structures. We present some new analytical as
well as numerical results for linear and non-linear growth in such model. The
model passes the standard cosmological distance test without the need of a
cosmological constant (LCDM). But we find that the scenario is severely
constrained by current observations of large scale structure. Any small
deviations of the GCg parameters away from the standard Lambda dominated
cosmology (LCDM) produces substantial suppression for the growth of structures.Comment: 6 pages, matches version accepted for publication in Phys.Rev.D (in
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Atlantic mammal traits: a dataset of morphological traits of mammals in the atlantic forest of south America
Measures of traits are the basis of functional biological diversity. Numerous works consider mean species-level measures of traits while ignoring individual variance within species. However, there is a large amount of variation within species and it is increasingly apparent that it is important to consider trait variation not only between species, but also within species. Mammals are an interesting group for investigating trait-based approaches because they play diverse and important ecological functions (e.g., pollination, seed dispersal, predation, grazing) that are correlated with functional traits. Here we compile a data set comprising morphological and life history information of 279 mammal species from 39,850 individuals of 388 populations ranging from −5.83 to −29.75 decimal degrees of latitude and −34.82 to −56.73 decimal degrees of longitude in the Atlantic forest of South America. We present trait information from 16,840 individuals of 181 species of non-volant mammals (Rodentia, Didelphimorphia, Carnivora, Primates, Cingulata, Artiodactyla, Pilosa, Lagomorpha, Perissodactyla) and from 23,010 individuals of 98 species of volant mammals (Chiroptera). The traits reported include body mass, age, sex, reproductive stage, as well as the geographic coordinates of sampling for all taxa. Moreover, we gathered information on forearm length for bats and body length and tail length for rodents and marsupials. No copyright restrictions are associated with the use of this data set. Please cite this data paper when the data are used in publications. We also request that researchers and teachers inform us of how they are using the data.Fil: Gonçalves, Fernando. Universidade Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho; BrasilFil: Bovendorp, Ricardo S.. Universidade Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho; BrasilFil: Beca, Gabrielle. Universidade Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho; BrasilFil: Bello, Carolina. Universidade Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho; BrasilFil: Costa Pereira, Raul. Universidade Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho; BrasilFil: Muylaert, Renata L.. Universidade Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho; BrasilFil: Rodarte, Raisa R.. Universidade Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho; BrasilFil: Villar, Nacho. Universidade Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho; BrasilFil: Souza, Rafael. Universidade Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho; BrasilFil: Graipel, Maurício E.. Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina; BrasilFil: Cherem, Jorge J.. Caipora Cooperativa, Florianopolis; BrasilFil: Faria, Deborah. Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz; BrasilFil: Baumgarten, Julio. Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz; BrasilFil: Alvarez, Martín R.. Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz; BrasilFil: Vieira, Emerson M.. Universidade do Brasília; BrasilFil: Cáceres, Nilton. Universidade Federal de Santa María. Santa María; BrasilFil: Pardini, Renata. Universidade de Sao Paulo; BrasilFil: Leite, Yuri L. R.. Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo; BrasilFil: Costa, Leonora Pires. Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo; BrasilFil: Mello, Marco Aurelio Ribeiro. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; BrasilFil: Fischer, Erich. Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul; BrasilFil: Passos, Fernando C.. Universidade Federal do Paraná; BrasilFil: Varzinczak, Luiz H.. Universidade Federal do Paraná; BrasilFil: Prevedello, Jayme A.. Universidade do Estado de Rio do Janeiro; BrasilFil: Cruz-Neto, Ariovaldo P.. Universidade Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho; BrasilFil: Carvalho, Fernando. Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense; BrasilFil: Reis Percequillo, Alexandre. Universidade de Sao Paulo; BrasilFil: Paviolo, Agustin Javier. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Nordeste. Instituto de Biología Subtropical. Instituto de Biología Subtropical - Nodo Puerto Iguazú | Universidad Nacional de Misiones. Instituto de Biología Subtropical. Instituto de Biología Subtropical - Nodo Puerto Iguazú; ArgentinaFil: Duarte, José M. B.. Universidade Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho; Brasil. Fundación Oswaldo Cruz; BrasilFil: Bernard, Enrico. Universidade Federal de Pernambuco; BrasilFil: Agostini, Ilaria. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Nordeste. Instituto de Biología Subtropical. Instituto de Biología Subtropical - Nodo Puerto Iguazú | Universidad Nacional de Misiones. Instituto de Biología Subtropical. Instituto de Biología Subtropical - Nodo Puerto Iguazú; ArgentinaFil: Lamattina, Daniela. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Nordeste; Argentina. Ministerio de Salud de la Nación; ArgentinaFil: Vanderhoeven, Ezequiel Andres. Ministerio de Salud de la Nación; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Nordeste; Argentin
Revisiting Generalized Chaplygin Gas as a Unified Dark Matter and Dark Energy Model
In this paper, we revisit generalized Chaplygin gas (GCG) model as a unified
dark matter and dark energy model. The energy density of GCG model is given as
,
where and are two model parameters which will be constrained by
type Ia supernova as standard candles, baryon acoustic oscillation as standard
rulers and the seventh year full WMAP data points. In this paper, we will not
separate GCG into dark matter and dark energy parts any more as adopted in the
literatures. By using Markov Chain Monte Carlo method, we find the result:
and .Comment: 6 pages, 4 figure
Large-scale instability in interacting dark energy and dark matter fluids
If dark energy interacts with dark matter, this gives a new approach to the
coincidence problem. But interacting dark energy models can suffer from
pathologies. We consider the case where the dark energy is modelled as a fluid
with constant equation of state parameter w. Non-interacting constant-w models
are well behaved in the background and in the perturbed universe. But the
combination of constant w and a simple interaction with dark matter leads to an
instability in the dark sector perturbations at early times: the curvature
perturbation blows up on super-Hubble scales. Our results underline how
important it is to carefully analyze the relativistic perturbations when
considering models of coupled dark energy. The instability that we find has
been missed in some previous work where the perturbations were not consistently
treated. The unstable mode dominates even if adiabatic initial conditions are
used. The instability also arises regardless of how weak the coupling is. This
non-adiabatic instability is different from previously discovered adiabatic
instabilities on small scales in the strong-coupling regime.Comment: 15 pages, 5 figures. New reference; published versio
The Limit of the Generalized Chaplygin Gas Scenario
We explicitly demonstrate that, contrary to recent claims, the dynamics of a
generalized Chaplygin gas model with an equation of state (where is
a positive constant) is equivalent to that of a standard CDM model to
first order in the metric perturbations. We further argue that the analogy
between the two models goes well beyond linear theory and conclude that they
cannot be distinguished based on gravity alone.Comment: 6 pages, to appear in JCA
Large-scale instability in interacting dark energy and dark matter fluids
If dark energy interacts with dark matter, this gives a new approach to the
coincidence problem. But interacting dark energy models can suffer from
pathologies. We consider the case where the dark energy is modelled as a fluid
with constant equation of state parameter w. Non-interacting constant-w models
are well behaved in the background and in the perturbed universe. But the
combination of constant w and a simple interaction with dark matter leads to an
instability in the dark sector perturbations at early times: the curvature
perturbation blows up on super-Hubble scales. Our results underline how
important it is to carefully analyze the relativistic perturbations when
considering models of coupled dark energy. The instability that we find has
been missed in some previous work where the perturbations were not consistently
treated. The unstable mode dominates even if adiabatic initial conditions are
used. The instability also arises regardless of how weak the coupling is. This
non-adiabatic instability is different from previously discovered adiabatic
instabilities on small scales in the strong-coupling regime.Comment: 15 pages, 5 figures. New reference; published versio
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