Audio drawing and working memory in blindness: design, development and validation of a multi-sensory system.

Working memory (WM) plays a crucial role in helping individuals perform everyday activities and interact with the external environment. However, despite valuable insights into visual memory mechanisms, the multi-sensory aspects of WM have not been thoroughly investigated, especially in congenitally blind individuals, primarily due to a lack of proper technologies. This work presents an audio-haptic system to study the generation and recall of multi-sensory spatial representations in visually impaired and sighted individuals.

Dorsal Root Ganglion Stimulation.

The recent development and Food and Drug Administration approval in 2016 of dorsal root ganglion stimulation is a relatively new and novel form of target neuromodulation that promises improved outcomes compared with the current standard of care. Current literature is limited and dependent on industry evaluation. Future independent investigation will help clarify existing data and refine techniques to improve safety, effectiveness, and expand application.

Virtual Reality in the Management of Chronic Low Back Pain: A Scoping Review.

Virtual reality (VR) is a burgeoning treatment option for chronic pain. Its use has been heterogenous in the literature. This scoping review assesses the current literature for the use of VR in the treatment of chronic low back pain (CLBP).

A missing piece of the Papio puzzle: Gorongosa baboon phenostructure and intrageneric relationships.

Most authors recognize six baboon species: hamadryas (Papio hamadryas), Guinea (Papio papio), olive (Papio anubis), yellow (Papio cynocephalus), chacma (Papio ursinus), and Kinda (Papio kindae). However, there is still debate regarding the taxonomic status, phylogenetic relationships, and the amount of gene flow occurring between species. Here, we present ongoing research on baboon morphological diversity in Gorongosa National Park (GNP), located in central Mozambique, south of the Zambezi River, at the southern end of the East African Rift System.

Abnormal 1-hour post-load glycemia during pregnancy impairs post-partum metabolic status: a single-center experience.

Purpose: Recent evidence indicates that people with normal glucose tolerance (NGT) but 1-h post-load plasma glucose (1-h OGTT) ≥ 155 mg/dl have an increased risk for developing Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), determining a new risk category with deeper metabolic impairment. The aim of this study was to identify, among women with gestational diabetes (GDM), which alterations at OGTT during pregnancy are more frequently associated with 1-h OGTT ≥ 155 mg/dl at post-partum examination.

Methods: Among 297 women affected by GDM, we retrospectively evaluated 244 resulted NGT after delivery.