Everyday Uses of Music Listening and Music Technologies by Caregivers and People With Dementia: Survey and Focus Group Study

BackgroundMusic has long been identified as a nonpharmacological tool that can provide benefits for people with dementia, and there is considerable interest in designing technologies to support the use of music in dementia care.However, to ensure that music technologies are appropriately designed for supporting caregivers and people living with dem

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Circadian rhythm abnormalities and autonomic dysfunction in patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis.

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) patients frequently show autonomic symptoms which may be associated with a hypothalamic dysfunction.This study aimed to explore circadian rhythm patterns in rest and activity and distal skin temperature (DST) and their association with self-reported beaker creatures series 1 outcome measur

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Mapping a shared genetic basis for neurodevelopmental disorders

Abstract Distinct neurodevelopmental disorders have a common genetic etiology that explains the high degree of comorbidity among these disorders.A recent study sought to identify copy number variants across five neurodevelopmental disorders, asi178mc and detected an enrichment for chromosome 9p24.3 duplication encompassing DOCK8 and KANK1 in affect

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