MOVING: A Multi-Modal Dataset of EEG Signals and Virtual Glove Hand Tracking.

Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) are pivotal in translating neural activities into control commands for external assistive devices. Non-invasive techniques like electroencephalography (EEG) offer a balance of sensitivity and spatial-temporal resolution for capturing brain signals associated with motor activities. This work introduces MOVING, a Multi-Modal dataset of EEG signals and Virtual Glove Hand Tracking.

A method to comprehensively identify germline SNVs, INDELs and CNVs from whole exome sequencing data of BRCA1/2 negative breast cancer patients.

In the rapidly evolving field of genomics, understanding the genetic basis of complex diseases like breast cancer, particularly its familial/hereditary forms, is crucial. Current methods often examine genomic variants-such as Single Nucleotide Variants (SNVs), insertions/deletions (Indels), and Copy Number Variations (CNVs)-separately, lacking an integrated approach. Here, we introduced a robust, flexible methodology for a comprehensive variants' analysis using Whole Exome Sequencing (WES) data.

Portable Head-Mounted System for Mobile Forearm Tracking.

Computer vision (CV)-based systems using cameras and recognition algorithms offer touchless, cost-effective, precise, and versatile hand tracking. These systems allow unrestricted, fluid, and natural movements without the constraints of wearable devices, gaining popularity in human-system interaction, virtual reality, and medical procedures. However, traditional CV-based systems, relying on stationary cameras, are not compatible with mobile applications and demand substantial computing power.

Patient-Therapist Cooperative Hand Telerehabilitation through a Novel Framework Involving the Virtual Glove System.

Telerehabilitation is important for post-stroke or post-surgery rehabilitation because the tasks it uses are reproducible. When combined with assistive technologies, such as robots, virtual reality, tracking systems, or a combination of them, it can also allow the recording of a patient's progression and rehabilitation monitoring, along with an objective evaluation. In this paper, we present the structure, from actors and functionalities to software and hardware views, of a novel framework that allows cooperation between patients and therapists.

Temporal discrimination in patients with dystonia and tremor and patients with essential tremor.

Objective: To investigate whether psychophysical techniques assessing temporal discrimination could help in differentiating patients who have tremor associated with dystonia or essential tremor.

Methods: We tested somatosensory temporal discrimination thresholds (TDT) and temporal discrimination movement thresholds (TDMT) in 39 patients who had tremor associated with dystonia or essential tremor presenting with upper-limb tremor of comparable severity and compared their findings with those from a group of 25 sex- and age-matched healthy control subjects.

Results: TDT was higher in patients who had tremor associated with dystonia than in those with essential tremor and healthy controls (110.

Lateral trunk flexion in Parkinson's disease: EMG features disclose two different underlying pathophysiological mechanisms.

Pisa Syndrome is clinically defined as the sustained lateral bending of the trunk worsened by a prolonged sitting position or by walking. Pisa syndrome, also termed lateral trunk flexion (LTF), has been rarely reported in patients affected by Parkinson's disease (PD) and, therefore, the pathophysiology has been poorly investigated. In some cases, the hyperactivity of paravertebral muscles contralateral to the leaning side has been interpreted as a sign of dystonia; however, it is well known that paravertebral muscles flex the trunk ipsilaterally.

Ataxia in posterior circulation stroke: clinical-MRI correlations.

Objective: Ataxia is characterized clinically by four signs (gait and limb ataxia, dysarthria and nystagmus). Although ataxia has been described in posterior circulation (PC) stroke series, there are no prospective studies that have investigated a possible differential role of the cerebellum or its input/outputs in causing ataxia.

Methods: Ataxia was semi-quantified according to the International Cooperative Ataxia Rating Scale (ICARS) in 92 consecutive patients with acute PC stroke.

Blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome with late onset of central nervous system symptomatic involvement.

Blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome is a rare vascular disorder characterized by cavernous angiomas of skin and other organs including the gastrointestinal tract. The central nervous system involvement is seldom reported, and neurological symptoms at onset in adulthood are extremely rare. Here, we describe a case of 82-year-old patient presenting multiple skin haemangiomas for some years, who was admitted for a brain hemorrhage.

Dide-Botcazo syndrome due to bilateral occlusion of posterior cerebral artery.

Dide-Botcazo syndrome is a rare clinical syndrome characterized by a combination of cortical blindness with anosognosia for blindness, amnesia and topographical disorientation, secondary to bilateral occipital cortex lesions also involving the infero-medial temporal lobe structure. We report a case of a man who acutely presented confusion and cortical blindness. The cerebral angiography demonstrated bilateral occlusion of posterior cerebral artery (PCA).