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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Ten-year change in plasma amyloid beta levels and late-life cognitive decline.

29 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: Plasma levels of amyloid beta peptide (Abeta) are potential biomarkers of early cognitive impairment and decline and of Alzheimer disease risk. OBJECTIVE: To relate midlife plasma Abeta measures and 10-year change in plasma Abeta ... Read more...

Transition to adult services for young people with disabilities: current evidence to guide future research.

29 Sep 2009 This article outlines the evidence upon which best practice guidelines for transition to adulthood for young people with physical and developmental disabilities were developed in Ontario, Canada, through consensus activities. Evidence was gathered ... Read more...

The economics of treating stroke as an acute brain attack.

21 Sep 2009 Currently, treatments for ischemic stroke focus on restoring or improving perfusion to the ischemic area using thrombolytics. The increased hospitalization costs related to thrombolysis are offset by a decrease in rehabilitation costs, for a net ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Education'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• MICoE areas of focus for 2010. 29 Sep 2009
• Ten-year change in plasma amyloid beta levels and late-life cognitive decline. 29 Sep 2009
• Knighting immunology. 29 Sep 2009
• Transition to adult services for young people with disabilities: current evidence to guide future research. 29 Sep 2009
• The economics of treating stroke as an acute brain attack. 21 Sep 2009
• Taking educational research to school. 9 Sep 2009
• Program offers disadvantaged teens a gateway to health and science careers. 31 Aug 2009
• [The parent questionnaire "ADHD-knowledge and motivation for treatment" - development and first results] 30 Aug 2009
• Standardised Observation Analogue Procedure (SOAP) for assessing parent and child behaviours in clinical trials. 30 Aug 2009
• Brain drain in hepatology: can we prevent it? 30 Aug 2009
• [Chronic musculo-skeletal pain in Switzerland: patient care from the view of physicians and patients] 24 Aug 2009
• [Future workshop: Medics meet engineers -- from idea to product] 17 Aug 2009
• Revisiting brain reserve hypothesis in frontotemporal dementia: evidence from a brain perfusion study. 16 Aug 2009
• The validity, reliability and clinical utility of the Hong Kong Montreal Cognitive Assessment (HK-MoCA) in patients with cerebral small vessel disease. 9 Aug 2009
• Advances in development reverse fertility declines. 4 Aug 2009
• Demography: Babies make a comeback. 4 Aug 2009
• Changes in maternal expressed emotion toward clinically anxious children following cognitive behavioral therapy. 3 Aug 2009
• A standardized resident training program in endoscopic surgery in general and in laparoscopic totally extraperitoneal (TEP) inguinal hernia repair in particular. 30 Jul 2009
• [Education and human capital] 30 Jul 2009
• [Generic skills in higher education. Comparative study of the views of employers and academics] 30 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'Education'

Definition: Acquisition of knowledge as a result of instruction in a formal course of study.

Descriptor UI: D004493

Alternative terms: Education; Workshops; Workshop; Parenting Education; Education, Parenting; Training Programs; Program, Training; Programs, Training; Training Program; Educational Activities; Activities, Educational; Activity, Educational; Educational Activity; Literacy Programs; Literacy Program; Program, Literacy; Programs, Literacy;

Related Mesh Headings: Learning; Research Support as Topic; Students; Teaching; Training Support;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: I02;

Technical Notes: GEN only; prefer /educ: Manual 19.7+, 19.8.28; policy: Manual 30.7+; DF: EDUC