Stakeholder engagement in European brain research: Experiences of the Lifebrain consortium.

Introduction: Stakeholder engagement remains scarce in basic brain research. However, it can greatly improve the relevance of investigations and accelerate the translation of study findings to policy. The Lifebrain consortium investigated risk and protective factors influencing brain health using cognition, lifestyle and imaging data from European cohorts.

: An Online Health Intervention to Promote Writing About Sexual Consent and Egalitarian Gender Roles Among One Direction Fanfiction Writers.

This paper focuses on the development and feasibility of a digitally-based educational intervention, titled , for writers of One Direction (1D) fanfiction on Wattpad.com. The goal of is to reduce the prevalence of social norms that are supportive of sexual violence within 1D fanfiction.

Adolescents' Victim-Blaming Responses to Narratives About Sex Trafficking: Strategies for Curriculum Development.

In the United States, sex-trafficking awareness and prevention has increasingly become part of government-mandated health education. This exploratory study surveyed 250 U.S.

Public perceptions of brain health: an international, online cross-sectional survey.

Objectives: To investigate public perspectives on brain health.

Design: Cross-sectional multilanguage online survey.

Setting: Lifebrain posted the survey on its website and social media and shared it with stakeholders.

The Global Brain Health Survey: Development of a Multi-Language Survey of Public Views on Brain Health.

Brain health is a multi-faceted concept used to describe brain physiology, cognitive function, mental health and well-being. Diseases of the brain account for one third of the global burden of disease and are becoming more prevalent as populations age. Diet, social interaction as well as physical and cognitive activity are lifestyle factors that can potentially influence facets of brain health.

Are People Ready for Personalized Brain Health? Perspectives of Research Participants in the Lifebrain Consortium.

Background And Objectives: A healthy brain is central to physical and mental well-being. In this multi-site, qualitative study, we investigated views and attitudes of adult participants in brain research studies on the brain and personalized brain health as well as interest in maintaining a healthy brain.

Design And Methods: We conducted individual interviews with 44 adult participants in brain research cohorts of the Lifebrain consortium in Spain, Norway, Germany, and the United Kingdom.

Accuracy of different temperature devices in the postpartum population.

Objectives: To determine if different temperature monitoring devices routinely used in postpartum mothers and newborns provide similar temperatures and to compare the rectal and axillary routes for temperature monitoring in newborns.

Design: A method comparison design with randomization of the temperature device sequence was used to evaluate the level of agreement between the 3 different types of thermometers used.

Setting: A Level 3 (high risk) postpartum unit with 6,200 deliveries per year in a 450-bed, not-for-profit hospital in the Pacific Northwest.

Cochlear implantation in infants less than 12 months of age.

Objective: Infants are diagnosed with severe to profound hearing loss at an earlier age due to the advent of universal newborn hearing screening. This offers the opportunity to provide intervention in the form of cochlear implantation at an earlier age than was previously possible. The purpose of this investigation is to evaluate the risk of cochlear implant surgery in children less than 12 months of age.

Osteocraniostenosis-hypomineralized skull with gracile long bones and splenic hypoplasia. Four new cases with distinctive chondro-osseous morphology.

Osteocraniostenosis is a severe skeletal dysplasia characterized by a hypomineralized skull that has been previously described as kleeblattschädel (cloverleaf skull) and overtubulated long bones. Dysmorphic facial features include a short nose, short philtrum, and a small, inverted V-shaped mouth. Splenic a/hypoplasia is a constant finding.

Athabascan brainstem dysgenesis syndrome.

We report a new disorder with diverse neurological problems resulting from abnormal brainstem function. Consistent features of this disorder, which we propose should be called the Atabascan brainstem dysgenesis syndrome, include horizontal gaze palsy, sensorineural deafness, central hypoventilation, and developmental delay. Other features seen in some patients include swallowing dysfunction, vocal cord paralysis, facial paresis, seizures, and cardiac outflow tract anomalies.

Developing E-commerce and improving resource management.

The pressure on Materials Managers, Information Technology Managers and Chief Executive Officer's has never been greater to re-imagine, re-invent, and re-architect their operations. The need for speed and for emerging Internet skills and sensibilities has led many operations to look to E-business service providers for assistance. The United States market for E-business services, including consulting, IT outsourcing, software development, and system integration has grown from $7.