Abstract Background Stroke is a significant contributor of worldwide disability and morbidity with substantial economic consequences.Rehabilitation is a vital component of stroke recovery, but inpatient stroke rehabilitation programs can struggle to meet the recommended hours of therapy per day outlined by the Canadian Stroke Best Practices and Ame
Brain glucose metabolism in Lewy body dementia: implications for diagnostic criteria
Abstract Background [18F]FDG-PET hypometabolism patterns are indicative of different neurodegenerative conditions, even from the earliest disease phase.This makes [18F]FDG-PET a valuable tool in the diagnostic workup of neurodegenerative diseases.The utility of [18F]FDG-PET in dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) needs further validation by considering
Representing a Methodology for Refinement of Strategic Objectives in Strategy Map Establishment: Combining Quality Function Deployment and Fuzzy Screening
Strategy maps represent the way of value creation in each organization.Nowadays, Implementation of strategy is the main concern of all organizations.Strategy map establishment is the starting point of strategy implementation.Since emergence of strategy map, there are some shortcomings in its methodology that frequently quoted by many of researchers
Surgery of petroclival meningiomas
Petroclival meningiomas represent only 10% of all meningiomas located in the Kit Builder posterior fossa, but are some of the most formidable challenges in skull base surgery.We described our recent experience (2005-September2014) regarding the surgery of these tumors.We retrospectively analyzed surgical results and outcome in 11 cases of petrocliv
Recent Advances in Chirally-Coupled Core Fibers
To meet the needs of high-power fiber lasers, a new fiber structure called chirally coupled core (CCC) fiber has attracted the attention of researchers all over the world.CCC fiber consists of two cores, one of which is a central core distributed along the axial direction, and the other is CLEAN COFFEE MEDIUM ROAST a side core that is offset from t