Cognitive Dysfunction of Pregnant Women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Perinatal Period.

Purpose: To explore whether pregnant women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) had cognitive impairment and assess cognitive function in normal pregnant women.

Methods: A total of 75 consecutive women diagnosed with GDM (GDM group), 70 normal pregnant women (NP group) without diabetes and matched for age, and 51 female volunteers (CG group) with the similar age level, normal blood glucose, and nonpregnancy were included in the study. For the assessment of cognitive functions, Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) was performed.

Financial contagion and contagion channels in the forex market: A new approach via the dynamic mixture copula-extreme value theory.

We propose a new approach to the study of financial contagion and contagion channels in the forex market by using a dynamic mixture copula-extreme value theory (DMC-EVT) model. This method allows us to elucidate the complex and dynamic dependence between forex markets. By analyzing 39 currencies that are actively traded on the forex market during the period 2005-2009, our empirical study shows that the DMC-EVT model outperforms the alternative copula models.