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Glass versus crystal : a balancing act between competing intermolecular interactions
(American Chemical Society, 2017-04-14)
Hydrogen (H) bonds can be used either for crystal engineering or for designing compounds capable of forming very stable glassy phases. Herein, a second type of directional noncovalent interaction, π–π stacking, is introduced ...
Modelling vocabulary development among multilingual children prior to and following the transition to school entry
(Taylor & Francis, 2017-01-03)
Differences between monolingual and multilingual vocabulary development have been observed but few studies provide a longitudinal perspective on vocabulary development before and following school entry. This study compares ...
Commentary : On the importance of looking at nonlinearity and developmental effects – a reflection on Flom et al. (2017)
(Wiley, 2017-04-17)
By examining both linear and curvilinear associations between mental development and activity level, the study by Flom et al. (Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2017) highlights the importance of going beyond ...
The impact of time and repeated exposure on famous person knowledge in amnestic Mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease
(2017)
Objective: Famous people knowledge has been shown to be impaired early in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI). However, the question of whether recently acquired knowledge is more impaired ...
The KRESCENT Program (2005-2015) : an evaluation of the state of Kidney Research Training in Canada
(SAGE, 2017)
Background: The Kidney Research Scientist Core Education and National Training (KRESCENT) Program was launched
in 2005 to enhance kidney research capacity in Canada and foster knowledge translation across the 4 themes of ...
Scholarly use of social media and altmetrics : a review of the literature
(Wiley, 2017-09)
Social media has become integrated into the fabric of the scholarly communication system in fundamental
ways: principally through scholarly use of social media platforms and the promotion of new indicators on
the basis ...
Comprehension of concrete and abstract words in semantic variant primary progressive aphasia and Alzheimer’s disease: a behavioral and neuroimaging study
(2017-04-20)
The aim of this study was to investigate the comprehension of concrete, abstract and abstract emotional words in semantic variant primary progressive aphasia (svPPA), Alzheimer’s disease (AD), and healthy elderly adults ...
The challenge of mapping the human connectome based on diffusion tractography
(Nature research, 2017-11-07)
Tractography based on non-invasive diffusion imaging is central to the study of human brain connectivity. To date, the approach has not been systematically validated in ground truth studies. Based on a simulated human brain ...
Attachment security and developmental patterns of growth in executive functioning during early elementary school
Growth in executive functionning
(Wiley, 2017-05)
Despite the extensive research demonstrating the importance of child executive functioning (EF) for school adjustment, little longitudinal work has formally examined developmental change in EF during the early school years. ...
Electrophysiological impact of multiple concussions in asymptomatic athletes: a re-analysis based on alpha activity during a visual-spatial attention task
(2017-11-22)
Most EEG studies used event-related potentials to assess long-term and cumulative effects of sport-related concussions on brain activity. Time-frequency methods provide another approach that allows the detection of subtle ...