Tracking cognitive impairment in multiple sclerosis using the Brain on Track test: a validation study

Ruano, Luís; Branco, Mariana; Severo, Milton; Sousa, Abel; Castelo, Juliana; Araújo, Isabel; Pais, Joana; Cerqueira, João José; Amato, Maria Pia; Lunet, Nuno; Cruz, Vítor Tedim

doi:10.1007/s10072-019-04088-8

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“…A scree plot is a common diagram that plots the eigenvalues from the greatest to the smallest. It is common to disregard components that appear after the elbow shape [85,86]. As seen in Figure 6, components 5 to 12 can be disregarded.…”

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Identifying the Key Barriers to Promote Sustainable Construction in the United States: A Principal Component Analysis

2020

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The need to build more facilities has intensified the inherited adverse impacts of the construction industry on the triple bottom lines of sustainability (i.e., people, planet, and profit). The current practice of sustainability in the construction industry is far from reaching the targeted green goals. In order to foster these endeavors, this study aims to explore sustainable construction barriers in the United States. To achieve the objective, first, 12 sustainability barriers were identified based on an excessive and comprehensive literature review and solicitation of experts’ opinions to validate the barriers. Next, a questionnaire survey was developed and distributed among 135 industry professionals to evaluate the relative importance of factors. To offer a practical solution, principal component analysis (PCA) was used to analyze the data and find the most effective barriers. The results show that four major barriers, including (1) pre-construction constraints, (2) managerial constraints, (3) legislative constraints, and (4) financial and planning constraints are the most influential challenges that the industry faces to foster sustainable construction. Practical solutions are suggested to tackle sustainable construction barriers. The findings of this study are beneficial to the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry members along with owners and policymakers.

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“…Therefore, the eigenvalue test resulted in proposing components 1 to 4, the scree plot test resulted in proposing components 1 to 4, and the proportion of the variances explained by the It is common to disregard components that appear after the elbow shape [85,86]. As seen in Figure 6, components 5 to 12 can be disregarded.…”

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Identifying the Key Barriers to Promote Sustainable Construction in the United States: A Principal Component Analysis

2020

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“…(2021) Memory Test Short-term memory Prince et al. (2018) Brain on Track Attention task III Attention, information processing speed Ruano et al. (2020) Visual memory task II Visual memory, attention Ruano et al.…”

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“…(2018) Brain on Track Attention task III Attention, information processing speed Ruano et al. (2020) Visual memory task II Visual memory, attention Ruano et al. (2020) Delayed verbal memory Verbal memory Ruano et al.…”

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Practice effects in performance outcome measures in patients living with neurologic disorders – A systematic review

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“…In majority of patients, the disorder starts with reversible neurological deficits, which are often accompanied by gradual neurological decline over time [ 3 ]. Although weakness and numbness are typical symptoms of this progressive and immune-mediated disorder, extreme cases may result in paralysis, vision loss, and cognition problems [ 4 ].…”

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Multiple sclerosis projection in Tehran, Iran using Bayesian structural time series

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Background The prevalence of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) has been increasing worldwide and the highest prevalence ratio among Asian countries was reported in Iran. This study aims to estimate the increase in MS occurrence during more than three decades in Tehran and forecast the future condition of the disease using time series approaches for the next ten years. Methods The cross-sectional study was conducted from 1999 to 2019 based on records of MS cases from Iranian MS Society (IMSS) registry system. The prevalence was estimated using population data presented by the Statistical Centre of Iran. Through Bayesian Structural Time Series (BSTS) model, we want to predict the prevalence of familial and sporadic MS in the next ten years. . Results Among 22,421 cases with MS, 16,831 (75.1 %) were female and 5589 (24.9 %) were male. Female to male ratio was 3.0:1 and the number of familial MS cases were 2982 (13.3 %) of subjects. Female gender was less responsible for higher rate of MS in familial definition (beta = 0.020) in comparison to sporadic cases (beta = 0.034). Forecasting by BSTS revealed an increase in MS prevalence for the next ten years so that the prevalence rate for total, familial and sporadic MS respectively begins with 189.50 (183.94-195.14), 25.69 (24.97–26.45) and 163.74(159.06-168.57) in 2020 and ends with 220.84 (171.48-266.92), 30.79 (24.16–37.15), and 189.33(146.97-230.19) in 2029. Conclusions According to the findings, MS prevalence increased during three decades and it will increase over the next ten years. Tehran province is one of the regions with highest MS prevalence in Asia. The results of present study indicated that females are at higher risk for MS than males in both sporadic and familial MS.

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Tracking cognitive impairment in multiple sclerosis using the Brain on Track test: a validation study

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Identifying the Key Barriers to Promote Sustainable Construction in the United States: A Principal Component Analysis

Identifying the Key Barriers to Promote Sustainable Construction in the United States: A Principal Component Analysis

Practice effects in performance outcome measures in patients living with neurologic disorders – A systematic review

Multiple sclerosis projection in Tehran, Iran using Bayesian structural time series

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