An ecological measure to screen executive functioning in Multiple Sclerosis: the Picture Interpretation Test (PIT) 360° (open access)

An ecological measure to screen executive functioning in Multiple Sclerosis: the Picture Interpretation Test (PIT) 360°

This article's aim was to compare the efficiency of the Picture Interpretation Test 360° (PIT 360°) with traditional measures on executive dysfunction in Persons with Multiple Sclerosis (PwMS) and Healthy Controls (HC). Overall, the PIT 360° was concluded to be a quick, sensitive, and ecological tool that captures real-world executive dysfunction in PwMS. This engaging measure is sensitive for the detection of executive deficits since the early phases of the disease.
Date: April 5, 2019
Creator: Realdon, Olivia; Serino, Silvia; Savazzi, Federica; Rossetto, Federica; Cipresso, Pietro; Parsons, Thomas D. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Warming and Dimming: Interactive Impacts on Potential Summer Maize Yield in North China Plain (open access)

Warming and Dimming: Interactive Impacts on Potential Summer Maize Yield in North China Plain

Discusses study that examines the impacts of climate change associated with climate warming and global dimming/brightening on potential light–temperature productivity (PTP) of summer maize based on daily observation data during 1961–2015 in the North China Plain (NCP).
Date: May 5, 2019
Creator: Hu, Qi; Ma, Xueqing; He, Huayun; Pan, Feifei; He, Qijin; Huang, Binxiang et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Potential effects of heat waves on the population dynamics of the dengue mosquito Aedes albopictus (open access)

Potential effects of heat waves on the population dynamics of the dengue mosquito Aedes albopictus

Article describes study aiming to investigate the potential effects of heat waves on the population dynamics of Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus), which is a major vector of dengue and Zika viruses.
Date: July 5, 2019
Creator: Jia, Pengfei; Liang, Lu; Tan, Xiaoyue; Chen, Jin & Chen, Xiang
System: The UNT Digital Library