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Pacemaker activity resulting from the coupling with nonexcitable cells
(American Physical Society, 2006-07-14)Fibroblasts are nonexcitable cells that are sometimes coupled with excitable cells (cardiomyocytes). Due to a higher resting potential, these cells may act as a current source or sink and therefore disturb the electrical activity of the surrounding ... -
Paid worker and unfamiliar partner communication training : a scoping review
(Elsevier, 2019-11-06)Background Communication partner training could be employed to train people working in the community to facilitate interaction with individuals who live with a variety of communication disorders. However, current evidence syntheses are limited to a ... -
Palatalization in the Russian verb system: a psycholinguistic study
Palatalization in Russian : a psycholinguistic study
(Slavic Linguistics Society, 2016)In this paper, we present experimental data on the processing of loanwords and nonce words that focuses on morphonological alternations in Russian. This study addresses the issue of how stem allomorphy involving palatalization of the velar/palatal ... -
Partitivity, atomization, and noun-drop : a longitudinal study of french child
(Taylor & Francis, 2009)This article examines noun-drop constructions in French-speaking children. French being interme- diate between English (which rarely allows noun-drop) and Spanish (which freely allows it) with respect to the richness of their respective morphological ... -
Paternal age explains a major portion of de novo germline mutation rate variability in healthy individuals
(Public Library of Science, 2016-10-10)De novo mutations (DNM) are an important source of rare variants and are increasingly being linked to the development of many diseases. Recently, the paternal age effect has been the focus of a number of studies that attempt to explain the observation ... -
Patient-specific anisotropic model of human trunk based on MR data
(2015-01-09)There are many ways to generate geometrical models for numerical simulation, and most of them start with a segmentation step to extract the boundaries of the regions of interest. This paper presents an algorithm to generate a patient-specific ... -
Patient-specific model of a scoliotic torso for surgical planning
(2013-03)A method for the construction of a patient-specific model of a scoliotic torso for surgical planning via inter- patient registration is presented. Magnetic Resonance Images (MRI) of a generic model are registered to surface topography (TP) and X-ray ... -
Pelvic floor muscle training versus no treatment, or inactive control treatments, for urinary incontinence in women : a short version Cochrane systematic review with meta-analysis
(2015-04-10)Background Pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) is a commonly used physical therapy for women with urinary incontinence (UI). Objectives To determine the effects of PFMT for women with UI in comparison to no treatment, placebo or other inactive ... -
Pelvic floor muscles training to reduce symptoms and signs of vulvovaginal atrophy : a case study
(2016-07)Objective: Vulvovaginal atrophy (VVA), caused by decreased levels of estrogen, is a common problem in aging women. Main symptoms of VVA are vaginal dryness and dyspareunia. First-line treatment consists of the application of local estrogen therapy (ET) ... -
Pelvic-Floor Rehabilitation, Part 1 : Comparison of Two Surface Electrode Placements During Stimulation of the Pelvic-Floor Musculature in Women Who Are Continent Using Bipolar Interferential Currents
(1995-12)Background and Purpose. Electrical stimulation of the pelvic floor is used as an adjunct in the conservative treatment of urinary incontinence. No consensus exists, however, regarding electrode placements for optimal stimulation of the pelvic-floor ... -
Pelvic-Floor Rehabilitation, Part 2 : Pelvic-Floor Reeducation With Interferential Currents and Exercise in the Treatment of Genuine Stress Incontinence in Postpartum Women : A Cohort Study
(1995-12)Background and Purpose. This descriptive cohort study investigated a physical therapy program of pelvic-floor neuromuscular electrostimulation (NMES) combined with exercises, with the aim of developing a simple, inexpensive, and conservative treatment ... -
Pelvic-floor-muscle-training adherence “modifiers” : a review of primary qualitative studies : 2011 ICS State-of-the-Science Seminar research paper III of IV
(2015-08-12)Aims This review aims to locate and summarize the findings of qualitative studies exploring the experience of and adherence to pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) to recommend future directions for practice and research. Methods Primary ... -
Perceived needs and difficulties in meal preparation ofpeople living with traumatic brain injury in a chronicphase : supporting long-term services and interventions
(Wiley, 2019-10-08)Introduction: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a chronic medical condition with life-long consequences. Meal preparation is one the most significant activities impacted by TBI even after more than 10 years post-trauma. However, substantial gaps exist ... -
Perceived risks and benefits of hippotherapy among parents of children currently engaged in or waiting for hippotherapy : a pilot study
(Taylor and Francis, 2017-04-05)Objective: Explore the perceived risks and benefits of hippotherapy among parents of children currently engaged in or waiting rehabilitation using hippotherapy. Method: Phenomenological qualitative exploratory pilot study. An interview guide validated ... -
Perceptions of emergency medicine residents of multisource feedback : different, relevant, and useful information
(Elsevier, 2019-07-04)Objective Multisource feedback is a process through which different members of the care team assess and provide feedback on residents’ competencies, usually those that are less often addressed by traditional assessment methods (i.e., communication, ... -
Personality, attentional biases towards emotional faces and symptoms of mental disorders in an adolescent sample
(Public Library of Science, 2015-06-05)Objective To investigate the role of personality factors and attentional biases towards emotional faces, in establishing concurrent and prospective risk for mental disorder diagnosis in adolescence. Method Data were obtained as part of the IMAGEN study, ... -
Personalized 3D reconstruction of the rib cage for clinical assessment of trunk deformities
(2013-11-01)Scoliosis is a 3D deformity of the spine and rib cage. Extensive validation of 3D reconstruction methods of the spine from biplanar radiography has already been published. In this article, we propose a novel method to reconstruct the rib cage, using ... -
Pharmacogenomics of blood lipid regulation
(Future Medicine, 2018-04-04)Blood lipids are important modifiable risk factors for coronary heart disease and drugs target different lipid fractions. Considerable efforts have been made to identify genetic variants that modulate responses to drugs in the hope of optimizing their ... -
Pharmacological treatments of neuropathic pain : real-life comparisons using propensity score matching
(Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, 2021-08-26)Studies comparing different drug treatments for chronic neuropathic pain (NP) are very limited. We, therefore, examined 4 recommended treatments, namely, antidepressants (duloxetine, venlafaxine, and tricyclic antidepressants), antiepileptics (gabapentine ... -
Phase singularity detection through phase map interpolation : theory, advantages and limitations
(Elsevier, 2018-07-24)Background During a cardiac arrhythmia, reentrant waves rotate around critical points called phase singularities (PS). PS detection is relevant to the quantitative description of the dynamics and to the identification of potential targets for ablation. ...