Prospective memory functions in traumatic brain injury: The role of neuropsychological deficits, metamemory and impaired self-awareness.

A large body of evidence suggests that individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI) have significant difficulties with prospective memory (PM), the memory for future intentions. However, the processes underlying this cognitive deficit remain unclear. This study aimed to gather further evidence regarding PM functions in TBI and clarify the role of neuropsychological deficits, metamemory, and mood disorders.

Emotion recognition and theory of mind after temporal lobe epilepsy surgery: A systematic review.

In order to navigate in our complex social world successfully, it is crucial to maintain and practice cognitive skills that are dedicated to adaptive social functioning. Emerging evidence suggests that besides deficits in declarative memory, executive functions, and language, impairments in social cognition (SC, e.g.

Polish validation of the University of Washington "quality of life" questionnaire in patients with cancer of the larynx.

The University of Washington Quality of Life questionnaire version 4 (UW-QoLv4), in English, is used worldwide to assess the quality of life in patients with head and neck cancer. The use of such a questionnaire in other languages requires translation and validation in that language, and our aim was to translate it into Polish (which we did) and validate it in a group of patients diagnosed with head and neck cancer who had been considered free of disease for at least six months during routine follow-up visits to the Lower Silesian Oncology Center, Wrocław. Using the Polish version of the questionnaire, 66 patients filled in the translated version of UW-QoLv4 and the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) questionnaires, which were compared and analysed.

Intraluminal thrombus thickness is not related to lower concentrations of trace elements in the wall of infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysms.

Background: Intraluminal thrombus (ILT) formation plays a significant role in the progression of infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA). Potentially, as ILT thickness increases the availability of trace elements in the aneurysm wall could decrease thereby leading to oxidative stress and intensifying pro-inflammatory cytokine generation.

Aim: To determine if thrombus thickness is related to the concentration of trace elements in the wall of infrarenal AAA.

Preconcentration of heavy metals on activated carbon and their determination in fruits by inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry.

A method of separation and preconcentration of cadmium, cobalt, copper, nickel, lead, and zinc at trace level using activated carbon is proposed. Activated carbon with the adsorbed trace metals was mineralised using a high-pressure microwave mineraliser. The heavy metals were determined after preconcentration by inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES).

Preconcentration of some metal ions with lanthanum-8-hydroxyquinoline co-precipitation system.

A method of separation and preconcentration of cadmium, copper, nickel, lead and zinc at trace level using 8-hydroxyquinoline as a chelating agent and lanthanum(III) as a carrier element is proposed. The heavy metals were determined after preconcentration by inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES). The results were compared with those obtained using flame atomic absorption spectrometry (F-AAS).

Evaluation of a web-based tool in screening for medication-related problems in community-dwelling older adults.

Objective: The primary objective was to evaluate the effectiveness of a Web-based program, Monitor-Rx, in identifying older adults at risk for drug-related geriatric syndromes or inappropriate medicines.

Design: This prospective pilot study compared medication related risks generated by the Web-based program with those identified by a certified geriatric pharmacist (CGP).

Setting: Wisconsin-based community pharmacy serving primarily older adults.

Preconcentration via ion associated complexes combined with inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry for determination of heavy metals.

A method of separation and preconcentration of cadmium, cobalt, copper, nickel, lead and zinc at trace level from plant matrix using 2,2'-bipyridyl and rose Bengal is proposed. The above heavy metals were determined after preconcentration by inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES). The results were compared with those obtained using flame atomic absorption spectrometry (F-AAS).

Determination of heavy metals by ICP-OES and F-AAS after preconcentration with 2,2'-bipyridyl and erythrosine.

The applicability of 2,2'-bipyridyl and erythrosine co-precipitation method for the separation and preconcentration of some heavy metals, such as Cd, Co, Cu, Ni, Pb and Zn in actual samples for their determination by ICP-OES and F-AAS was studied. Experimental conditions influencing the recovery of the investigated metals, such as pH, molar ratio of 2,2'-bipyridyl to erythrosine, the effect of time on co-precipitation were optimized. The analytical characteristics of the method (e.

Determination of trace metals by ICP-OES in plant materials after preconcentration of 1,10-phenanthroline complexes on activated carbon.

In this work, 1,10-phenanthroline was used as a complexing agent for the separation and preconcentration of Cd(II), Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II) and Pb(II) on activated carbon. The metals were adsorbed on activated carbon by two methods: static (1) and dynamic (2). The optimal condition for separation and quantitative preconcentration of metal ions with activated carbon for the proposed methods was for (1) in the static methods in the pH range 7-9.

[The determination of Cu, Cd, Pb, Co and Ni in material with the use of the ICB-AES method].

The purpose of the study was utilization of emission atomic absorption spectrometry with excitation in induction-coupled plasma for determination of Cu(II), Pb(II), Cd(II), Co(II) i Ni(II) in plant material. The possibility of using inorganic carrier for separation of trace amounts of heavy metals from aqueous solution is presented. Optimal conditions for coprecipitation of metal ions with Mg(OH)2 as well as for their determination by means of the ICP-AES method are described.

Environmental programming of heritable epigenetic changes in paramutant r-gene expression using temperature and light at a specific stage of early development in maize seedlings.

Different heritable expression-states were programmed into R alleles from R/R-1st heterozygotes under different temperature conditions applied during a developmental period in which flowering is induced. At maturity, R-allele expressions in test crosses of male gametes derived from R/R-1st seedlings raised 15 days in 32 degrees and continuous light conditions differed significantly from those of sib seedlings raised for 15 days in 22 degrees and continuous light conditions and shifted to six 12-hr light-dark cycles, day 16-21. This experiment provides the first evidence in higher organisms that environmental conditions, applied at a specific stage of development cause a heritable change in a specific allele expression.

[Determination of lead (II) in food using the ICP-AES method after condensation on the lanthanum carrier].

The purpose of the study was utilization of emission atomic absorption spectrometry with excitation in induction-coupled plasma, and molecular spectrometry for determination of lead in milk and dairy products after condensation in ammonia atmosphere. Two methods were proposed for lead condensation on lanthanum carrier--in form of hydroxide or sulphide. By coprecipitation of lead on lanthanum in ammonia atmosphere lead separated and selectively condensed.