Publications by authors named "P L Beech"
Understanding the computational mechanisms that underlie the encoding and decoding of environmental stimuli is a crucial investigation in neuroscience. Central to this pursuit is the exploration of how the brain represents visual information across its hierarchical architecture. A prominent challenge resides in discerning the neural underpinnings of the processing of dynamic natural visual scenes.
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- The text discusses a Gram-negative bacterium known for its large genome, which allows it to thrive in various environments and cause numerous infections, particularly in patients with existing health issues.
- It highlights the bacterium's virulence factors that enhance its ability to evade the host's immune system and its strong resistance to many antibiotics, making treatments challenging.
- The need for new therapeutic approaches to combat this bacterium's infections and antibiotic resistance is emphasized, along with a review of potential novel treatments that could be relevant for clinical use.
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- The study examines weight loss issues following laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) by comparing gastric emptying rates through nuclear scintigraphy and CT volumetric imaging among patients categorized by their weight loss success.* -
- Results showed that patients with optimal weight loss (OWL) experienced a significantly greater percentage of total weight loss and faster gastric emptying compared to those with poor weight loss (PWL), indicating delayed gastric emptying is linked to less weight loss effectiveness.* -
- The findings suggest that nuclear scintigraphy could be a more reliable diagnostic tool for assessing physiological function post-LSG than measuring gastric volume, as the latter did not correlate with weight loss outcomes.*
Objectives: To determine predictors of successful ictal single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) injections during Epilepsy Monitoring Unit (EMU) admissions for patients undergoing presurgical evaluation for drug-resistant focal epilepsy.
Methods: In this retrospective study, consecutive EMU admissions were analyzed at a single center between 2019 and 2021. All seizures that occurred during the admission were reviewed.