Music Based Assessment for Cognitive Functions for Spanish-Speaking Adults With Acquired Brain Injury (ECMUS): A Pilot-Validation Study.

Acquired brain injury (ABI) commonly causes cognitive dysfunction that needs to be assessed and treated to maximize rehabilitation outcomes. Research suggests that music, emotion, and cognition are intimately linked, and that music can contribute to the assessment and treatment of cognitive functions of adults who have suffered from ABI. To this date, no standardized music based assessment tool exists to identify and measure cognitive functioning and mood states of Spanish-speaking persons with ABI at treatment intake and over time.

Fractionation of Cynara cardunculus (cardoon) biomass by dilute-acid pretreatment.

Cynara cardunculus L. (cardoon) is a Mediterranean perennial herb offering good potential as substrate for sustainable production of bioethanol. In this work the first approach to the study of dilute-acid pretreatment of cardoon biomass for biological conversion was made.