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Differential burden of rare protein truncating variants in Alzheimer’s disease patients compared to centenarians

By: Freudenberg-Hua Y., Li W., Abhyankar A., Vacic V., Cortes V., Ben-Avraham D., Koppel J., Greenwald B., Germer S., Darnell R.B., Barzilai N., Freudenberg J., Atzmon G., Davies P., T2D-GENES Consortium
Published in: Human Molecular Genetics
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Natural Sciences  | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: We compared coding region variants of 53 cognitively healthy centenarians and 45 patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD), (more…)

Adherence to Medical Cannabis among Licensed Patients in Israel

By: Zolotov Y., Baruch Y., Reuveni H., Magnezi R.
Published in: Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units:   | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: Objectives: To evaluate adherence among Israeli patients who are licensed to use medical cannabis and to identify factor (more…)

Psychological factors associated with emotional distress among Palestinian Arabs from East Jerusalem accessing psychiatric care in Israel

By: Nakash O., Nagar M., Levav I., Danilovich E., Abu-Tair M., Podolsky G.
Published in: Israel Journal of Psychiatry
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units:   | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: Background: The Palestinian population residing in East Jerusalem is characterized by high rates of poverty and unemploy (more…)

How personality affects vulnerability among Israelis and Palestinians following the 2009 Gaza conflict

By: Canetti D., Kimhi S., Hanoun R., Rocha G.A., Galea S., Morgan C.A., III
Published in: PLoS ONE
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Sciences  | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: Can the onset of PTSD symptoms and depression be predicted by personality factors and thought control strategies? A logi (more…)

Intelligence and Mental Health

By: Zeidner M., Matthews G.
Published in: Encyclopedia of Mental Health: Second Edition
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units:   | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: Intelligence, as measured by psychometric tests of cognitive ability, correlates modestly with superior adaptation and e (more…)

Attachment

By: Shahar-Maharik T., Oppenheim D.
Published in: Encyclopedia of Mental Health: Second Edition
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Sciences  | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: This article provides an overview of attachment theory, which focuses on the emotional bond tying a child to his or her (more…)

Prevention of Conversion of Tumor Dormancy into Proliferative Metastases

By: Barkan D., Chambers A.F.
Published in: Current Cancer Research
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Natural Sciences  | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: Late recurrences of cancer are believed to be due to dormant disease that can persist for long periods following apparen (more…)

Bio-psycho-social contributions to understanding eating disorders

By: Latzer Y., Stein D.
Published in: Bio-Psycho-Social Contributions to Understanding Eating Disorders
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: This book uniquely combines cutting-edge medical, psychological, and sociocultural topics pertinent to eating disorders. (more…)

Using multitouch collaboration technology to enhance social interaction of children with high-functioning autism

By: Gal E., Lamash L., Bauminger-Zviely N., Zancanaro M., Weiss P.L.
Published in: Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: Aims. Children with high-functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder (HFASD) have major difficulties in social communication sk (more…)

Tracing Stigma in Long-Term Care Insurance in Israel: Stakeholders’ Views of Policy Implementation

By: Strier R., Werner P.
Published in: Journal of Aging and Social Policy
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: Almost all developed countries provide some answers for long-term care, but only a few countries in the world, such as J (more…)

The hidden price and possible benefit of repeated traumatic exposure

By: Levy-Gigi E., Richter-Levin G., Okon-Singer H., Kéri S., Bonanno G.A.
Published in: Stress
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Natural Sciences  | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: There is a growing evidence showing that first-responders who are frequently exposed to traumatic events as part of thei (more…)

I did it my way

By: Roe D.
Published in: American Journal of Psychiatric Rehabilitation
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: In this Festschrift for John S. Strauss, a number of his profound contributions and their impact over time are highlight (more…)

Cognitive Function of Patients with Crohn’s Disease is Associated with Intestinal Disease Activity

By: Golan D., Gross B., Miller A., Klil-Drori S., Lavi I., Shiller M., Honigman S., Almog R., Segol O.
Published in: Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: Background: Systemic inflammation and nutritional deficiencies are characteristics of Crohn’s disease (CD) and have been (more…)

High quality permanent draft genome sequence of Phaseolibacter flectens ATCC 12775T, a plant pathogen of French bean pods

By: Aizenberg-Gershtein Y., Izhaki I., Lapidus A., Copeland A., Reddy T.B.K., Huntemann M., Pillay M., Markowitz V., Göker M., Woyke T., Klenk H.-P., Kyrpides N.C., Halpern M.
Published in: Standards in Genomic Sciences
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Natural Sciences  | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: Phaseolibacter flectens strain ATCC 12775T (Halpern et al., Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 63:268-273, 2013) is a Gram-negati (more…)

Effect of Fampridine-PR (prolonged released 4-aminopyridine) on the manual functions of patients with Multiple Sclerosis

By: Savin Z., Lejbkowicz I., Glass-Marmor L., Lavi I., Rosenblum S., Miller A.
Published in: Journal of the Neurological Sciences
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: Background Persons with MS (PwMS) commonly present ambulatory and manual dysfunctions. While ambulation is recognized as (more…)

Heparanase-neutralizing antibodies attenuate lymphoma tumor growth and metastasis

By: Weissmann M., Arvatz G., Horowitz N., Feld S., Naroditsky I., Zhang Y., Ng M., Hammond E., Nevo E., Vlodavsky I., Ilan N.
Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units:   | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: Heparanase is an endoglycosidase that cleaves heparan sulfate side chains of proteoglycans, resulting in disassembly of (more…)

Sleep disruption and motor development: Does pulling-to-stand impacts sleep-wake regulation?

By: Atun-Einy O., Scher A.
Published in: Infant Behavior and Development
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: During the second half of the 1st year, periods of increased sleep disruption have been documented alongside overall imp (more…)

Oxytocin improves compassion toward women among patients with PTSD

By: Palgi S., Klein E., Shamay-Tsoory S.G.
Published in: Psychoneuroendocrinology
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Sciences  | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: Although impairments in social skills, including empathic abilities, are common in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) (more…)

Toxic Knowledge: Self-Alteration Through Child Abuse Work

By: Sigad L.I., Davidov J., Lev-Wiesel R., Eisikovits Z.
Published in: Journal of Interpersonal Violence
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units:   | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: The purpose of the present article is to examine the multiple ways in which the private lives of professionals are affec (more…)

Integrative Psychotherapy for Schizophrenia: Its Potential for a Central Role in Recovery Oriented Treatment

By: Lysaker P.H., Roe D.
Published in: Journal of Clinical Psychology
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: Research has affirmed that recovery from serious mental illnesses (SMI), such as schizophrenia, is a common outcome and (more…)