A5101622453- Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
- Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
- EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
- Epilepsy research and treatment
- Acute Ischemic Stroke Management
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Library Science and Information Systems
- Web and Library Services
- Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
- Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases
- Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Library Science and Information Literacy
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
- Mobile Learning in Education
- Library Collection Development and Digital Resources
- Social Media and Politics
- Brain Tumor Detection and Classification
- Employer Branding and e-HRM
- Advanced Database Systems and Queries
- ICT in Developing Communities
- Academic Writing and Publishing
Emory University
2022-2025
Medical University of South Carolina
2021-2024
Donald & Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
2024
University of Pennsylvania
2024
Clemson University
2019-2023
Johns Hopkins University
2022
Michigan State University
2012
Radiological identification of temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is crucial for diagnosis and treatment planning. TLE neuroimaging abnormalities are pervasive at the group level, but they can be subtle difficult to identify by visual inspection individual scans, prompting applications artificial intelligence (AI) assisted technologies.
Despite decades of advancements in diagnostic MRI, 30-50% temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) patients remain categorized as "non-lesional" (i.e., MRI negative or MRI-) based on visual assessment by human experts. MRI- face uncertainty and significant delays treatment planning. Quantitative studies have demonstrated that often exhibit a TLE-specific pattern limbic atrophy may be too subtle for the eye to detect. This signature could successfully translated into clinical use via artificial...
Research suggests that direct exposure to suicidal behaviors and acts of self-harm through social media may increase suicidality imitation modeling, particularly in more vulnerable populations. One example a phenomenon demonstrates how self-harming behavior could potentially be propagated is the blue whale challenge. In this challenge, adolescents young adults are encouraged engage eventually kill themselves.This paper aimed investigate way individuals portray challenge on media, with an...
With expanding neurosurgical options in epilepsy, it is important to characterise each options' risk for postoperative cognitive decline. Here, we how patients' preoperative white matter (WM) networks relates memory changes following different epilepsy surgeries.
Chronic poststroke language impairment is typically worse in older individuals or those with large stroke lesions. However, there unexplained variance that likely depends on intact tissue beyond the lesion. Brain age an emerging concept, which partially independent from chronologic age. Advanced brain associated cognitive decline healthy adults; therefore, we aimed to investigate relationship aphasia. We hypothesized advanced a significant factor chronic impairments, above and age, lesion...
A social media phenomenon that has received limited research attention is the advent and propagation of viral online challenges. Several these challenges entail self-harming behavior, which, combined with their nature, poses physical psychological risks for both participants viewers. The objective this study to identify nature what people post about vary in level risk. To do so, we conducted a qualitative analysis three challenges, Blue Whale, Tide Pod, Ice Bucket based on 180 YouTube...
Involvement in social media activities has become a significant aspect of adolescents' lives. Participation numerous challenges with variety goals is also common among youth across platforms. Recently, the new app called TikTok resulted an increased level and youth. This study examines factors related to participation challenges, their potential impacts on adolescents young adults, participant reflection after performing challenge. We recruited 25 adults who were actively involved from...
BACKGROUND: Nonverbal cognitive deficits in poststroke aphasia remain poorly understood. They may result from direct stroke damage or disconnections of preserved cortical regions due to white matter injury, which be worsened by hyperintensities (WMH). Here, we examined the prevalence nonverbal chronic and whether WMH-related contribute these beyond those caused lesions. METHODS: Individuals with left hemisphere ischemic hemorrhagic were enrolled between 2012 2021. cognition was assessed...
Viral social media challenges have erupted across multiple platforms. While users participate in prosocial designed to support good causes, like the Ice Bucket Challenge, some (e.g., Cinnamon Challenge) can also potentially be dangerous. To understand influential factors, experiences, and reflections of young adults who participated a viral challenge past, we conducted interviews with 30 college students (ages 18–27). We applied behavioral contagion theory as qualitative lens whether this...
Postoperative seizure control in drug-resistant temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) remains variable, and the causes for this variability are not well understood. One contributing factor could be extensive spread of synchronized ictal activity across networks. Our study used novel quantifiable assessments from intracranial EEG (iEEG) to test hypothesis investigated how seizures is determined by underlying structural network topological properties.
To investigate the feasibility of delivering a low-dose mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) intervention among prediabetes/diabetes patients in clinical setting.This was single-arm, mixed methods, study at healthcare center United States.The MBSR delivered group format over 4 waves and each wave comprised 8-10 h 8 sessions 6-8 weeks.We evaluated recruitment, adherence, attrition rates, participants' satisfaction, motivation barriers MBSR. Psychological, behavioral, physical measures...
Premature age-related brain changes may be influenced by physical health factors. Lower socioeconomic status (SES) is often associated with poorer health. In this study, we aimed to investigate the relationship between SES and premature aging.Brain age was estimated from T1-weighted images using BrainAgeR in 217 participants ABC@UofSC Repository. The difference chronological (BrainGAP) calculated. Multiple regression models were used predict BrainGAP age, SES, body mass index, diabetes,...
Brain structure deteriorates with aging and predisposes an individual to more severe language impairments (aphasia) after a stroke. However, the underlying mechanisms of this relation are not well understood. Here we use approach model brain network properties outside stroke lesion, controllability, investigate relations among individualized structural connections, age, aphasia severity in 93 participants chronic post-stroke aphasia. Controlling for lesion size, observe that lower average...
Researchers have begun to focus on the influence of political affiliation in organizations. In this context, we investigated how doxing (i.e., using social media post information online with malintent) influences hiring-related decisions. Based integration a and state suspicion model, dox containing different types (affirming party vs. providing derogatory/negative about an opposing party) similarity influenced perceptions job applicants. Given doxing's characteristics, expanded "decision...
The Blue Whale Challenge (BWC) is an online viral "game" that allegedly encourages youth and young adults towards self-harming behaviors could eventually lead to suicide. BWC can be situated within a larger phenomenon of self-harm challenges, which may propagated through both social media news sources. Research has established suicide global public health issue known influenced by reporting. Violation safe messaging guidelines been shown increase imitative suicides, particularly in adults....
Abstract In post-stroke aphasia, language improvements following speech therapy are variable and can only be partially explained by the lesion. Brain tissue integrity beyond lesion (brain health) may influence recovery impacted cardiovascular risk factors, notably diabetes. We examined impact of diabetes on structural network recovery. Seventy-eight participants with chronic aphasia underwent six weeks semantic phonological therapy. To quantify integrity, we evaluated ratio...
Background Language impairment (aphasia) is a common neurological deficit after strokes. For individuals with chronic aphasia (beyond 6 months the stroke), language improvements speech therapy (ST) are often limited. Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) promising approach to complement recovery but interindividual variability in treatment response tDCS, suggesting possible relationship between tDCS and type of linguistic (aphasia type). Methods This study subgroup analysis...
Introduction Social media has created opportunities for children to gather social support online (Blackwell et al., 2016; Gonzales, 2017; Jackson, Bailey, & Foucault Welles, 2018; Khasawneh, Rogers, Bertrand, Madathil, Gramopadhye, 2019; Ponathil, Agnisarman, Narasimha, 2017). However, also the potential expose and adolescents undesirable behaviors. Research showed that can be used harass, discriminate (Fritz 2018), dox (Wood, Rose, Thompson, socially disenfranchise (Page, Wisniewski,...
Abstract While converging research suggests that increased white matter hyperintensity load is associated with poorer cognition, and the presence of hypertension load, relationship among hypertension, cognition hyperintensities not well understood. We sought to determine effect burden on between in individuals post-stroke aphasia, hypothesis moderates history cognitive function. Health history, Fazekas scores for Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale Matrix Reasoning subtest 79 people aphasia...
Background The piriform cortex has been implicated in the initiation, spread and termination of epileptic seizures. This understanding extended to surgical management epilepsy, where it shown that resection or ablation can result better outcomes. How why may play such a crucial role seizure networks is not well understood. To answer these questions, we investigated functional structural connectivity both healthy controls temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) patients. Methods We studied retrospective...
Stereotactic laser amygdalohippocampotomy (SLAH) is a minimally invasive procedure for mesial temporal lobe epilepsy that preserves more tissue than open procedures. As result, although patients have better functional outcomes, do not achieve seizure freedom. The rate at which this occurs evolving with improved surgical practices. However, the risks and benefits of further management these remains question limited data to guide decision-making.
Brain age is an MRI-derived estimate of brain tissue loss that has a similar pattern to aging-related atrophy. White matter hyperintensities (WMHs) are neuroimaging markers small vessel disease and may represent subtle signs compromise. We tested the hypothesis WMHs independently associated with premature in original aging cohort.Brain was calculated using machine-learning on whole-brain estimates from T1-weighted images BrainAgeR analysis pipeline 166 healthy adult participants. were...
Social media has been widely adopted by organizations in the recent past, and public sector are also showing an increased interest using this tool to meet their goals. In paper, we describe three cases of social adoption organizations, struggles faced that implementation. We argue through experience implementing these systems characteristics non-profit including government community service interact sector, exacerbate problems groupware adoption. particular, involve multiple stakeholders...