Structural variation is a source of genetic variation that, in some cases, may trigger pathogenicity. Here, we describe two cases, a mother and son, with the same partial inverted duplication of the long arm of chromosome 8 [invdup(8)(q24.21q24.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Family partaking in writing practices, such as writing intensive care unit (ICU) patient diaries, personal diaries/journaling, social media, or instant messaging services, during ICU admission may allow the family to unintentionally participate in a form of expressive writing. These writing practices could provide structure for the family authors to explore emotions and manage significant life events, including death of a loved one. Limited studies have explored the family's postmortem experiences and perceived value of writing practices maintained during an ICU admission.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Bereavement support is a vital part of caring for families when a patient dies in the intensive care unit (ICU). Previous research has demonstrated that while many ICUs provide some informal aspects of bereavement care, formalised follow-up programmes are uncommon. The impacts of COVID-19 on ICU-based bereavement support are currently unknown.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOur daily lives unfold continuously, yet our memories are organised into distinct , situated in a specific context of space and time, and chunked when this context changes (at ). Previous research showed that this process, termed , object-context binding but temporal order memory. Physiologically, peaks in pupil dilation index , similar to emotion-induced bursts of autonomic arousal.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF