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Comparing the response to acute and chronic exposure to short wavelength lighting emitted from computer screens

By: Green A., Cohen-Zion M., Haim A., Dagan Y.
Published in: Chronobiology International
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units:   | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: The use of electronic devices with light-emitting screens has increased exponentially in the last decade. As a result, h (more…)

Somatic mirroring: psychotherapeutic treatment of mental states without representation

By: Shuper Engelhard E.
Published in: Body, Movement and Dance in Psychotherapy
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Disturbances during the pre-verbal period of infancy, or traumatic situations that impact psychic organisation, may prod (more…)

The role of gender in the association between personality and task priority in older adults’ dual-tasking while walking

By: Agmon M., Armon G., Denesh S., Doumas M.
Published in: BMC Geriatrics
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Background: Falls are a major problem for older adults. Many falls occur when a person’s attention is divided between tw (more…)

Functional variants in the LRRK2 gene confer shared effects on risk for Crohn’s disease and Parkinson’s disease

By: Hui K.Y., Fernandez-Hernandez H., Hu J., Schaffner A., Pankratz N., Hsu N.-Y., Chuang L.-S., Carmi S., Villaverde N., Li X., Rivas M., Levine A.P., Bao X., Labrias P.R., Haritunians T., Ruane D., Gettler K., Chen E., Li D., Schiff E.R., Pontikos N., Barzilai N., Brant S.R., Bressman S., Cheifetz A.S., Clark L.N., Daly M.J., Desnick R.J., Duerr R.H., Katz S., Lencz T., Myers R.H., Ostrer H., Ozelius L., Payami H., Peter Y., Rioux J.D., Segal A.W., Scott W.K., Silverberg M.S., Vance J.M., Ubarretxena-Belandia I., Foroud T., Atzmon G., Pe’er I., Ioannou Y., McGovern D.P.B., Yue Z., Schadt E.E., Cho J.H., Peter I.
Published in: Science Translational Medicine
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Natural Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Crohn’s disease (CD), a form of inflammatory bowel disease, has a higher prevalence in Ashkenazi Jewish than in non-Jewi (more…)

Environmental exposures and fetal growth: The Haifa pregnancy cohort study David Stieb, Cecile Boot, Michelle Turner, Osmar Zaiane

By: Golan R., Kloog I., Almog R., Gesser-Edelsburg A., Negev M., Jolles M., Shalev V., Eisenberg V.H., Koren G., Abu Ahmad W., Levine H.
Published in: BMC Public Health
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Background: The developing fetus is susceptible to environmental insults. Studying the effects of environmental exposure (more…)

Generic health literacy measurement instruments for children and adolescents: A systematic review of the literature

By: Okan O., Lopes E., Bollweg T.M., Bröder J., Messer M., Bruland D., Bond E., Carvalho G.S., Sørensen K., Saboga-Nunes L., Levin-Zamir D., Sahrai D., Bittlingmayer U.H., Pelikan J.M., Thomas M., Bauer U., Pinheiro P.
Published in: BMC Public Health
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Background: Health literacy is an important health promotion concern and recently children and adolescents have been the (more…)

The role of physical status versus mental status in predicting the quality of life of patients with lumbar disk herniation

By: Engel-Yeger B., Keren A., Berkovich Y., Sarfaty E., Merom L.
Published in: Disability and Rehabilitation
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Purpose: To explore the role of physical status versus mental status in predicting the quality of life (QOL) of patients (more…)

Atypical within-session motor procedural learning after traumatic brain injury but well-preserved between-session procedural memory consolidation

By: Korman M., Shaklai S., Cisamariu K., Gal C., Maaravi-Hesseg R., Levy I., Keren O., Karni A., Sacher Y.
Published in: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Natural Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Using the finger-to-thumb opposition sequence (FOS) learning task, we characterized motor skill learning in sub-acute pa (more…)

Moving in the Anthropocene: Global reductions in terrestrial mammalian movements

By: Tucker M.A., Böhning-Gaese K., Fagan W.F., Fryxell J.M., Van Moorter B., Alberts S.C., Ali A.H., Allen A.M., Attias N., Avgar T., Bartlam-Brooks H., Bayarbaatar B., Belant J.L., Bertassoni A., Beyer D., Bidner L., Van Beest F.M., Blake S., Blaum N., Bracis C., Brown D., De Bruyn P.J.N., Cagnacci F., Calabrese J.M., Camilo-Alves C., Chamaillé-Jammes S., Chiaradia A., Davidson S.C., Dennis T., DeStefano S., Diefenbach D., Douglas-Hamilton I., Fennessy J., Fichtel C., Fiedler W., Fischer C., Fischhoff I., Fleming C.H., Ford A.T., Fritz S.A., Gehr B., Goheen J.R., Gurarie E., Hebblewhite M., Heurich M., Hewison A.J.M., Hof C., Hurme E., Isbell L.A., Janssen R., Jeltsch F., Kaczensky P., Kane A., Kappeler P.M., Kauffman M., Kays R., Kimuyu D., Koch F., Kranstauber B., LaPoint S., Leimgruber P., Linnell J.D.C., López-López P., Markham A.C., Mattisson J., Medici E.P., Mellone U., Merrill E., De MirandaMourão G., Morato R.G., Morellet N., Morrison T.A., Díaz-Muñoz S.L., Mysterud A., Nandintsetseg D., Nathan R., Niamir A., Odden J., O’Hara R.B., Oliveira-Santos L.G.R., Olson K.A., Patterson B.D., De Paula R.C., Pedrotti L., Reineking B., Rimmler M., Rogers T.L., Rolandsen C.M., Rosenberry C.S., Rubenstein D.I., Safi K., Saïd S., Sapir N., Sawyer H., Schmidt N.M., Selva N., Sergiel A., Shiilegdamba E., Silva J.P., Singh N., Solberg E.J., Spiegel O., Strand O., Sundaresan S., Ullmann W., Voigt U., Wall J., Wattles D., Wikelski M., Wilmers C.C., Wilson J.W., Wittemyer G., Ziȩba F., Zwijacz-Kozica T., Mueller T.
Published in: Science
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Natural Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Animal movement is fundamental for ecosystem functioning and species survival, yet the effects of the anthropogenic foot (more…)

Routine patient reported outcomes as predictors of psychiatric rehospitalization

By: Shadmi E., Gelkopf M., Garber-Epstein P., Baloush-Kleinman V., Doudai R., Roe D.
Published in: Schizophrenia Research
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Objective: Patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) are increasingly used to measure psychiatric service consumers’ pro (more…)

Infant motor activity during sleep: Simultaneous use of two actigraphs comparing right and left legs

By: Atun-Einy O., Tonetti L., Boreggiani M., Natale V., Scher A.
Published in: Human Movement Science
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Motor asymmetry during the first hours of sleep documented in adults found higher activity in the non-dominant limb. The (more…)

Rethinking indicators of problematic cannabis use in the era of medical cannabis legalization

By: Sznitman S.R., Room R.
Published in: Addictive Behaviors
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Introduction Recent rapid changes in medical cannabis policies and increases in medical use of cannabis have raised new (more…)

Peptides Acting as Cognitive Enhancers

By: Asua D., Bougamra G., Calleja-Felipe M., Morales M., Knafo S.
Published in: Neuroscience
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units:   | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: The aim of this paper is to present an overview of three peptides that, by improving synaptic function, enhance learning (more…)

Concentrations of trace metals, phthalates, bisphenol A and flame-retardants in toys and other children’s products in Israel

By: Negev M., Berman T., Reicher S., Sadeh M., Ardi R., Shammai Y.
Published in: Chemosphere
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Trace metals and synthetic chemicals including phthalates, bisphenol A and flame retardants, are widely used in toys and (more…)

Perceptions, intentions and behavioral norms that affect pre-license driving among Arab youth in Israel

By: Gesser-Edelsburg A., Zemach M., Lotan T., Elias W., Grimberg E.
Published in: Accident Analysis and Prevention
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: The present study examines reported pre-license driving among youth from the population of Arab citizens of Israel. The (more…)

Posttraumatic growth among people with serious mental illness, psychosis and posttraumatic stress symptoms

By: Mazor Y., Gelkopf M., Roe D.
Published in: Comprehensive Psychiatry
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Recent research has shown high rates of exposure to trauma among people with serious mental illness (SMI). In addition, (more…)

Health indicators and social gradient in adolescent immigrants’ health risk and healthcare experiences

By: Zlotnick C., Birenbaum-Carmeli D., Goldblatt H., Dishon Y., Taychaw O., Shadmi E.
Published in: European Journal of Pediatrics
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Few studies have assessed healthcare experiences in apparently healthy adolescents, or whether healthcare attitudes are (more…)

Nursing students learning the pharmacology of diabetes mellitus with complexity-based computerized models: A quasi-experimental study

By: Dubovi I., Dagan E., Sader Mazbar O., Nassar L., Levy S.T.
Published in: Nurse Education Today
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Background Pharmacology is a crucial component of medications administration in nursing, yet nursing students generally (more…)

In psychotherapy with severe patients discouraging news may be worse than no news: The impact of providing feedback to therapists on psychotherapy outcome, session attendance, and the alliance.

By: Errázuriz P., Zilcha-Mano S.
Published in: Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Objective: Our objective was to assess low-cost and feasible feedback alternatives and compare them to Lambert’s OQ feed (more…)

Editorial on the Special Issue: Molecules and Cognition

By: Barco A., Knafo S.
Published in: Neuroscience
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units:   | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: