Publications by authors named "M Bray"
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- This scoping review examines team-based outpatient treatment for eating disorders, emphasizing team composition, health outcomes, and the principles of Interprofessional Collaborative Practice (IPCP).
- A thorough search identified 45 studies, mainly consisting of case reports or lacking strong primary data, highlighting common team members like mental health professionals and dietitians but a lack of comprehensive outcome measures.
- The findings suggest that the current evidence for team outpatient treatment is weak, calling for improved integration of team roles, better outcome assessments, and a more consistent application of IPCP principles in future research.
Feeling signs: motor encoding enhances sign language learning in hearing adults.
Stud Second Lang Acquis
July 2024
Manual production enhances learning and recall of signs by hearing second language learners; however, the mechanisms enabling this effect are unclear. We examined whether the motor encoding (somatosensory feedback) that occurs during sign production benefits learning and whether it interacts with sign iconicity, which also enhances learning. American Sign Language (ASL) signs varying in iconicity were learned either via production (repetition) with the eyes closed or via observation without production.
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- - The text discusses the serious global health issues of lung cancer and tobacco use and introduces the GREAT care paradigm, which uses polygenic risk scores (PRSs) to enhance cancer prevention and encourage healthier behaviors in patients.
- - Researchers developed standardized PRSs using extensive genetic data from diverse populations and validated them in a large sample, revealing significant risk factors for lung cancer and challenges in quitting smoking across different groups.
- - The PRS-based intervention aims to integrate genetic risk assessments into primary care, with plans for evaluation through clinical trials, potentially leading to better prevention strategies for lung cancer and more effective tobacco treatments.
Background: Boxing exposes fighters to head impacts and potential traumatic brain injury (TBI). Though research has explored the neuropsychiatric consequences of contact sports, there is limited research into Excessive Daytime Sleepiness (EDS) and its relationship to other outcomes, such as impulsiveness and depression. Therefore, this study aimed to describe EDS in retired boxers using the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) and to examine how boxing and sleepiness relate to impulsiveness and depression symptomatology.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMotor dysfunction, which includes changes in gait, balance, and/or functional mobility, is a lesser-known feature of Alzheimer's Disease (AD), especially as it relates to the development of neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS). This study (1) compared rates of NPS between autopsy-confirmed AD patients with and without early-onset motor dysfunction and (2) compared rates of non-AD dementia autopsy pathology (Lewy Body disease, Frontotemporal Lobar degeneration) between these groups. This retrospective longitudinal cohort study utilized National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center (NACC) data.
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