Publications by authors named "M Finnegan"

The transition to parenthood requires parents develop caregiving behaviors, such as the ability to identify their infant's emotions and regulate their own emotional response. Research has identified patterns of neural activation in parenting contexts that are interpreted as socioemotional processing. However, no prior research has directly tested whether mothers' neural responses to their infant's affect are the same as those involved in emotion perception/experience and regulation in other contexts.

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  • The PRODROME trial aimed to investigate prodromal symptoms followed by headaches in migraine sufferers, analyzing their frequency, severity, and consistency over a 60-day period.
  • The study involved 920 participants who reported various prodromal symptoms using an eDiary, with a focus on identifying reliable indicators that a headache would occur within 1-6 hours.
  • Results showed that common prodromal symptoms included sensitivity to light, fatigue, and neck pain, with 81.5% of reported prodrome events leading to a headache, and participants averaging 84.4% of qualifying events followed by headaches.
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To address the widespread mental health crisis facing adolescent girls, this study examined whether a growth emotion mindset lesson can enhance emotional competence. During 2018-2022, adolescent girls (M = 15.68 years; 66.

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Background And Aims: To determine the effect of evolocumab treatment in patients with asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis ≥50% on carotid plaque morphology and composition, as determined by magnetic resonance imaging.

Methods: We conducted a double-blind randomized controlled trial in patients with asymptomatic carotid artery plaque with ≥50% stenosis and low-density lipoprotein-associated cholesterol (LDL-C) ≥1.8 mmol/L, despite standard lipid-lowering therapy, with 12 months of evolocumab or placebo injection every two weeks.

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Research on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) access to bank finance is vital for the euro area economy. SMEs heavily represent the European business sector, employing around 100 million people and accounting for more than half of the Gross Domestic Product. Research studies in the field often rely on the ECB/EC Survey on the Access to Finance of Enterprises (SAFE).

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