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When Doctors Shape Policy: The Impact of Self-Regulation on Governing Human Biotechnology
(2016-09)
This paper investigates the development and adoption of governance modes in the field of human biotechnology. As the field of human biotechnology is relatively new, voluntary professional self-regulation constituted the ...
Health and literacy: the Mini-Med School and the Literacy Foundation working together to reach native children
(2016-05-18)
The Mini-Med School (MMS) aims to motivate Native children to stay in school, introduce them to the health professions and encourage them to have healthy living practices. As reading skills play a major role in student ...
Using computer tablets to assess preference for videos in children with autism
Assessing preference for videos
(Springer, 2016)
Using computer tablets, we assessed preference for videos in five children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Then, we provided access to most preferred and less preferred videos contingent on sitting on one of two chairs ...
Using single-case experiments to support evidence-based decisions : how much is enough?
Single-case experimental designs
(Sage, 2016)
For practitioners, the use of single-case experimental designs (SCEDs) in the research literature raises an important question: How many single-case experiments are enough to have sufficient confidence that an intervention ...
Nash equilibria in the two-player kidney exchange game
(Springer, 2016-04-21)
Kidney exchange programs have been set in several countries within national, regional or hospital frameworks, to increase the possibility of kidney patients being transplanted. For the case of hospital programs, it has ...
Prevalence of stereotypy in individuals with developmental disabilities: a systematic review
(Springer Verlag, 2016)
Although many researchers have examined the prevalence of stereotypy in individuals with developmental disabilities, the results of previous studies have not been aggregated and analyzed methodically. Thus, we conducted a ...
Alzheimer’s disease and memory strength : gradual decline of memory traces as a function of their strength
(2016-03-29)
Objective
: Episodic memory impairment is at the core of amnestic mild cognitive impair-
ment (aMCI) and Alzheimer
’
s disease (AD). The origin of memory deficits may result either
from an encoding deficit or from an ...
Memory for public events in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease : the importance of rehearsal
(2016-02-22)
Ribot’s law refers to the better preservation of remote memories compared with recent ones that presumably characterizes retrograde amnesia. Even if Ribot-type temporal gradient has been extensively studied in retrograde ...
A qualitative impairment in face perception in Alzheimer’s disease : evidence from a reduced face inversion effect
face inversion effect in Alzheimer’s disease
(2016-04-12)
Prevalent face recognition difficulties in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) have typically been attributed to the underlying episodic and semantic memory impairment. The aim of the current study was to determine if AD patients are ...