ObjectiveMany studies have explored the neural mechanisms of cognitive impairment in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients using the functional MRI.However, the dynamic properties of brain functional networks are still unclear.The purpose of this study was to explore the changes in dynamic functional network attributes and their rel
A prevalent conceptual metaphor is the association of the concepts of good and evil with brightness and darkness, respectively.Music cognition, like metaphor, is possibly embodied, yet no study has addressed the question whether musical emotion can modulate brightness judgment in a metaphor consistent fashion.In three separate experiments, particip
Diabetes, a chronic, metabolic disease characterized by elevated levels of blood glucose, over time leads to serious damage to the blood vessels, nerves, eyes, kidneys, and heart.Diabetes affects 422 million people globally, with the majority residing in low- and middle-income nations, and approximately 1.5 million deaths are directly attributed to
Abstract Introduction Paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis remains a challenging clinical diagnosis with poor outcome if it is not recognized and treated early in the course of the disease.Case Presentation A 65-year-old Caucasian woman presented with generalized tonic-clonic seizures and increasing confusion shortly after a lung biopsy that led to t
The Sewing Boxes Kresna earthquake in 1904 in Bulgaria is one of the largest shallow 20th century events on land in the Balkans.This event, which was preceded by a large foreshock, has hitherto been assigned a range of magnitudes up to M S = 7.8 but the reappraisal of instrumental data yields a much smaller value of M S = 7.2 and a re-assement of t